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Chinese crackdown on screen time for children shows promising results

China's measures - including screen time restrictions - have led to a decrease in daily sedentary behaviour among children, according to a new UK study.

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Busting stereotypes: Do women really feel pain more than men?

This year, a new study will focus on the disparities of sex and gender in pain and try to explain this complicated relationship.

Nutrition

Your morning cup of coffee is likely 600,000 years old, scientists say

Arabica is likely hundreds of thousands of years old, according to a new genetic study that has built a family tree of the coffee species.

Tech News

Korea’s ‘artificial sun’ sets new record in nuclear fusion research

Korea’s ‘artificial sun’, KSTAR, recorded a plasma operation with a temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds, a new step in nuclear fusion research.

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How CERN will hunt 'ghost particles' to better understand the Universe

CERN is launching a project that researchers say could help them prove the existence of hidden particles that make up the fabric of the Universe.

Sci-Tech

Euroviews. Are we doing enough for women of colour in science?

Building spaces for African women in science requires resources. As well as funding, we need buy-in from their male peers to help construct safe spaces for them to flourish, Pauline Gerrard writes.

Nutrition

People in cities are losing the gut bacteria to properly digest plants

A gut bacteria called Ruminococcus, which helps digest fibre, is "sparse" in samples from the microbiome of humans living in urbanised societies.

Health news

New blood test shows 83% accuracy in detecting colon cancer

A promising study showed that a blood test diagnosed colorectal cancer with an 83 per cent accuracy, giving an alternative to current stool tests.

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Scientists create testicles in a lab to help male infertility

Scientists managed to create organoid testicles, a major scientific achievement that paves the way for further research to help with male infertility.

Space

How do environmental factors influence reported UFO sightings?

Light pollution, tree canopy cover, and proximity to airports and military installations are among the environmental factors that may influence reported UFO sightings, according to a new study.

Health news

Asthma medicine could help children with food allergies, study finds

A study highlighted the efficacy of an approved drug for allergic asthma, with nearly 70 per cent of participants showing better tolerance of food allergens.

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Women get the same health benefits from exercise as men in less time

Women reduced their mortality risk by 15 per cent in less than two and half hours of weekly exercise while it takes men five hours to get the same benefits, a study showed.

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AI models can learn language through the eyes of a baby, study shows

Can artificial intelligence learn language like a baby? Researchers tested this by recording footage from a child’s life and feeding it to an AI system.

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AI may help to predict how patients respond to antidepressants

Antidepressants are prescribed using a trial-and-error approach. Experts hope AI could change that.

Eco-Innovation

OceanX: What is this billionaire-backed ship doing in the deep?

A state of the art ship is on a mission to “explore the ocean and bring it back to the world”. How valuable is this deep sea philanthropy?

Green News

Commission open to revisit glyphosate decision pending research

Upcoming scientific evidence could reverse EU executive’s decision.

Health news

Oral insulin could replace injections for diabetics, new study finds

A new form of oral insulin, which may soon be tested in humans, can be taken as an alternative to syringes or insulin pumps.

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COVID vaccine may have short-term impact on menstrual cycles - study

A French study found an increased but short-term risk of changes to women's menstrual cycles after they received the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.

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The way humans evolved may be stopping us from solving climate change

While studying human evolution to find solutions for the growing climate crisis, researchers found a mix of encouraging and depressing results.

Work

These AI tools could help boost your academic research

The future of academia is likely to be transformed by AI language models such as ChatGPT. Here are some other tools worth knowing about.