People who had severe covid-19 show cognitive decline years later
[ad_1] Covid-19 can have lasting effects on physical and mental health Aleksandr Davydov / Alamy The cognitive abilities of people who were hospitalised with covid-19
What is ‘problematic smartphone use’ and should we worry about it?
[ad_1] Some teens stay on their phones late into the night Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Two recent studies have linked “problematic smartphone use” among teenagers to
Vision loss and high cholesterol recognised as dementia risk factors
[ad_1] Vision loss has been linked to dementia Drazen Zigic/Getty Images A major review has identified vision loss and high cholesterol as two new risk
Nerve fibres in the brain could generate quantum entanglement
[ad_1] Do quantum interactions help brain cells stay in sync? Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Nerve fibres in the brain could produce pairs of particles linked by
What is a human? Why the split from our ancestors is so hard to define
[ad_1] Is it in the way we live, laugh and love? Or maybe it is our dislike of cheesy clichés? Deep within each of us,
Weeding out Olympic doping cheats won’t actually end inequity in sport
[ad_1] Another Olympics, another battle to catch the dopers (see, How does the Olympics test for doping and is it good enough?). But why do
We may have found why people experience body dysmorphic disorder
[ad_1] People with body dysmorphic disorder seem to have altered activity in a brain pathway involved in attention and recognition, which may explain why they
Should we put a frozen backup of Earth’s life on the moon?
[ad_1] Shackleton crater, at the moon’s south pole, has areas of permanent shadow LROC/ShadowCam/NASA/KARI/ASU A backup of life on Earth could be kept safe in
Midwood: We have discovered an entirely new kind of wood
[ad_1] A scanning electron microscope image of nanoscale wood structures in tulip trees Jan J Lyczakowski and Raymond Wightman Scientists have discovered an entirely new
Will implants that meld minds with machines enhance human abilities?
[ad_1] A cyborg bested me. When I played the online game WebGrid, using my finger on a laptop trackpad to click on squares appearing unpredictably