Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids
It may be a good idea to leave your phone outside of the bathroomEkaterina Demidova/Getty Images Do you use your ...
Plant-based dog foods provide almost all the nutrients pets need
Plant-based and meaty kibbles may both lack some important nutrientsSnizhana Halytska/Alamy Vegetarian and vegan dog foods just need a few ...
Ozempic May Blunt Metabolic Effects of Antipsychotics
(MedPage Today) -- A GLP-1 receptor agonist may help improve metabolic profiles for certain schizophrenia patients on antipsychotics, the randomized ...
ADHD Meds and Psychosis; RFK Jr. Targets SSRIs; 1B People Have Psych Disorders
(MedPage Today) -- Among patients with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the risk for psychosis was 57% higher in those treated ...
Here Are the Senators Who Want RFK Jr. Out of HHS
(MedPage Today) -- Several senators have called for the removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS secretary. The most ...
Not to worry, no giant radioactive wasps here
Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe ...
The surprisingly useful mathematical patterns in some real-world data
“Look up stock market prices and you might see the pattern…”Muhla1/Getty Images If you were to look at the front ...
Neuromancer review: Is William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel still thrilling in 2025?
William Gibson in 1985, a year after the prescient Neuromancer came outAaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images NeuromancerWilliam Gibson (Orion Publishing (UK); Ace Books ...
Birds dazzle and amaze in stunning new photographs
Birds aren’t easy to photograph – they are quick, flighty and prone to fickleness. But their resplendent colours and prismatic ...
How to Save the Internet review: Nick Clegg’s new tech book says nothing at all
Nick Clegg, then working as an executive at Meta, addresses a tech summit in Portugal in 2021Hugo Amaral/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/alamy ...
Should it be space-time or spacetime – and why does it matter anyway?
“Even trying to describe “space” feels challenging…”Shutterstock/FastMotion One of the most awkward parts of writing a book is that, eventually, ...
We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change
The 20th century was a famously fertile time for visions of the future, but the 21st century has failed to ...
Love’s Labour review: What can psychoanalysis teach us about love and heartbreak?
Psychoanalysts can help couples articulate their relationship problemsCarles Navarro Parcerisas/Getty Images Love’s LabourStephen Grosz (UK: Chatto & Windus, out now; ...
We have let down teens if we ban social media but embrace AI
If you are in your 70s, you didn’t fight in the second world war. Such a statement should be uncontroversial, ...
Governors of Washington, Oregon, and California Form a Health Alliance
(MedPage Today) -- The Democratic governors of Washington, Oregon, and California announced Wednesday that they created an alliance to safeguard ...
State Plans to End School Vax Mandates, First to Do So
(MedPage Today) -- Florida will work to end all vaccine mandates in the state, including for schools, the state's controversial ...
Lupus, RA Hit Pregnant Veterans Hard
(MedPage Today) -- Pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and who served in the U.S. ...
Not Sure Where to Turn for Trusted Vaccine Guidance?
(MedPage Today) -- This fall, millions of Americans will decide whether to get themselves and their families immunized against flu, ...
The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds
Ian Burkhart was on holiday with friends in 2010 when his life changed forever. He dived into shallow water and ...
First map of mammal brain activity may have shown intuition in action
A map of a mouse’s brain showing 75,000 neuronsDan Birman, International Brain Laboratory The first complete activity map of a ...
