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Leading doctors say there is little medical evidence for limiting screen time for kids, even though a major study disagrees
While there is little evidence that screen time itself has a negative effect on children, the group…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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Wikipedia rejected an entry on a physics Nobel laureate right up until she won, saying she wasn't famous enough
At a press conference on Tuesday, Strickland was surprised to learn she was the third woman to rece…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
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DIGITAL HEALTH BRIEFING: Consumers wary of Amazon's health insurance play - SAP adds child digital therapeutics diagnosis - Mobile diagnostic test shows promise
CLINICIAN BUY-IN DRAGS ON HOSPITAL DEPLOYMENT OF SECURE MESSAGING PLATFORMS: Instant messaging is a…
Nicky Lineaweaver
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Friends can share similar brain waves, genetics, and personality traits - here's why it happens
"People who like 'Salvador Dali' or 'meditation,' for example, tend to score high on openness to ne…
Lindsay Dodgson
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You're probably putting on sunscreen all wrong - here's how to apply it the right way, according to a dermatologist
Scientific studies suggest that avoiding the sun at all costs is not a good recipe for a long and h…
Hilary Brueck
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Here's what the images that just won the Nobel prize in chemistry look like and why they're so transformative
The technique has existed since the 1930s, but many scientists didn't think it could be used to loo…
Kevin Loria
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There may be a significant negative effects on kids if their mothers are older
It's no shock the genes a mother passes down will affect her child's lifespan. But in addition to g…
Ellie Kincaid
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Here's how different drugs change your brain
The part of the brain cocaine affects the most includes key memory centers that help us recall wher…
Erin Brodwin
Gus Lubin
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Here's How Your Sibling Relationships Affect Your Life As An Adult - For Good And Bad
And just as your parents told you, siblings can provide positive role models as well. Other researc…
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Why Did A Lightbulb Win The Nobel Prize?
"...having invented a new energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source - the blue light-e…
Jessica Orwig
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Meet The Scientists Who Could Win This Year's Physics Nobel Prize
In 2007 Molenkamp, at the University of Wurzburg in Germany, was the first to conduct an experiment…
Jessica Orwig
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The Nobel Committee Can't Seem To Locate Prize Winner Peter Higgs
This isn't a total shocker. As The New York Times wrote on Monday: "Dr. Higgs - the J. D. Salinger …
Dina Spector
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Peter Higgs Found Out About His Nobel Win In The Most Unusual Way
The retired professor, who does not own a cell phone, had been enjoying a meal of draft beer, soup,…
Dina Spector
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What Is A Higgs Boson?
PP: I worked for a number of years on helping to construct and commission the CMS (Compact Muon Sol…
Dina Spector
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These 1,429 US Towns Could Be Destroyed By Rising Sea Levels
Florida — Acacia Villas, Alva, Anna Maria, Apalachicola, Apollo Beach, Aripeka, Astor, Atlantic Bea…
Jennifer Welsh
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When A Choir Sings Their Hearts Beat As One
The study was published in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience on July 9. Researchers brought hig…
Jennifer Welsh
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Geoffrey Hinton, the 'godfather of AI' who warned of its existential risk, awarded Nobel Prize for Physics
Geoffrey Hinton and John J. Hopfield win the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for machine learning inve…
Jyoti Mann
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AI’s godfather and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton is worried about the ‘consequences’ of the technology
Hinton, who co-developed the technique of backpropagation in the 1980s, a key driver in machine lea…
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India is drawing lessons from Ukraine to counter China's military might
As India modernizes its armed forces of 1.5 million, its experts see lessons to draw from the battl…