Faye Flam

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AI is helping us read minds, but should we?

People can do harm by taking advantage of the belief they have a mind-reading technology

A better understanding of the workings of our brains, a new window into mental illness and maybe a way for us to know our own minds.

The Pacific garbage patch is now hosting a new threat

Texas-sized glob is teeming with marine life, turning it into an unnatural habitat

The Pacific Garbage Patch, which is one of the world’s biggest environmental dangers. Scientists are worried that the plastic garbage is becoming a conveyor belt for species that could become invasive in their new homes, wiping out other forms of life.

World needs to draw serious lessons from the pandemic

Excess death stats in some countries show how much better the situation could have been

Covid has been a global tragedy, causing millions of deaths but vaccines have saved countless lives

Svante Paabo's work richly deserved a Nobel

What might look like curiosity has provided a new window into human physiology and health

Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day humans evolved from extinct ancestors, attends a news conference at the Max-Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, October 3, 2022.

Do boosters reduce transmission, hospitalisation?

Requiring extra shots globally would needlessly strain public trust in vaccination

A pharmacy in Grand Central Terminal advertises the COVID-19 vaccine on December 09, 2021 in New York City.

COVID-19: This is how vaccines will end this pandemic

Latest studies show that coronavirus vaccines cut Covid infections, not just symptoms

Covid vaccine are known to be highly effective in the fight against coronavirus

How Covid-19 antibody cocktail worked for Trump

The “Kitchen sink” approach to treat the US president is promising but untested therapy

Trump’s return to the White House tells us nothing about treating COVID-19

Give COVID-19 vaccine to healthy young people first

Slowing spread of coronavirus is best way to protect the elderly and immunocompromised

A health worker vaccinates a patient during the Saban Community Clinic Vaccine Drive Up for LA Children on August 12, 2020, in Los Angeles, California, US.

The odds of catching COVID-19 on a flight are slim

Planes have not been the sites of superspreading events, at least so far

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Don’t let your hopes rise and fall on every finding

In pendulum swinging, attention goes to extremes while the reality is somewhere in between

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Children may be less likely to transmit coronavirus

There is a probability that schools will be in a position to reopen safely soon

Students and teachers wear face masks and practise social distancing protocols in an effort to prevent spreading the coronavirus, during class at Bangkok Patana School on June 23, 2020.

When to wear a mask and when you can skip it

Mask wearing is good in settings where people have to interact in enclosed spaces

Referee Sergei Ivanov wearing a mask before the match, as play resumes in the Russian Premier League football following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Soccer Football - Russian Premier League Moscow, Russia, on June 20, 2020.

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