Nightmares and ‘daymares’ could be early warning signs of autoimmune disease

2023 was the hottest summer in two thousand years

Cuckoos evolve to look like their hosts - and form new species in the process

Call for safeguards to prevent unwanted ‘hauntings’ by AI chatbots of dead loved ones: Researchers lay out the need for design safety protocols that prevent the emerging “digital afterlife industry” causing social and psychological harm.

Birth by C-section more than doubles odds of measles vaccine failure

Cement recycling method could help solve one of the big climate challenges

New vaccine effective against coronaviruses that haven’t even emerged yet

BCPL evolved from CPL. (2021) [pdf]

Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson’s disease treatments

Survivors of breast cancer are at significantly higher risk of developing second cancers, including endometrial and ovarian cancer for women and prostate cancer for men, according to new research studying data from almost 600,000 patients in England.

Childhood maltreatment can continue to have an impact long into adulthood because of how it effects an individual’s risk of poor physical health and traumatic experiences many years later…

Farmers don’t have to choose between lowering environmental impact and improving welfare for their pigs, a new study has found: it is possible to do both

Raw flux streams and obscure formats: Further work around imaging 5.25-inch flo

Scientists have identified rare gene variants (in the genes BSN and APBA1) that confer up to a 6-fold increase in the risk of obesity, as well as an increased risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes

Farmed salmon production leads to an overall loss of essential dietary nutrients

An Introduction to Flow Matching

TB vaccine may enable elimination of the disease in cattle by reducing its spread

Research reveals ‘cosy domesticity’ of prehistoric stilt-house dwellers in England’s ancient marshland

A new study of long-term student engagement challenges the “one great teacher” narrative of education

New approach to monitoring freshwater quality can identify sources of pollution, and predict their effects

Pythagoras Was Wrong: There Are No Universal Musical Harmonies, Study Finds

Long COVID linked to persistently high levels of inflammatory protein: a potential biomarker and target for treatments

Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that our brains can compensate for age-related deterioration by recruiting other areas to help with brain function and maintain cognitive performance.

The springtime emergence of vast swarms of cicadas can be explained by a mathematical model of collective decision-making

Researchers have developed a sensor made from ‘frozen smoke’ that uses artificial intelligence techniques to detect formaldehyde in real time at concentrations as low as eight parts per billion, far beyond the sensitivity of most indoor air quality sensors.

Religious people coped better with Covid-19 pandemic

Scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation – a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s immune system that underlies a number of chronic diseases

Researchers have developed a robotic sensor that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most human readers.

Why is Maxwell's theory so hard to understand? (2007) [pdf]

Alcohol consumption in pubs reduced when largest wine glass is removed

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