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What the Ancient World Can Teach Us About Mental Health
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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The World Health Organization estimates that roughly 280 million people around the globe live with depression, while around one billion...
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Mpox: Symptoms, Spread and Global Outbreaks
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Mpox, previously called monkeypox, belongs to the Orthopoxvirus family of pathogens, alongside its close relative, the smallpox virus. The infection...
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Hydrogel Learns to Play Pong Over Time
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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A small, squishy blob of transparent gel can do more than play the video game Pong: it can improve its...
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How Your Eyes Can Reveal Hidden Health Conditions
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Melissa, a 30-year-old teacher, arrived at the emergency department after suddenly developing double vision. She had not been involved in...
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Ancient Asgard Archaea May Have Shaped Human Immune Systems
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Microbes that appeared billions of years ago may have helped shape the immune systems we possess today. Fresh research from...
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Calories in, calories out: the fuller story of appetite and metabolism
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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The saying "calories in, calories out" is accurate, but it does not tell the entire story. From the instant food...
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Animals That Can See Ultraviolet Light Humans Cannot See
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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An apparently ordinary flower may contain markings that no human can see with the naked eye. To a bee, however,...
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New Study Identifies Animals Likely Behind SARS-CoV-2 at Wuhan's Huanan Market
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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The virus responsible for COVID-19 seems to have made its initial jump into humans from captive wild animals at Wuhan's...
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Psychopath vs Sociopath: What's the Difference?
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Articles on poorly behaved people and ways to recognise them are everywhere. You need not search Google or scroll for...
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Overfed Hydras Can Pass Tumours to Their Clone Offspring
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Jellyfish-like animals known as hydras can develop tumours when they are overfed, and these growths may then be inherited by...
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What a No-Sleep Challenge Does to Your Body
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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After a disturbed night, most people recognise the sluggish, dazed feeling that comes with tiredness. Yet some social media users...
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DNA Computing Could Store and Process Data on Dendricolloids
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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For billions of years, living organisms have relied on long molecules of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, to retain information and...
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Why Pandemics Are Returning and How We Can Prevent Future Pandemics
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Pandemics - infectious diseases that spread worldwide - appear to be returning with increasing frequency. The Middle Ages saw the...
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Toxic Dyes in Victorian-Era Books May Still Harm Readers
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Toxic dyes once used to give cloth-bound books their striking colours may still pose a toxic risk to readers. A...
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The dangers of cosmetic procedures to permanently change eye colour
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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There appears to be no shortage of extremes people will consider in pursuit of an ideal appearance. That may mean...
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EndoMac Progenitors Found in the Aorta of Adult Mice
Dr Eleanor Whitfield
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Researchers in Australia have identified an entirely new cell type, addressing a significant gap in knowledge about how mammalian bodies...
