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Giving children salt water nasal drops can cut duration of a cold and stop it spreading, study suggests | UK News
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Giving children a solution made up of salt and water can cut the duration of a cold by two days, researchers have suggested. A study found that cold symptoms lasted for an average of six days after using salt water nasal drops – also known as saline solution – compared to eight days after using…
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Voice assistants Siri-ously lacking when asked for instructions on giving CPR | Science & Tech News
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Voice assistants have become a crucial part of our lives – giving us the weather forecast, playing music on demand, and even helping us cheat at pub quizzes. But according to a new study, there’s one thing that the likes of Siri and Alexa aren’t good at: giving instructions for CPR. When someone goes into…
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Giving children chickenpox vaccine ‘could end risky pox parties’ | Science & Tech News
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Giving children chickenpox vaccines could bring an end to risky pox parties, experts have said. The jabs are not part of the NHS childhood immunisation schedule, but the committee which advises UK health departments on shots is considering whether to recommend they be added. About three-quarters of parents would support routine chickenpox jabs for their…
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Twitter’s blue tick will cost $8 a month, says Elon Musk, giving ‘power to the people’ | Science & Tech News
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Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has announced the platform’s coveted ‘blue tick’ will now cost users $8 (£7) a month, and criticised the current system as “bulls***”. In a tweet himself, Musk said: “Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bulls***. “Power to the people! Blue…
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AI robot Ai-Da is about to make history giving evidence to a House of Lords inquiry | Ents & Arts News
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Is creativity under attack from the rise of artificial intelligence? Who better to answer that question than Ai-Da, the world’s first artist robot that has made headlines for her incredible paintings and sculptures – not least a portrait of the Queen to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee earlier in 2022. Later today, Ai-Da Robot will make…
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Brexit: EU must end ‘persistent delays’ in giving UK access to scientific research programmes, says government | Politics News
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The EU must end “persistent delays” over the UK’s access to the bloc’s scientific research programmes after Brexit, the government has demanded as it launched legal action. It said the delays have prevented the UK from accessing Horizon Europe, the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation, and Copernicus, the earth observation programme that…