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The rising rate of type 2 diabetes in young New Zealanders is becoming a health crisis
Type 2 diabetes is more aggressive in young people, harder to manage and more likely to lead to a premature death.
Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story
Genetic variation also plays a major role. It doesn’t encode trauma itself, but it shapes traits such as sensitivity to ...
‘My greatest handicap was the attitude of normal people.’ Alan Marshall’s artful polio memoir, I Can Jump Puddles, turns 70
Polio is in the news, with vaccination under threat and recent outbreaks. This makes Alan Marshall’s classic disability ...
We have drugs to manage HIV. So why are we spending millions looking for cures?
Is the cost of research aimed at curing HIV worth it, when HIV can be effectively managed and prevented by existing drugs?
Understanding the ‘Slopocene’: how the failures of AI can reveal its inner workings
Applied to AI, rewilding means deliberately reintroducing the complexity, unpredictability and “natural” messiness that gets ...
The NHS plan to genetically test all newborns sounds smart – until it creates patients who aren’t sick
By 2030, every baby born in England could have their entire genome sequenced under a new NHS initiative to “predict and ...
‘Completely unexpected’: Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity
The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...
Who’s the most American? Psychological studies show that many people are biased and think it’s a white English speaker
The US and other countries have a legal definition of citizenship, yet human psychology and identity politics result in ...
I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread
Gender identity–driven violence is the most common ideological theme across ‘lone-actor’ extremist manifestos in a recent ...
Occupational therapists tackle obstacles in the home, from support to cook a meal, to navigating public transport
Ever wondered what an occupational therapist actually does in people’s homes and communities? Here’s what this support might ...
Trump’s worldview is causing a global shift of alliances – what does this mean for nations in the middle?
The US president wants separate spheres of influence dominated by the US, China and Russia. For small states, this new world order poses both risks and opportunities.