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
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Toxic chemicals released by floodwaters, stress, infection and dangerous working conditions will all contribute to hurricane death toll years after winds die
Blind people repurpose the brain's visual areas for language
18 September 2017
For the first time, language processing has been detected in areas of the brain that usually process vision, highlighting the organ’s extraordinary flexibility
Third-hand smoke in furniture and clothes damages mouse organs
14 September 2017
Exposure to smoke residue increases rodents’ stress hormones and puts them at higher risk of diabetes, as well as harming their livers and brains
Plastic cubes injected into the body could replace booster shots
14 September 2017
Microscopic degradable polymer cubes stuffed with vaccines could spell the end of booster jabs, and lead to a single vaccine that protects against all diseases
Tumour bacteria sabotage chemotherapy by destroying cancer drugs
14 September 2017
Giving antibiotics to people with cancer could improve treatment by stopping bacteria from degrading anticancer drugs
Robot made from a DNA strand could deliver cargo in your blood
14 September 2017
Micromachine with two feet and two arms could pick up and deliver drugs in the bloodstream or build chemical compounds, one tiny step at a time
It's too easy for bioterrorists to access dangerous research
14 September 2017
The systems designed to stop potentially risky research being published and used to make weapons of terror have “multiple shortcomings”, warns US report
AI spots Alzheimer’s brain changes years before symptoms emerge
14 September 2017
A machine-learning algorithm that examines MRI scans can identify alterations in how different regions of the brain are connected that indicate future disease
