Why A.I. translation apps can fail doctors and patients.
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People who walk more each day tend to score better on several brain tests
Using years of Fitbit activity and blood pressure data, researchers investigated how daily movement and vascular health relate…
In Pictures: How HK’s Gen Z rappers are navigating their careers online
Words by James Lee Hong Kong’s local rap scene has been going through a dry spell lately. Shows,…
How to respond to hate speech without fuelling it further
The Spanish Observatory on Racism and Xenophobia reported a spike in hate posts on social media coinciding with…
Common anti-epileptic medication shows promise in reducing migraine aura
A new study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden found that 85 percent of patients with aura-dominant…
ChatGPT Writes Weaker Emails for Women, New Research Shows
Ask a chatbot to write the same kind of work email in two different ways, and you may…
‘Starwashing’: The new space race has an environmental problem
As artificial intelligence devours more land and electricity, a new breed of tech companies promises that outer space…
Community-focused mental health care cuts hospital admissions
A new approach to care for people experiencing a mental health crisis, emphasising continuity and community, can reduce…
Scientists create brain organoids with distinct cortical regional identity
The human brain is often described as one of the most complex structures in biology, and much of…
Brain scans reveal language-specific network of neurons even during nonlinguistic tasks
The language network in your brain can be seen, even if you aren’t saying a word. For a…
Targeting small group of brain cells may reduce opioid addiction risk
Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine are investigating how to keep opioids’ pain-relieving benefits while reducing their…
Linguistic style in children predicts future mental health problems
Linguistic models that analyzed the words children used when talking about stressful events proved better at predicting future…