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Daily Briefing: Reading For Pleasure Linked To Big Brain Benefits
Evidence that reading for fun is related to structural brain changes, improved mental health and reduced risk of cognitive decline. Plus, go…
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Daily Briefing: How This Year’s Super El Niño Is Different
Climate change makes the event difficult to predict. Plus, signs of success from an early trial of an osteoporosis therapy and how…
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Celestron Starsense Explorer Dx 130Az Review
A sharp, wide-field and genuinely portable 130mm reflector whose phone-guided pointing makes star-hopping optional, offering stunning views of the solar system and…
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Nsf Moves To Overhaul Funding Approach In Line With White House Pri…
The major funder of basic science has not said how its new initiatives will be funded — but staff worry streamlined approach…
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Daily Briefing: Skeleton Teeth Show Evidence Of The Earliest Known …
Traces of the psychoactive compound arecoline suggest that two people regularly sucked on psychoactive betel nuts. Plus, what motivates people to take…
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Daily Briefing: Text-Message Tutoring Keeps Kids Learning When Scho…
Twenty-minute phone calls from tutors improved children’s maths learning during emergency school closures. Plus, Denisovans made excellent deer hunters and Beatles puns…
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Daily Briefing: Openai Claims A Huge Maths Breakthrough
The AI giant claims to have solved one of maths’ trickiest problems, but questions swirl over should get the credit. Plus, an…
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Daily Briefing: Gene-Therapy Deaths Put Spotlight On Trials In China
The deaths of two children in separate gene-therapy trials could have a profound effect on China’s biomedical industry, say researchers. Plus, an…
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Does The U.s. Need More Spaceports?
A new executive order calls for more than 1,000 U.S. rocket launches per year by the end of the decade. Rethinking the…