Sat 05 September 2026: Four breast clinics in Belgium’s Flanders region are testing an artificial intelligence system designed to help doctors predict which treatment may be most suitable for individual breast cancer patients, Dutch-language public broadcaster VRT reported on Friday. Developed by RADar, the learning and innovation center of AZ Delta, the system seeks to […]
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Sat 05 September 2026: Resolution promotes equal-area projections to address distortions in how Africa and other regions are represented The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a non-binding resolution calling for greater use of world maps that more accurately reflect the relative sizes of countries and continents. The measure, known as the “Correct the Map” […]
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Sat 05 September 2026: Researchers warn that endless scrolling, short videos and compulsive phone checking may overload the mind with excessive ‘data calories’ Researchers are warning about a growing pattern they call “digital obesity”, in which people consume excessive amounts of digital content through endless social media scrolling, short-video viewing and repeated phone checking. The […]
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Sat 05 September 2026: The United States is signing bilateral health deals with African countries. By the end of February 2026, deals worth US$19.8 billion had been signed in new health funding. Of this amount, the US has committed US$12.2 billion and African countries US$7.5 billion. Eighteen African countries have signed these deals. They are Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, […]
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Fri 04 September 2026: As a researcher investigating how electric brain stimulation can improve people’s powers of recollection, I’m often asked how memory works – and what we can do to use it more effectively. Happily, decades of research have given us some clear answers to both questions. Memory essentially operates in three stages, with different brain […]
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Open spaces around schools currently sown with vegetables can also be planted with indigenous fruit trees. Courtesy Mallika Sardeshpande. Fri 04 September 2026: Foraging, the act of gathering wild plant and animal materials from the environment, is becoming more and more popular in cities around the world. In South African cities, some people pick wild berries and imifino (wild spinach) in […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: China has given the green light to its first AI-assisted Class 1 innovative drug, a major advance in using artificial intelligence to develop medicines, the state-run Global Times reported. The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued conditional marketing approval for Mprosevir, a treatment for mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults, the […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: If you want to improve yourself, your health or your lifestyle, you need to do it to the “maxx” – according to social media, at least. If you want to better your appearance, you need to try “looksmaxxing”. If you want to fix your diet and look after your gut, you should […]
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Thu 03 September 2026: Istanbul police used drones to conduct an aerial security survey across the city as part of a broader drive to watch public order and safety from the air. On the instruction of Istanbul Police Chief Selami Yildiz, drone units were deployed in 39 districts of Istanbul as part of ongoing public […]
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Wed 02 September 2026: Leaving medicines in a parked car during hot summer weather can damage their chemical structure and reduce how well they work, said Prof. Dr. Ismail Tuncer Degim, dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Istanbul’s Biruni University. Taking the right dose at the right time is not sufficient by itself, Degim […]
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