Stories all reported potential benefits of tests, some using smartphone or watch, but 60% failed to mention limitations Medical tests often offered through smartphones and watches and designed to detect the early signs of disease are being promoted by media without mention of their potential harms, an Australian study published in the leading US medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine has...
The solutions to today’s puzzlesEarlier today I set you two puzzles by the veteran US puzzle inventor Sam Loyd.1. The famous hot cross bun puzzle Continue...
Labour leader must decide if he will support plan some Tory MPs have called ‘divisive and discriminatory’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageKeir Starmer is weighing up whether to support Covid status certificates in a vote within weeks for which he could lend the government crucial support to pass one of its most controversial coronavirus policies.The Labour leader...
Researchers capture how choral music would have sounded in birthplace of Mary Queen of ScotsThe sounds of an Easter concert performed for James IV in a Scottish chapel have been recreated using gaming technology alongside groundbreaking recording techniques that allow specialists to model how acoustics would have been affected by long-destroyed interior details, such as the curve of an alabaster...
Hot cross teasersToday’s paschal problems are from the archive of US puzzle maker Sam Loyd [1841-1911]. Two dynamo teasers for ‘dynamo teaser’*.1. The famous hot cross bun puzzle Continue reading...
The constellation is beautifully placed for evening observation in the northern hemisphereAt this time of year in the northern hemisphere, the constellation of Leo, the Lion, is beautifully placed for observation in the evenings. Continue reading...