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Elon Musk’s medical firm Neuralink accused of welfare violations after killing 1,500 animals in four years – report | Science & Tech News
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A medical company set up by Elon Musk is under investigation for potential welfare violations – with a total of 1,500 animals dying in four years, according to a report. Staff at Neuralink have made internal complaints that animal testing is being rushed – causing needless suffering and deaths, Reuters says. Records seen by the…
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‘Zombie virus’ discovered after being trapped in Siberian permafrost for nearly 50,000 years | World News
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Scientists have revived a number of “zombie viruses” which have been trapped in Siberian permafrost for thousands of years – including one which is nearly 50,000 years old. The 13 new viruses were identified by scientists who looked at samples of permafrost collected from the Russian province. One of the viruses had remained infectious after…
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Why Australia’s worst flu season in five years could be a warning of what’s to come in UK | UK News
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The UK could be in store for a severe flu season after Australia – which typically serves as a predictor for the northern hemisphere – suffered its worst in five years. The figures already show there are 10 times more people in hospital with flu than this time last year. NHS leaders have warned the…
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Facebook hit by election interference content ’10 years before Zuckerberg acknowledged it’ | Science & Tech News
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Facebook was encountering election interference content as far back as 2006, some 10 years before Mark Zuckerberg first acknowledged the issue, the platform’s former head of global public policy has claimed. Speaking at Sky News’ Big Ideas Live event, where experts and industry leaders discussed the biggest science and technology issues of our times, Chris…
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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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Jab to ‘cure’ genetic heart conditions that cause sudden death could be just a few years away | UK News
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A “once-in-a-generation” jab that could “cure” genetic heart conditions that cause sudden death is just a few years away. scientists say. An international team of researchers is developing the first cures for inherited heart muscle diseases by rewriting DNA with the aim of editing or silencing faulty genes. They have been awarded £30 million by…