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Microsoft and OpenAI’s Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying

The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.

18/10/2024 New York Times

Do IUDs cause breast cancer? Here’s what the evidence says

A new study has found a link between hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) and breast cancer. But media reports of a large increase in risk may cause unnecessary worry.

18/10/2024 The Conversation

Breast cancer patients denied life-extending drug in cost row

Jeannie Ambrose, one of about 1,000 affected patients, says the drug should be made available on the NHS

18/10/2024 BBC

Can NZ’s supply chain build enough resilience and sustainability to survive the next global crisis?

COVID-19 and recent geopolitical crises have shown just how vulnerable New Zealand’s supply chain is. Resilience and sustainability will require businesses to find new ways of working,

18/10/2024 The Conversation

Researchers investigating if drugs can be repurposed to combat dementia

Developing new medications for diseases like Alzheimer’s can be very expensive, and take a long time.

18/10/2024 The Independent

How Times Readers Made the Switch to Heat Pumps

Hundreds of Times readers wrote to us and shared their experiences of installing heat pumps, including the good, the bad and the daunting.

17/10/2024 New York Times

Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door

The ambitious identity-verification project Worldcoin, now called ‘World,’ wants a future where humans are ‘orb-verified.’

17/10/2024 Wired

Scientists show how sperm and egg come together like a key in a lock at the beginning of life

Scientists have pinpointed how sperm and egg join to spark new life across the animal kingdom, from fish to people

17/10/2024 The Independent

Tech can help kids connect with nature and go outdoors – here are tips to make it work

Some parents worry children are getting too much screen time. But we can actually use digital tech to connect kids with the great outdoors.

17/10/2024 The Conversation

Why are some Australian students having to pay to do PE at public schools?

Our research shows some New South Wales public school students are being asked to pay for their health and physical education lessons. And those who cannot are missing out.

17/10/2024 The Conversation

Archaeologists discover ‘significant’ permanent side-effect of smoking

Tobacco leaves traces in the bones of smokers lasting not only throughout their lives but for centuries after their deaths, research by archaeologists has revealed.

17/10/2024 The Independent

Ancient DNA may be reason you love bread and chips

Ancient DNA might be the reason for your love of carbohydrates such as bread and chips, research suggests. Humans may have developed the ability to start digesting these foods in the mouth long before they started farming, and maybe even before the…

17/10/2024 The Independent

AI mediation tool may help reduce culture war rifts, say researchers

Artificial intelligence could help reduce some of the most contentious culture war divisions through a mediation process, researchers claim.

17/10/2024 The Guardian

Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis play father and daughter in ‘Goodrich’

Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis went from strangers to father and daughter in short order for the new film “Goodrich.”

17/10/2024 The Independent

‘Drop in UK electric car demand is short term,’ car maker MG insists as sales surge 40%

Many will know it as a sportier stablemate of the defunct Rover brand. After a hiatus following Rover’s collapse, it was relaunched by its new owners and has grown quickly through keen pricing and a generous supply of cars.

17/10/2024 The Independent

Raising independent and resilient children: Lessons from TVO’s ‘Old Enough!’ and the science of love

‘Old Enough’ exemplifies many important insights for parents about nurturing relationships with their children that support their emerging independence.

17/10/2024 The Conversation

‘Badass’ Friends star Courteney Cox can do a perfect chin-up at 60 – you can too with these three tips

Doing a chin-up is hard, we all know that. But it’s a strength move that you can train to achieve and eventually become a pro at. In fact, Friends star Courteney Cox makes it look easy in a recent Instagram video.

17/10/2024 The Independent

These Tiny Worms Account for at Least 4 Nobel Prizes

When scientists win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, they typically thank family and colleagues, maybe their universities or whoever funded their research.

17/10/2024 New York Times