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Dental benefits of adding fluoride to water may have declined, study finds | Science & Tech News
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Using fluoride in drinking water to improve dental health may be less effective now than it was in the past, according to a new major review. Ten per cent of people in England have fluoride added to their drinking water by the council and the government is considering expanding the reach of fluoridation projects. But…
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Women face increasing pressure to choose between family and career in tech, says new report | Science & Tech News
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Women increasingly feel pressured to choose between having a family and their career in tech, according to a new study. Almost half (49%) of women in tech said they felt pressured to make the choice between family and work, a seven per cent increase from last year. Half said they had experienced sexism in their…
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Northern Lights could appear over parts of the UK this week | Science & Tech News
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The Northern Lights may make an appearance over the UK over the next couple of nights, after a series of solar flares erupted from the sun. The Northern Lights, or aurora borealis, are caused by solar storms interacting with the Earth’s atmosphere. When solar storms react with atmospheric gases above our north and south magnetic…
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‘Most impressive comet of the year’ set to burn across the night sky | Science & Tech News
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A comet that was last seen when Neanderthals roamed the Earth is about to make an appearance again, as it swings through orbit towards us. The A3 comet is described as “the most impressive comet of the year” by the Royal Greenwich Observatory and should be visible to the naked eye if the conditions are…
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NASA’s Mars rover suffers ‘abuse’ while roaming the red planet | Science & Tech News
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NASA’s Mars rover has suffered “abuse” while it has been roaming the red planet, according to the space agency. The Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012, sending back crucial information about the planet as it rolls around the rocky terrain near the Gale Crater where it landed. Sharing a picture of one of…
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Fears Hurricane Helene has disrupted supply of critical material used for computer chips | Science & Tech News
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Fears are growing of a serious disruption to the global semiconductor industry, after Hurricane Helene knocked out a facility that provides a critical ingredient for the manufacture of the silicon wafers that are turned into the chips inside all the world’s computers. Sky News has been told that Sibelco, the world’s biggest provider of high-purity…
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Elon Musk says bold text will be removed from X timelines | Science & Tech News
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X owner Elon Musk is removing bold text from posts appearing on people’s timelines because his “eyes are bleeding”, according to a new post. “Due to immediate and excessive use of bold font on X, it will be removed from view in the main timeline,” he wrote in a post on Tuesday. Users will have…
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Swift coal transition from country that started Industrial Revolution will be watched closely | Science & Tech News
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Turbines at the UK’s last coal-fired power station have turned for the last time – a milestone in Britain’s transition to zero-carbon power and the end of Britain’s 142-year history of burning coal for electricity. The closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant outside Nottingham makes the UK the first major economy, and first G7 member, to…
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Mount Everest is getting taller – now scientists think they know why | Science & Tech News
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Mount Everest has grown by around 15 to 50 metres in the last 89,000 years, and it’s increasing every year. Now, scientists say that’s because the mountain’s water system captured a river. When the Arun River joined with another nearby river, the new path created the deep Arun Gorge near Everest. Now, the river network…
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New miniature scanner could revolutionise diagnosis of diseases like cancer, diabetes and arthritis | Science & Tech News
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A breakthrough in miniaturising a type of scanner that uses laser light, rather than harmful X-rays, to see beneath our skin in unprecedented detail may help revolutionise medical imaging, according to a team of researchers in the UK. The device, developed by scientists at University College London (UCL), is particularly effective at imaging blood vessels,…