VR can improve quality of life for people with dementia
(University of Kent) Virtual reality (VR) technology could vastly improve the quality of life for people with dementia b...
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Some people may have genes that hamper a drug’s HIV protection
Newly discovered genetic variants could explain why an anti-HIV medication doesn’t protect everyone.
Online dating sites give us an intriguing look at how we meet people now
More than 300 million people use online dating sites. We’re now beginning to get a look at how these complex networks wo...
The UK’s online laws could be the future of the internet—and that’s got people worried
While they’re a welcome warning to big tech, some fear that if the implementation is botched they could easily lead to c...
Georgia Tech Data Breach Exposes Information of 1.3M People
Georgia Tech experienced a data breach last month when a Georgia Institue of Technology web app exposed the information...
Blood vessels built from a patient’s cells could help people on dialysis
Bioengineered blood vessels could provide a safer alternative than donor vessels or synthetic implants.
People 'hear' flashes due to disinhibited flow of signals around the brain, suggests study
(City University London) A synaesthesia-like effect in which people 'hear' silent flashes or movement, such as...
Study finds people who feed birds impact conservation
(Virginia Tech) Researchers analyzed how people who feed birds notice and respond to natural events at their feeders by...
People can sense Earth’s magnetic field, brain waves suggest
An analysis of brain waves offers new evidence that people subconsciously process information about the planet’s magneti...
The rise of farming altered our bite and changed how people talk
Soft, processed foods altered our bite, which added “f” and “v” sounds to speech and changed languages worldwide, a stud...
