Science & Space: 8 of 10
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Opioids don't relieve acute low back or neck pain – and can result in worse pain, new study finds
Opioids are the one of the most prescribed pain-relief for people with low back and neck pain. But new research shows they don’t effectively relieve low back or neck pain and can result in worse pain.
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Rats have an imagination, too, researchers show with brain implants
Rats think of objects and places that are not directly in front of them, a key requirement for remembering the past and imagining the future.
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Knock Knock Eye: Snowstorm Hallucinations
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Could you move from your biological body to a computer? An expert explains ‘mind uploading’
The feasibility of mind uploading rests on three core assumptions. How plausible is each one, really?
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NYC Will Soon Be Home to 15 Robot-Run Vegetarian Restaurants From Chipotle’s Founder
"We’ve taken a lot of human interaction out of the process and left just enough."
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First U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rockets toward the moon
The first U.S. lunar lander in more than 50 years rocketed toward the moon Monday, launching private companies on a space race to make deliveries for NASA and other customers.
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Spinal implant allows Parkinson’s patient to walk for miles
A Parkinson’s patient can now walk 6km (3.7 miles) thanks to an implant targeting the spinal cord. The man, 62-year-old “Marc” from Bordeaux, France, developed severe mobility impairments from the degenerative disease.
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This megacity is the latest to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia | CNN
Lahore has become the latest megacity to shut down as pollution chokes swathes of South Asia, where nearly 50 million people have been breathing toxic air for nearly a week.
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Polycystic Kidney Disease Breakthrough (New Research in PKD) - 2023
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Ancient DNA helps trace multiple sclerosis origins in European descendants
The finding answers a long-standing conundrum about multiple sclerosis and recasts the modern-day illness, suggesting it is rooted in an evolutionary trade-off.
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Many physicists assume we must live in a multiverse – but their basic maths may be wrong
The universe appears to be fine-tuned for life to evolve.
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Magicians less prone to mental disorders than other artists, finds research
Aberystwyth University study first to show a creative group with lower scores on psychotic traits than general population
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Where Do Millions of Snakes Disappear to?
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Ubiquitous nanoplastics found to cause Parkinson’s disease
New research is finding that nanoplastics aggregate in the brain causing certain forms of dementia.
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Global warming might not happen quite as fast as we thought – here’s why
Plants will absorb more carbon dioxide than predicted, meaning models could be overestimating the speed which the planet will heat up
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Human Beings Are Not Puppets, And We Should Probably Stop Acting Like They Are
A few years ago, we wrote about Joe Bernstein’s absolutely fantastic long read on how we’re probably all looking at the concept of disinformation wrong. As our title said, “most information on disi…
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Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection
Irish eyes may not be smiling
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The "enshittification" of tech extends to space, too
From Google to Netflix, tech is becoming more useless. The commercialization of space is no different
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Clean energy is officially “unstoppable” now
The International Energy Agency has a new forecast for 2030.
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'Phage therapy' could treat some drug-resistant superbug infections, but comes with unique challenges
Researchers are desperately seeking viable alternatives to antibiotics. So what is phage therapy? And how could it help?