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Robots could help detect mental wellbeing issues in children, study finds | UK News
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Robots could help to detect mental wellbeing issues in children, a study has suggested. A child-sized humanoid robot was used by Cambridge University researchers to complete a series of questionnaires to assess mental wellbeing with 28 children aged between eight and 13. The research found that the youngsters were willing to confide in the robot,…
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Switzerland’s glaciers melt by half in less than a century, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Switzerland’s 1,400 glaciers lost half of their total volume in less than a century and the retreat of ice is accelerating, a study has found. Ice volumes shrunk by half over the 85 years from 1931 to 2016, according to researchers from ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research.…
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Most people with Omicron didn’t even realise they had COVID-19, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Most people who were infected with the Omicron variant didn’t even realise they had COVID-19, according to a new study from Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in the US. The lack of public awareness about being infected means that people can’t take steps to prevent themselves transmitting the virus further, which is a major stumbling block for…
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Nuclear war would cause global famine with more than five billion people killed, new study finds | Science & Tech News
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More than five billion people would die of hunger as a result of a full-scale nuclear war between the US and Russia, according to a new study. The results of such a conflict would be catastrophic for food production, climate scientists at Rutgers University have found in a peer-reviewed study published in the context of…
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Women on vegetarian diets more likely to break their hips, study finds | UK News
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Women who follow a vegetarian diet are more likely to break their hips later in life, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Leeds found female vegetarians see their risk of hip fracture increase by 33% compared to those who eat meat. They said a possible reason for this could be vegetarian…