The iPhone turns 10 – and it's isolated us, not united us
Jun 27, 2017 02:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Health
Sometime around 2011 or 2012, it suddenly became very easy to predict what people would be doing in public places: Most would be looking down at their phones. For years, mobile phones werent much to look at. The screens...
AHCA would make rural America's already distressed health care worse
Jun 27, 2017 02:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Politics
Much has been made of the distress and discontent in rural areas during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Few realize, however, this is also felt through unequal health. Researchers call it the rural mortality...
Paramedics treating more young women for alcohol intoxication than men
Jun 23, 2017 18:24 pm UTC| Health
More young people are needing emergency assistance for alcohol intoxication than in previous years, new data from Western Australia show. The state-wide ambulance figures show ambulance call-out rates are on the rise in...
Confidence can be a bad thing – here's why
Jun 23, 2017 17:58 pm UTC| Health
Have you ever felt 100% confident in your ability to complete a task, and then failed miserably? After losing in the first round at Queens Club for the first time since 2012, world number one tennis player, Andy Murray,...
Five ways virtual reality is improving healthcare
Jun 23, 2017 07:23 am UTC| Technology Health
Virtual reality is much more than just a new form of entertainment, it is increasingly being used in a wide range of medical applications, from treatments to training. Here are a few of them. 1. Pain management There...
Research Check: can a new drug really protect redheads from cancer?
Jun 23, 2017 07:21 am UTC| Health
A recently published US study on an experimental drug that leads to tanning without sun exposure has generated a host of headlines around the world. Some went with what the drug means for redheads, with the...
What we know, don’t know and suspect about what causes motor neuron disease
Jun 21, 2017 16:04 pm UTC| Health
Since 2014, the ice bucket challenge, which involves people pouring a bucket of icy water over their heads, has raised awareness and much-needed research funds for motor neuron disease. While research for a cure is...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects