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Your ultra-HD TV may not be worth it. Scientists measure the resolution limit of the human eye

Cambridge University launches project to rescue data trapped on old floppy disks

Dementia linked to problems with brain’s waste clearance system: impaired movement of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) predicted risk of dementia later in life among 40,000 adults

Preserving Digital Memory at the Festival of Floppies

Study shows how domestic abusers build ‘trauma bonds’ with victims before violence begins

New lab-grown human embryo model produces blood cells

Brain cancer cells can be ‘reprogrammed’ to stop them from spreading

A study has found adolescents become highly motivated to seek rewards after just a few hours of social isolation, making some people more prone to seek out rewards such as alcohol or recreational drugs

Patients three times more likely to die after abdominal trauma surgery in the world’s least developed countries

‘Artificial cartilage’ could improve arthritis treatment

Newton for Ladies (1737) – Newtonianism vs. Cartesianism

Study have identified a specific brain circuit in primates that, when disrupted, reduces motivation and increases anxiety — symptoms closely linked to depression

A drought lasting 13 years and several others that each lasted over three years may have contributed to the collapse of the Classic Maya civilisation, chemical fingerprints from a stalagmite in a Mexican cave have revealed.

Cicadas coordinate their morning choruses with precision, timing their singing to a specific level of light during the pre-dawn hours

Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution linked to increased risk of dementia

Large-scale DNA study maps 37,000 years of human disease history

New treatment could reduce brain damage from stroke, study in mice shows

Gut microbes could protect us from toxic 'forever chemicals'

Astronomers have detected a giant exoplanet – between three and ten times the size of Jupiter – hiding in the swirling disc of gas and dust surrounding a young star

Scientists reverse age-related memory loss in mice by reactivating dormant genes using epigenetic reprogramming (Cell, 2023)

An ‘AI scientist’, working in collaboration with human scientists, has found combinations of cheap and safe drugs – used to treat conditions such as high cholesterol and alcohol dependence – could also be effective at treating cancer…

How ‘supergenes’ help fish evolve into new species

BCPL (2022)

Menstrual tracking app data is gold mine for advertisers that risks women safety

How the Afghan Girl Was Identified by Her Iris Patterns

Anxiety over income and unfair feedback dominates working lives of delivery riders, drivers and “digital labour” workers in UK’s gig economy – with many reporting physical pain and hours spent working without pay waiting for the app to ping…

Generic drugs can be supplied at savings of over 60% for patients and 90% for payers through a health care utility model that emphasises reliable supply at affordable cost rather than profits…

A combination of two drugs could improve outcomes and reduce the need for toxic chemotherapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL), the commonest cancer in childhood and one that can be particularly difficult to treat in older patients…

Bits with Soul

Strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the solar system

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