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27  mars     00h01
Two nights of broken sleep can make people feel years older, finds study
Ian Sample Science editor    Beyond simply feeling decrepit, perception of being older can affect health by encouraging unhealthy eating and reducing exerciseTwo nights of broken sleep are enough to make people feel years older, according to researchers, who said consistent, restful slumber was a key factor in helping to stave...
28  mars     05h00
The virus that infects almost everyone, and its link to cancer and MS - podcast
Presented by Ian Sample, produced by Holly Fisher and Madeleine Finlay, sound design by Tony Onuchukwu, the executive producer is Ellie Bury    On March it’s the th anniversary of the discovery of Epstein Barr virus, the most common viral infection in humans. The virus was first discovered in association with a rare type of cancer located in Africa, but is now understood to be implicated in of cancers, as well as the autoimmune...
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Daniel Kahneman, renowned psychologist and Nobel prize winner, dies at 90
Guardian staff and Agencies    The Israeli American’s book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, was a worldwide bestseller with revolutionary ideas about human error and biasDaniel Kahneman, a psychologist who pioneered theories in behavioural economics that heavily influenced the discipline, and won him a Nobel prize, has died at age ...
24  mars     07h00
Truth behind the myths’: Amazon warrior women of Greek legend may really have existed
Dalya Alberge    Excavations of bronze age graves have found battle scarred female archers, says the historian Bettany HughesIn Greek legends, the Amazons were feared and formidable women warriors who lived on the edge of the known world. Hercules had to obtain the magic girdle of the Amazonian queen Hippolyte in...
27  mars     06h00
Scientists link 2019 Iranian landslide to building of dam
Kate Ravilious    Researchers studying satellite data show slope near village of Hoseynabad e Kalpush moved after reservoir began to be filledIn recent decades there has been a dramatic rise in the number of dams being built, to keep pace with demand for water or to provide power. Concerns have been raised about...
26  mars     05h00
What could a severe solar storm do to Earth, and are we prepared? - podcast
Presented by Madeleine Finlay, produced by Madeleine Finlay and Holly Fisher, sound design by Joel Cox, the executive producer is Ellie Bury    The sun is currently ramping up to hit the peak of its year activity cycle. In the past few days, powerful solar eruptions have sent a stream of particles towards Earth which are set to produce spectacular auroras in both hemispheres. But these kinds of geomagnetic storms can also have less...
28  mars     23h01
Obese children twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis, study suggests
Andrew Gregory Health editor    Swedish researchers say inflammation caused by obesity is likely to increase risk of developing conditions such as MSChildren who are obese may face more than double the risk of developing multiple sclerosis as adults, a study suggests.MS can affect the brain and spinal cord, causing a range of...
27  mars     22h30
Hormone medication could increase risk of brain tumours, French study finds
Ian Sample Science editor    Patients taking certain progestogens as a contraceptive or for gynaecological conditions may be more likely to develop growths, researchers sayMillions of women around the world who use certain hormone drugs for contraception and to manage conditions such as endometriosis may have a raised risk of...
26  mars     16h00
Scientists turn to AI to make beer taste even better
Nicola Davis Science correspondent    Researchers in Belgium use artificial intelligence to improve taste, but say the skill of the brewer remains vitalWhether you prefer a fruity lambic or a complex Trappist, Belgian beers have long been famed for their variety, quality and heritage. Now, researchers say they have harnessed the power...
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Boots to offer Covid vaccines in England for nearly 100 a jab
Nicola Davis Science correspondent    Pharmacy to offer Pfizer BioNTech vaccine to those not eligible for NHS booster shot from next weekBoots is to offer Covid vaccinations for almost a shot, making it the latest provider to sell the jabs to those not eligible for a booster through the NHS.The company has confirmed it will offer...
25  mars     08h00
I helped advise the US government on the next likely pandemic. What I learned is alarming Devi Sridhar
Devi Sridhar    The day challenge, to be able to contain a virus while a vaccine is approved, manufactured and delivered, looks ever more remoteFour years on from the first Covid lockdown, life feels to be largely back to normal, although legacies of the pandemic remain. Collective amnesia seems to have set in...
19  mars     22h30
People with hypermobility may be more prone to long Covid, study suggests
Linda Geddes Science correspondent    People with excessive flexibility more likely to say they had not fully recovered from Covid, research findsPeople with excessively flexible joints may be at heightened risk of long Covid and persistent fatigue, research suggests.Hypermobility is where some or all of a person’s joints have an...
15  mars     11h00
Alarming’ rise in Americans with long Covid symptoms
Melody Schreiber    CDC data shows nearly m people could be living with long Covid even as health agency relaxes isolation recommendationsSome . of American adults are currently experiencing long Covid symptoms, according to a new survey from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC , revealing an ...
12  mars     23h30
Covid vaccines cut risk of virus-related heart failure and blood clots, study finds
Ian Sample Science editor    Researchers say jabs substantially reduce for up to a year the chances of serious cardiovascular complicationsCovid vaccinations substantially reduce the risk of heart failure and potentially dangerous blood clots linked to the infection for up to a year, according to a large study.Researchers...
16  mars     07h00
I feel for women misled over egg-freezing. If I’d believed doctors during my transition, my kids wouldn’t be here Freddy McConnell
Freddy McConnell    We all deserve better from healthcare providers who sell false promise to some, while shutting down options for others You can’t have missed the conversations about the rise of freezing eggs for non medical or social reasons in recent years, which forms part of an explosion in the use of...
12  mars     08h00
You don’t want to get better’: the outdated treatment of ME CFS patients is a national scandal George Monbiot
George Monbiot    From harmful therapies’ to social services referrals, the notion that this illness is psychosomatic is having devastating effectsIt’s the greatest medical scandal of the st century. For decades, patients with ME CFS myalgic encephalomyelitis chronic fatigue syndrome have been told they can...
01  mars     09h18
Tech bros need to realise deepfake porn ruins lives - and the law has to catch up
Luba Kassova    Taylor Swift is just one of countless victims of deepfake videos. Firms feeding off this abuse should pay for the harm they causeImagine finding that someone has taken a picture of you from the internet and superimposed it on a sexually explicit image available online. Or that a video appears...
24  février     16h00
OpenAI’s new video generation tool could learn a lot from babies John Naughton
John Naughton    The footage put together by Sora looks swish, but closer examination reveals its doesn’t understand physical reality First text, then images, now OpenAI has a model for generating videos, screamed Mashable the other day. The makers of ChatGPT and Dall E had just announced Sora, a text to video...
21  mars     05h00
Havana syndrome: will we ever understand what happened? - podcast
Presented by Ian Sample, with Julian Borger; produced by Holly Fisher; sound design by Tony Onuchukwu; the executive producer is Ellie Bury    In late , US officials in Cuba’s capital began experiencing a mysterious and often debilitating set of symptoms that came to be known as Havana syndrome. As two new studies into the condition are published, Ian Sample speaks to the Guardian’s world affairs editor, Julian Borger, who has been...
19  mars     05h00
Should forests have rights? - podcast
Presented by Madeleine Finlay with Jonathan Watts, produced by Holly Fisher, sound design by Joel Cox, the executive producer is Ellie Bury    A growing movement of ecologists, lawyers and artists is arguing that nature should have legal rights. By recognising the rights of ecosystems and other species, advocates hope that they can gain better protection. Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jonathan Watts,...
14  mars     05h00
A waterworld with a boiling ocean and the end of dark matter? The week in science - podcast
Presented by Ian Sample with Hannah Devlin; produced by Madeleine Finlay; sound design by Tony Onuchukwu    Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss some of the science stories that have made headlines this week, from a new theory challenging the existence of dark matter to an alarming study about the possible impact of microplastics on our health and a glimpse of a waterworld with a...
15  mars     16h54
Younge writing on racism best since Baldwin
Guardian Staff    Racism in politics A propulsion problem Joy in education Salford’s rugby winGary Younge’s article on the universal hypocrisy in relation to racism being expressed by both of our main political parties is the most honest and ruthlessly coruscating essay I’ve read since James Baldwin In...
23  mars     08h00
UK genetics project looks for lost apple varieties to protect fruit in climate crisis
Helena Horton Environment reporter    Heritage orchard at RHS Rosemoor to be sampled this spring as part of search for previously unrecorded survivor’ cultivarsGardeners are searching for lost apple varieties by sequencing the genetics of trees in ancient orchards, in the hope they hold traits that can help the fruit survive climate...
18  mars     16h57
Did you solve it? Lewis Carroll for insomniacs
Alex Bellos    The answers to today’s puzzlesEarlier today I set these puzzles by Lewis Carroll, who as well as writing books like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, was also a prolific puzzle setter. . The Chelsea Pensioners Continue reading...
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Can you solve it? Lewis Carroll for insomniacs
Alex Bellos    It’s not all about AliceUPDATE: Read the answers hereTodays puzzles are all penned by Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and appear in a delightful miscellany of his non Alice scribblings, Lewis Carroll’s Guide for Insomniacs, curated by LC superfan Gyles Brandreth. They...
04  mars     16h45
Did you solve it? The word game at the cutting edge of computer science
Alex Bellos    The answer to today’s puzzlesEarlier today I set you three examples of a word puzzle that illuminates one of the smash hits of theoretical computer science. To read about this result, the PCP theorem, please check out the original post. In the puzzle, crossword style clues each point to a vertical...
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Can you solve it? The word game at the cutting edge of computer science
Alex Bellos    A crossword puzzle with a twistUPDATE: You can read the solutions hereToday’s puzzle illuminates one of the smash hits of theoretical computer science, a mind boggling result that left even experts in the field gobsmacked.We’ll get to that result the PCP theorem later. But first, to the challenge...
14  mars     14h19
SpaceX completes third Starship test flight lasting 50 minutes - video
   SpaceX launched the third test flight of its Starship spacecraft, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, which aims to carry astronauts to the moon and, eventually, to Mars. It took off from SpaceX’s spaceport, named Starbase, on the Gulf of Mexico in Boca Chica, Texas, entering space...
27  février     15h12
One of world’s smallest fish found to make sounds that exceed 140 decibels - video
   One of the world’s smallest fish, measuring about the width of an adult human fingernail, can make a sound as loud as a gunshot, scientists have found. The male Danionella cerebrum, a fish of about mm found in the streams of Myanmar, produces sounds that exceed decibels, according to a study...
17  février     19h44
Ancient faces brought back to life at Scottish museum - video
   A bronze age woman who suffered lower back pain, years ago and an iron age Pictish man who lived a life of hard labour, years ago are among our ancient ancestors who have been brought to life in dramatic facial reconstructions. Cutting edge technology will enable visitors to Scotland’s...