Category: 7. SciTech
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Menopause hormonal therapy found linked to Alzheimer’s risk
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Older women who take menopausal hormone therapy may be at a higher risk of Alzheimer’s. A study published in Science Advances on Wednesday found… Continue Reading
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Archaeologists find 2,600-year-old pot of gold at ancient Egyptian temple
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Archaeologists have discovered a 2,600-year-old pot containing gold jewellery and statuettes of a family of gods at an ancient Egyptian… Continue Reading
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Scientists finally find Greenland sharks’ longevity secrets
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A new genomic study of Greenland sharks has revealed how they have one of the longest lifespans among animals, spanning centuries, without… Continue Reading
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Discovery opens up ‘new class of potential natural antibiotics’
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Scientists have discovered a new part of the immune system which provides researchers with a new place to look for antibiotics, according to a… Continue Reading
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Archaeological excavation at Italian town rewrite’s timeline of Rome’s collapse
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Excavations at a central Italian city upended the belief that it served as a “backwater town” during the Roman era, finding instead it was… Continue Reading
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This company just took a major step toward reviving the woolly mammoth
Colossal Biosciences has taken a massive step forward in its quest to revive the woolly mammoth by creating a genetically engineered woolly mouse. The new offshoot of the species looks just like any other mouse but has long, thick, and woolly hair—just like the ancient woolly mammoth… Continue Reading
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Regularly reading articles like this will protect your brain from ageing: new study
Want to keep your brain sharp as you age? The secret might be as simple as regularly exercising your maths and reading skills – at work, at home, or even while scrolling through this article. A groundbreaking new study led by Stanford University’s Professor Eric Hanushek suggests that keeping… Continue Reading
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US State Department Kills Global Air Monitoring Program Researchers Say Paid for Itself
The State Department’s air quality program eventually became an example of a smart, efficient diplomacy that boosted American soft power while bringing about real-world changes. “I’ve never seen an initiative of the US government have such an immediate, dramatic impact in a country,”… Continue Reading
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An Overdiagnosis Epidemic Is Harming Patients’ Mental Health
However, what has happened now is that we have a massive increase in autism, and it is not having the downstream effect of making children better. We should be seeing a slightly happier population, but all we’re seeing is worse mental health. We did something well-intentioned but there’s no… Continue Reading
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Scientists trying to bring back the woolly mammoth end up with woolly mice
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email Extinction may be forever, but the next best thing may be just around the corner. Biotech company Colossal Biosciences is attempting to… Continue Reading