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[ Late-night phone use is associated with higher next-day suicidal ideation and suicide planning. Credit: “Person looking at smartphone in the dark” by Japanexperterna.se, CC BY-SA 2.0 Patterns of smartphone use and their impact on mental health are being extensively studied due to the growing dependence of the device in …

Nick Triggle, Jim Reed, Dom Hughes and Michelle RobertsBBC News Getty Images The long-awaited independent report into how well or badly the government handled the Covid pandemic has been published. Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK’s response could be summarised as “too little, too late”. …

The novel has survived the industrial revolution, radio, television, and the internet. Now it’s facing artificial intelligence – and novelists are worried. Half (51%) fear that they will be replaced by AI entirely, according to a new survey, even though for the most part they don’t use the technology themselves. …

The details are fuzzy, but I think my husband and I downloaded the YouTube Kids app to our TV sometime in 2022, when between one and three members of the household came down with the flu at the same time. Like countless parents of toddlers before us, we needed something, …

[ CSF signal and CSF mobility characteristics using CSF-STREAM. a,b, CSF signal, measured using the non-motion-sensitized reference scan, in the SAS around the MCA (a) and in PVS around penetrating vessels in one representative individual (b). c,d, Principal orientation of CSF mobility in the SAS around the MCA (c), including …

[ High magnification micrograph of Crohn’s disease. Biopsy of esophagus. H&E stain. Credit: Nephron/Wikipedia The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released a comprehensively updated clinical guideline on the pharmacological management of moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease. The new guideline uses cutting-edge network meta-analyses to recommend prescribing medications based on patients’ prior treatments …

[ Changes in work disability one year pre-and post-treatment. Credit: BMC Health Services Research (2025). DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-12856-w Mental health problems are keeping an increasing number of Norwegians out of the employment market. Treatment alone is often not enough to get people back to work. Some groups are at greater risk …

Phil McCann and Jonny Humphries,North West Handout Diane Sindall, 21, had been saving up to get married Detectives hunting for the real killer of Diane Sindall have tested hundreds of men to eliminate them from the investigation – including an alternative suspect who was also arrested. Peter Sullivan spent 38 …

[ A conceptual illustration depicting key cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease—memory impairment, disorientation, and executive dysfunction. These symptoms represent the primary manifestations of cognitive decline explored in studies evaluating potential therapeutic approaches such as lithium supplementation. Credit: Professor Taro Kishi / Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Japan Alzheimer’s disease …

[ Scientists have developed an innovative diagnostic technology that analyzes the full drying process of a blood droplet using machine learning. The process could transform medical and biological screening, allowing rapid analysis of blood and other biological fluids using only a single droplet and simple microscopic imaging, and bring cost-efficient, …

Google has announced it’s testing a new AI-powered search tool, Scholar Labs, that’s designed to answer detailed research questions. But its demonstration highlighted a bigger question about finding “good” science studies. How much will scientists trust a tool that forgoes typical ways of gauging a study’s popularity with the scientific …

Meta will stop Instagram, Facebook and Threads for users in Australia under the age of 16, the company has said. The block will come into effect by 10 December to comply with the country’s social media ban for young teenagers. Meta, which operates the three apps, said it had begun …

A college student recently told me about the latest tech designed to help students cheat — and it wasn’t ChatGPT. It was an actual, physical gadget marketed in YouTube ads as the workaround to physical, hardcopy tests, which are back in vogue now as AI tears through higher education like …

[ The mapping of spatial immune architecture in human breast cancer tissue (tumor cells are in gray) reveals close proximity of macrophages (brown-orange) and exhausted killer cells (light pink-purple). Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Immunotherapy, which harnesses our body’s own immune system to fight cancer, has revolutionized modern oncology. Yet …

NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images Amine Kessaci was 17 when his first brother was killed – now he has lost another A prominent French anti-drugs campaigner whose brother was killed by drugs criminals last week, five years after the murder of his elder brother, has vowed to stand up to …

The mother of a teenage motorcyclist killed by a US citizen in 2019 has been honoured for her campaigning efforts on road safety following her son’s death. Charlotte Charles, the mother of 19-year-old Harry Dunn, has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire by the Prince …

Louise CullenAgriculture and environment correspondent, BBC News NI Getty Images The invertebrate charity Buglife, which helps to carry out the survey, said the results indicated a “potentially catastrophic” insect decline The number of flying insects counted on vehicle licence plates in Northern Ireland has more than halved in the past …

[ Ultra-processed foods have been linked to a range of illnesses, but some experts think the definition remains vague. Researchers warned Wednesday that rising global consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) poses a major threat to health, calling for countries to subject some products made by huge food companies to marketing …

Phil McCann and Jonny Humphries,North West BBC Peter Sullivan spent 38 years in prison before astonishing DNA test results proved he was not guilty The victim of a 38-year miscarriage of justice has claimed he was beaten by police officers and “bullied” into falsely admitting murder, in his first interview …

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are a leading cause of a “chronic disease pandemic” linked to worsening diets, experts have warned. UPFs include items such as processed meats, some ready meals and cereals, ice cream, crisps, biscuits, mass-produced bread and fizzy drinks. They often contain a high level of saturated fat, salt …