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Friday, 25 October 2024

Museums, hotels, bars to reopen in Madrid, Barcelona

Madrid and Barcelona, until now excluded from the loosening of lockdown restrictions in Spain, will be able to reopen museums, hotels and bar terraces from Monday, the government announced on Friday. This further easing of the lockdown comes two weeks after the rest of the country was given the same…

Conspiracy beliefs reduce the following of government coronavirus guidance

A new study from the University of Oxford shows that people who hold coronavirus conspiracy beliefs are less likely to comply with social distancing guidelines or take-up future vaccines.  The research, led by clinical psychologists at the University of Oxford and published today in the journal Psychological Medicine, indicates that a…

Now closer to reality: Prosthetics that can feel

Humans do a lot of things with their hands: We squeeze avocados at the grocery story, scratch our dogs behind the ears and hold our significant others’ hands. They are things that many people who have lost limbs can’t do. CU Boulder biomedical engineer Jacob Segil is working to bring…

UK’s COVID-19 study aims to vaccinate more than 10,000

British researchers testing an experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus are moving into advanced studies and aim to immunize more than 10,000 people to determine if the shot works. Last month, scientists at Oxford University began immunizing more than 1,000 volunteers with their vaccine candidate in a preliminary trial designed…

Best Deep Sleep Music To Calm Your Mind at Night

We’ve all been there: Mind racing, phone sitting just a bit too close to your bedside, a world of lists of things to do, think and worry about that it makes falling asleep (or even winding down enough to think about falling asleep) impossible. There’s plenty of folks trying to…

Everything You Need In Your Sexual Health Toolkit

For the longest time, sexual health advice seemed to start and end with “have condoms!” or “talk to your doctor!” Which was underwhelming and less-than helpful for people who are hungry to be proactive about keeping their sex lives healthy and pleasurable. These days, the conversation around sexual health has…