Kids everywhere have damaging gender stereotyping set by age 10
20 September 2017
Global study reveals that gender stereotypes become ingrained in "tween" years, leading to life-long health consequences - particularly for girls
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Thousands likely to be killed by Hurricane Irma’s deadly legacy
18 September 2017
Toxic chemicals released by floodwaters, stress, infection and dangerous working conditions will all contribute to hurricane death toll years after winds die
Could we store carbon dioxide as liquid lakes under the sea?
18 September 2017
We need to get carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to slow down climate change, and perhaps deep-sea trenches would be a good place to put it
Sex and aggression linked in male mouse brains but not in female
18 September 2017
In male mice, the same brain cells influence both aggressive and sexual behaviours, but for the first time we now know that's not the case for females
Blind people repurpose the brain's visual areas for language
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For the first time, language processing has been detected in areas of the brain that usually process vision, highlighting the organ’s extraordinary flexibility
End-of-life chatbot can help you with difficult final decisions
18 September 2017
A virtual assistant helps people who are terminally ill feel less anxious about death and more ready to complete their last will and testament
The NHS is using a chatbot to do tedious corporate team-building
18 September 2017
The UK's National Health Service and 10 big firms are experimenting with CoachBot, which replaces "coaching and development" staff with an automated chatbot
Brown dwarfs have strong magnetic fields just like real stars
15 September 2017
Failed stars called brown dwarfs straddle the line between big planets and small stars. An observation of a magnetic field puts another tick in the star column
World hunger is on the rise again due to climate change and war
15 September 2017
After falling for over a decade, the number of people going hungry has risen again - and climate change and war are to blame
There are hardly any old fish left in the ocean – and that’s bad
15 September 2017
Industrial fishing has disproportionately removed older fish, which tend to be the most adaptable individuals that can best survive environmental change
