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Doctors operate without electricity
Despite Kyiv’s blackout, doctors in Ukraine performed open-heart surgery on a 14-year-old boy. Russian missiles rained down on the...

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Dec 13, 20221 min read


Young people lose hearing
British scientists published a study about people 12 to 34 years old. The study said that more than 1 billion of them had hearing...

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Dec 9, 20221 min read


World’s first intestine transplant
A one-year-old Spanish girl named Emma became the first intestine transplant recipient. When she was just one month old, doctors...

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Dec 7, 20221 min read


Men vs Women
A study carried out by Washington State University asked 122 men and women to take a maths test and then guess how well they had done....

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Oct 13, 20221 min read


Children and Screens
The World Health Organisation issued new guidelines on physical activity and sleep for children under 5 years old. The guidelines overall...

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Oct 6, 20221 min read


Hobbies are great
According to the magazine ‘Psychology Today’, a hobby is important for people for many reasons. Firstly, it gives you structured time....

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Oct 5, 20221 min read


Dangerous cereal
In 2015, when Harry Long from Melbourne, Australia, was 16 and on holiday with his family in Malaysia, he experienced an excruciating...

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Sep 29, 20221 min read


First Aid in Acid Attack
Acid attacks are on the rise in the UK. This could be because people can easily buy an acid unlike a large knife or a gun. It is legal to...

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Sep 28, 20221 min read


Pain in the chest
A 20-year-old Swiss man was admitted to the Cantonal Hospital in Winterthur with a case described as "unusual" in the journal Radiology...

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Sep 15, 20221 min read


Dentist disaster
While having a routine filling at the dentist, 60-year-old from Illinois breathed in at just the wrong moment and inhaled the inch-long...

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Sep 8, 20221 min read


Help for blind people
A Swiss-based startup has developed a smart harness that supports the visually impaired with navigation. The device is called Biped One,...

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Sep 1, 20221 min read


Problem with Skinny Jeans
Skinny jeans may be trendy and popular with both women and men, but it seems that they could damage your muscles and nerves. The warning...

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Aug 25, 20221 min read


A Sixth Finger
Japanese researchers and the French National Center for Scientific Research have co-developed a robotic sixth finger. You wear the...

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Aug 18, 20221 min read


Spain heatwave
In June an extreme heatwave hit Spain, and temperatures in the west and south of the country reached almost 44 degrees Celsius. Experts...

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Jul 28, 20221 min read


Smart chopsticks
Japanese scientists have invented a pair of smart chopsticks. You put a special device on your wrist and the device has a small computer...

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Jun 16, 20221 min read


Brain power and age
Scientists have cast doubt on a common belief that the brain's processing speed declines from the age of 20. Until now, scientists...

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Jun 9, 20221 min read


Plant based diets
A new study from scientists suggests eating a lot of vegetables may not greatly reduce the risk of a heart attack. This goes against what...

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Jun 2, 20221 min read


Digital detox
Digital devices are everywhere these days. Many of us are addicted to them. There are many studies about the dangers to health of being...

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May 26, 20221 min read
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