Science
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Phone game lowers social anxiety by shifting focus on to the positive
StarStarter is a game that gives points when players avoid angry faces and focus on smiley ones Arcade Therapeutics People…
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Will climate change lead to an industrial boom in the Arctic?
The US and other nations are eager to exploit the Arctic’s mineral wealth, but despite the thawing of ice and…
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LHC breaks the record for heaviest antimatter nucleus ever seen
A particle smasher has created antihyperhelium-4, the heaviest antimatter nucleus ever made in a physics lab Duncan Walker/Getty Images Another…
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A dramatic rethink of Parkinson’s offers new hope for treatment
Per Borghammer’s “aha” moment came nearly 20 years ago. The neuroscientist was reading a paper from researchers who were examining…
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Daily pill could replace weight-loss shots like Ozempic and Wegovy
Can weight-loss drugs ditch the needles? Aleksandr Zubkov/Getty Images A daily pill appears to lower blood sugar in people with…
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Reducing high blood pressure can cut risk of dementia
Blood pressure reduction is associated with lowered risk of dementia Shutterstock / grinny Bringing down high blood pressure reduces the…
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A floating laboratory will uncover the secrets of Arctic winter
The TARA Polar Station is undergoing sea trials this year before heading to the Arctic Maéva Bardy/Fondation Tara Océan In…
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Stone Age dog skeleton hints at complex early relationship with pets
The skull of the newly discovered Palaeolithic dog Jean-Baptiste Fourvrel An “extremely rare” 16,000-year-old canine skeleton from southern France offers…
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This versatile piece of maths can help you solve all kinds of problems
“Graphs … are extremely effective for modelling sets of objects and the relationships between them” Katie Steckles Recently, a friend…
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Why vanishing sea ice at the poles is a crisis for the entire planet
Extremely low sea ice levels in the Arctic and Antarctica signal a “new normal” that may accelerate global warming and…
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