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AI chatbots could help doctors treat depression, researchers suggest, after study using ChatGPT | Science & Tech News
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The AI chatbot ChatGPT could be better at following treatment standards for depression than human doctors, a study suggests. The technology could improve decision making in primary care, researchers said, as it is capable of following recognised treatment standards without any gender or social class biases that are sometimes a factor between humans. But more…
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September’s temperature data was ‘unprecedented’ – and researchers are baffled at why extremes are so high | Climate News
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From climate scientists, the September temperature data has prompted a string of superlatives: “gobsmackingly bananas”, “unprecedented”, “staggering,” “unnerving”. A look at the data they’re reacting to – and it helps explain why. September 2023 hasn’t just broken the record for the warmest September on record, it obliterated it. It was half a degree warmer than…
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Researchers take major step towards creating synthetic embryo-like structures that mimic real human embryos | Science & Tech News
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Researchers have taken a major step towards creating synthetic embryo-like structures that mimic real human embryos with most of the fundamental features of the earliest stages of life. The latest study, from researchers at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, built on the work of a number of recent experiments using human embryonic stem cells and…
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Oysters reintroduction project in Scottish Highlands set to transform area’s biodiversity, researchers say | Climate News
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The reintroduction of millions of previously extinct oysters to part of the Scottish Highlands is set to transform the area into a bastion of biodiversity, researchers have said. European native oysters almost became extinct in the UK, with the population declining by 95% since the mid-19th century, likely due to overfishing. It also led to…
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Third person cured of HIV after stem cell transplant, researchers say | Science & Tech News
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A stem cell transplant has cured a man of HIV, researchers have announced. The patient, 53, is only the third person to be cured of the condition using the treatment. He appears to be the fifth person in total to be cured overall. He had not taken anti-retroviral medicine, or suppressants, for four years and…
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Researchers reveal ‘significant’ findings about dinosaurs which roamed south of England 125 million years ago | UK News
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Semi-aquatic dinosaurs which roamed southern England 125 million years ago inherited the brain capacity from their ancestors to catch the fish they survived on, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Southampton and Ohio University reconstructed the brains and inner ears of two spinosaurs, which they say helps reveal how these large predatory…
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Baby deaths mystery from 1930s solved by researchers finding ‘abnormal’ gene shape link to vitamin D side-effects | UK News
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An 80-year-old mystery linked to a wave of baby deaths in the 1930s and 1940s has finally been solved by researchers. The fatal ingredient was found in household staples – milk, bread, cereal, margarine. But it was put there to try and make children healthier. In the early 1900s, more than 80% of children were…
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Rats have rhythm and love to dance to Lady Gaga, researchers discover | Science & Tech News
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Rats have rhythm and will happily bop along to Queen and Lady Gaga, scientists have found. The discerning rodents also liked a bit of Mozart, the Japanese study found. The skill of moving to a musical beat was thought to be mostly one associated with humans, scientists have discovered. Researchers at the University of Tokyo…
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COVID pandemic caused changes to global mortality not seen in 70 years, say researchers | UK News
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The COVID pandemic has caused a “protracted shock” to life expectancy levels leading to global mortality changes not seen in the last 70 years, according to research. Previous epidemics have seen fairly rapid “bounce backs” to life expectancy levels, said experts. But the scale and magnitude of COVID-19 on mortality confounds claims that it has…
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Lab rats given human brain transplants could shed new light on diseases, say researchers | UK News
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A research team in the US has shown that human brain tissue implanted into rats can integrate into its host’s brain, promising to give scientists an entirely new way to study brain disorders – but raising ethical questions too. Professor Sergiu Pasca and colleagues at Stanford University in California took sesame seed-sized clumps of human…