Author: EUSci
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Resolutions and Willpower
Are you sticking with your New Years Resolutions? Emma Walsh looks at the neuroscience research behind making and keeping our New Years Resolutions.
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When chemistry “clicks” with nature
In light of the recent Nobel prize award in chemistry, Kevin Boyle discusses an advance that could potentially change how chemistry is carried out in the future with far reaching applications. On the 5th October 2022, the revolutionary concept of click chemistry was thrown into the limelight. The 2022 Nobel prize for chemistry was shared…
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Another cup of coffee, please!
Sophie Hoetzel reassures coffee drinkers that they should worry not, as she dives into the evidence in support of the health benefits associated with coffee consumption.
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From scientist to CEO
— sponsored article — Ishani Malhotra reveals the secrets behind setting up her own company, Carcinotech, while also completing her Masters research in Regenerative Medicine. Designing new cancer drugs requires accurate ways to test them. Tumours can be unique to each individual patient and are made up of lots of different cell types beyond the…
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Space Junk – a serious threat to our space missions
In 2009, a Russian and an American satellite in orbit collided with each other creating lots of debris in the process. In recent years, space junk has increased significantly, endangering future space missions. Space junk or space debris is defined as machinery or debris left by humans in space. These could range from dead satellites…
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Now is the time to see Northern Lights
Solar scientists now predict that, due to an 11 year solar cycle, we could be witnessing some of the brightest display of lights till 2025.
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Lasers shed light on lost cities of the Amazon
New LiDAR data has revealed a constellation of 26 interconnected towns that disappeared mysteriously 600 years ago.
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Artificial general intelligence presents an existential threat
You’ve heard of AI, but artificial general intelligence poses another danger, as Jason Segall explores in this article, suggesting what could be done to mitigate the potential disasters the technology could bring about.
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Do no harm – but a white lie couldn’t hurt, could it?
Placebos have been a well-known and effective tool for medical trials and professionals, but how ethical is it for doctors to use them on patients? Nathan Rockley argues they could be a slippery slope that is best left untouched.
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Genetic screening will empower families
If you could know, from the day you were born, your risk of developing certain diseases, would you want to?