People who had severe covid-19 show cognitive decline years later
An analysis of people who were hospitalised with covid-19 in the first wave of the pandemic has revealed that the…
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We finally know why live music makes us so emotional
Hearing live music tugs at our heartstrings more than a recording, probably because it increases activity in an emotion-processing region…
Mounting evidence shows daily multivitamins keep you sharp as you age
A third study has shown that older people who take a daily multivitamin do better on memory tests than those…
These images are the first time we have seen the sun’s south pole
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into…
How to see the Orionid meteor shower in October and November
The Orionids are flashes of light that appear in the sky every year when Earth passes through debris from Halley’s…
Women’s pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?
Over the past 150 years, the rise in Caesarean sections and changes in diet could have led to smaller pelvises…
Targeted mRNA delivery will lead to cheaper cures for many diseases
A technique for delivering mRNAs to blood stem cells should enable better and cheaper treatments for conditions from sickle cell…
Ancient wasp may have used its rear end to trap flies
Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to…
How long can humans live? We may not have hit the limit yet
The record for the maximum human lifespan has been unbroken since the 1990s, but that might soon change, according to…
How long is a day on Uranus? Slightly longer than we thought, it seems
Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than…