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Getting your child a smartphone or tablet for Christmas? Here’s what you need to know about security

There are a few simple steps you can take to make sure your child’s smartphone use is beneficial and safe.

Dec 2, 2024 The Conversation

COVID lockdowns affected adolescents’ brain structures, says research

Social isolation can have serious adverse effects on young people’s brain development – effects that are long lasting.

Dec 2, 2024 The Conversation

The anatomy of a hot flush – and whether it can really make your head steam

A hot flush is a phenomenon as disruptive as it is commonplace. One moment, life proceeds as usual. The next, a wave of heat rises, spreading from the chest to the face – leaving behind flushed skin and beads of sweat.

Dec 2, 2024 The Conversation

So You’ve Had a Hysterectomy. Do You Know What Was Removed?

Patients often are in the dark about which organs remain and which were removed — particularly the ovaries, which profoundly influence lifelong health.

Dec 2, 2024 New York Times

Rachel Reeves under pressure to scrap £2k electric car tax

It comes amid mounting concern over how the car industry will cope with current plans to boost the number of electric vehicles

Dec 2, 2024 The Independent

Alberta’s proposed Fairness and Safety in Sport Act is anything but fair

Proposed legislation in Alberta could violate fundamental freedoms and endanger the rights of transgender people in the province.

Dec 2, 2024 The Conversation

Five Questions to Ask Your Doctor When Weighing a Hysterectomy

The most common reason for a hysterectomy, the removal of the uterus, is to address chronic sources of pain and bleeding that can disrupt daily life — including fibroids, endometriosis, menstrual disorders and pelvic organ prolapse.

Dec 2, 2024 New York Times

How a lack of council capacity exacerbates the housing crisis

Labour can't build 1.5 million homes without addressing the planning backlog and a skills gap that has built up in local authorities over decades.

Dec 2, 2024 New Statesman

Learning to Avoid My Phone at a $560 Attention Class

The School of Radical Attention offers courses for parents and teachers who want to become “attention activists.” What does that mean?

Dec 2, 2024 The Atlantic

Synchronised satellites to create artificial solar eclipse

Scientists are set to create an artificial solar eclipse by launching synchronised satellites into space. The Proba-3 mission is the world’s first precision formation flying mission, requiring twin spacecraft to manoeuvre with a 1 millimetre level…

Dec 2, 2024 The Independent

A New Reckoning for Nuclear Energy

This spring kicked off the best stretch for America’s nuclear industry in decades. It started in April, when, for the first time since 1990, the United States added nuclear capacity for the second year in a row. In June, Congress passed a major law…

Dec 2, 2024 The Atlantic

1.5million homes: why we must deliver quality, sustainability and safety

The government has put housing at the heart of unlocking growth in the UK, committing to deliver the biggest housebuilding programme in two generations. The deliverability of building 1.5 million homes, the overhaul of the UK’s planning system and…

Dec 2, 2024 New Statesman

How the algorithm ruined your favorite bar: Will everything end up looking the same?

The question is becoming more frequent when it comes to aesthetics, music and trends that spread on social media. Content creators are reproducing algorithmic biases that, in turn, were fed by other creators

Dec 2, 2024 El País

Tangy buttermilk and whole-wheat flour bring nuance to pull-apart monkey bread

You can give monkey bread an update with buttermilk, a little whole-wheat flour and a lighter hand with the sugar

Dec 2, 2024 The Independent

Vaccines can put an end to HIV – African governments must take the lead in developing them

HIV remains a major global public health challenge. Nowhere is this more evident than in southern and eastern Africa, where the majority of people living with HIV reside. Here new HIV infections remain alarmingly high despite significant advances in…

Dec 2, 2024 The Conversation

Music can change how you feel about the past

Neuroscientists found that music cannot only influence your emotions in the present − it can also alter how you remember your memories.

Dec 2, 2024 The Conversation

Do Mom and Dad really know what’s best? A psychologist explains why kids see their parents as bossier than they are

Nobody likes getting bossed around, but your parents’ bossiness is probably well-intentioned. As a psychologist who studies family relationships, I can tell you that a parent’s No. 1 job is to keep their kids safe. When a kid becomes a teenager,…

Dec 2, 2024 The Conversation

Dozens of cyclists and pedestrians are killed each year in Philly − an injury epidemiologist explains how to better protect bike lanes, slow drivers down and reduce collisions

Philadelphia implemented new policies this year to better protect pedestrians and cyclists, but the city has a long way to go to reach its Vision Zero commitment of zero traffic deaths by 2030.

Dec 2, 2024 The Conversation