Science Square (Issue 169)
The Forgotten History of Sleeping in Two Shifts Zaria Gorvett. The forgotten medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’. BBC,…
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The Forgotten History of Sleeping in Two Shifts Zaria Gorvett. The forgotten medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’. BBC,…
A More Human Way to Train AI Xiang, A., Andrews, J.T.A., Bourke, R.L. et al. Fair human-centric image dataset for…
How Digital Scans Are Helping Kids Get Faster Dental Care Schulz-Weidner, N., Schraml, E.M., Frodermann, T. et al.…
Laser Light in Biomaterials? Rachel Berkowitz. “Peacock feathers can be lasers,” Science, July 2025. With their impressive long…
A First in Medicine: Personalized Gene Editing Saves Infant with Rare Genetic Disorder Musunuru et al. Patient-Specific In…
Obesity: a disease of the brain? Kullmann et al. A short-term, high-caloric diet has prolonged effects on brain…
Just 5 Minutes of Vigorous Exercise Per Day Could Lower Blood Pressure Blodgett et al. Device-Measured 24-Hour Movement…
Predicting major earthquakes months ago Girona et al. Abnormal low-magnitude seismicity preceding large-magnitude earthquakes. Nature Communications, August 2024.…
A new bionic leg enables below-the-leg amputees to achieve a natural walking gait. Song H. et al. Continuous…
Evening May Be the Best Time of Day to Exercise New research suggests that exercising in the evening…
A mysterious object discovered in the Milky Way Barr DE et al. A pulsar in a binary with…
Plant-based diet promotes rapid heart benefits Landry MJ et al. Cardiometabolic Effects of Omnivorous vs Vegan Diets in…
8000 steps a day keep the doctor away Stens NA et al. Relationship of Daily Step Counts to…
Human activity is taking Earth to the brink Richardson K. et al. Earth beyond six of nine planetary…
Air pollution may underlie the global decline in insect numbers Wang et al. Short-term particulate matter contamination severely…