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Refresh rate, OLED technology? What to look out for when buying a gaming monitor | Science & Tech News
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It’s easy to get carried away when looking into upgrading your gaming hardware. Just recently Sony announced their new PS5 Pro to much fanfare (and astonishment at the £699 price tag), meanwhile Nintendo fans hotly anticipate the Switch 2, whose launch date has reportedly been brought forward. However, one vital part of the gaming rig…
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The game that gave me a heart rate warning – and four other spooky titles to play for Halloween | Science & Tech News
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Never mind those first date butterflies, forget those job interview nerves – nothing gets my heart rate soaring like a good scare. As if to prove it, I spent last weekend braving one of this year’s spookiest video games and received the first-ever heart rate alert from my Apple Watch. Dead Space was terrifying enough…
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‘Worrisome’ deadly fungus spreading through US at alarming rate | US News
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A drug-resistant and potentially deadly fungus is spreading rapidly through US health facilities, according to a government study. Researchers from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris or C. auris, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems. The number of people…
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UK’s cancer death rate has fallen 16% in last 20 years | UK News
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The overall cancer death rate has fallen 16% since Cancer Research UK was founded, according to new data from the charity. It said about 310 in every 100,000 people died from cancer each year in the UK in the early 2000s – but that now it’s around 260. Factors are said to include improvements to…