A new high-tech screening clinic co-founded by the boss of Spotify hopes to revolutionise healthcare by picking up signs of disease long before there are any symptoms. Neko Health uses high resolution cameras, lasers and radar to capture millions of data points around the body, checking for problems that could become serious and even life-threatening in future. It’s the latest ...
Giving children a solution made up of salt and water can cut the duration of a cold by two days, researchers have suggested. A study found that cold symptoms lasted for an average of six days after using salt water nasal drops – also known as saline solution – compared to eight days after using typical cold medicine. It could ...
Thousands of men taking a drug for epilepsy or bipolar disorder – and their partners – have been warned to use effective contraception because any babies they conceive may be at increased risk of harm. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) says new evidence shows children born to men taking the drug valproate are more likely to have ...
Talented dogs can remember the names of their toys for at least two years, scientists have found. Previous research has shown these rare pooches, known as gifted word learners (GWL), have a unique ability to learn the names of hundreds of different objects. However, a new study, published in the journal Biology Letters, now suggests they can remember the names of ...
A review of 63 studies has found no link between mobile phone use and an increased risk of brain cancer. Commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO), it found no rise in cases despite a huge increase in wireless technology over the last 20 years. The review was headed by experts from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency, ...
Brazil’s Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a decision to block Elon Musk’s social media platform X. The move undermines the billionaire businessman’s claims the original judge who banned the platform “violated the constitution of Brazil repeatedly and egregiously, after swearing an oath to protect it”. The tech tycoon posted a series of messages on X casting the judge as an ...
Strange noises that were heard coming from the Boeing Starliner currently docked on the International Space Station (ISS) are not serious, says NASA. Astronaut Butch Wilmore, who has been stuck on the ISS with his colleague Suni since early July because of Starliner’s problems, told mission control he could hear “strange” sounds coming from the spacecraft over the weekend. “I ...
Three Scottish sites have been included in a new list of internationally important geological locations. The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, the Rum Igneous Complex, and the Barrow Zones have been selected for the International Union of Geological Sciences’ second list of 100 geological heritage sites. As with the first 100, these sites are deemed to be of high scientific ...
The UK’s first “teacherless” GCSE class, using artificial intelligence instead of human teachers, is about to start lessons. David Game College, a private school in London, opens its new teacherless course for 20 GCSE students in September. The students will learn using a mixture of artificial intelligence platforms on their computers and virtual reality headsets. The platforms learn what the ...
A judge has ordered social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, to be taken down in Brazil. Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes made the order after the site’s billionaire owner Elon Musk failed to name a legal representative in Brazil. The judge and Musk have been feuding in public for months after X didn’t comply with legal orders ...