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If a cold front is forecast we pack a jacket. For those with epilepsy, the ability to predict a seizure would make life easier to plan for, and medication and its side effects easier to manage. In a three-year study at Boston Children’s Hospital, 69 epilepsy patients wore a sensor band on either wrist or ankle. Heart rate, body...

Pythagoras, binomial formulae, how to dissect a frog – what we learn in school isn’t always applicable to the real world. Firms set greater store by employees’ ability to work effectively with people from all backgrounds. Companies need leaders who can rise to the challenge of maintaining equality, inclusion and diversity at work. A new doctorate at the University...

No surprise that Aquaman is backing algae. Whether it’s vegan sneakers, or CO2-absorbing ‘leather’ jackets, sustainable alternatives are ‘in’. Being recyclable and environmentally-friendly, vegan fashion has huge potential to make the textile industry greener. Designers are forever tinkering with new possibilities. Like the London fashion graduate who, employing 3D technology and algorithms, has developed a dress made from silk...

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade – in the words of Stephen King. Taking inspiration from this motto a female publican from England has used the lockdown to launch a brand new initiative. She rescues still edible supermarket food from the trash. Reducing food waste has enormous potential. Already apps match end-of-day produce with customers, or use AI...

Two multicolored strands. Containing all information pertaining to our bodies, DNA is a miracle – and a model when it comes to data storage. Currently storing all the world’s data would require 1.394 million m² – with 2.5 trillion new bytes added every day. If that same data were stored in DNA it would fill no more than a...

Once it’s in the ground it can’t be removed, not even by burning it. The weed in question – Andropogon Virginicus – can grow up to two meters high. Impossible to get rid of and disruptive to other plants, it’s a farmer’s nightmare. For doctors, however, it might yet prove to have significant benefits. With high levels of flavonoids...