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Wearable anti-anxiety device strokes your arm with a furry pompom

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Wearable anti-anxiety device strokes your arm with a furry pompom

A device that is worn around the forearm reduces anxiety during stressful tasks by gently dragging a small patch of fake fur across a person’s skin

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Health

Caffeine linked to lower BMI and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes

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SARS-CoV-2 could evolve into new variants that may evade existing vaccines

Health

Inhaled powder that coats airways can block coronavirus infection

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A laptop sits on a desk, opened to the homepage for the search engine Google. A person's hands enter from the left, with one hand's fingers placed on the laptop's keyboard.

Technology

Google's AI is best yet at answering medical and health questions

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MRI scan of a brain

Health

Sneaking drugs into the brain could treat conditions like Alzheimer's

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image of the steerable needle robot showing the robotic actuation unit and bronchoscope. Note that the steerable needle is not shown

Technology

Robot guides needle into lungs more accurately than human doctors

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The omicron coronavirus variant binding to a cell's ACE2 receptor

Health

Drug that targets ACE2 receptors may work against new covid variants

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Alzheimer's may be caused by the accumulation of protein plaques and tangles in the brain

Health

Alzheimer's drug lecanemab slows cognitive decline but concerns linger

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A small pile of cocaine

Chemistry

Genetically modified tobacco plant produces cocaine in its leaves

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Four cows looking strange

Environment

Feeding cows hemp makes them ‘high’ and their milk could be unsafe

Cows fed waste hemp from the cannabis industry produce the psychoactive compound THC in their milk and have altered breathing and heart rate and stand still for ages yawning

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Health

A daily dose of aspirin raises the risk of falls among older people

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Society

US pardons people convicted for marijuana possession under federal law

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Alzheimer’s drug results are promising – but not a major breakthrough

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Life

The sex of the researcher can influence results of mouse experiments

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