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People living with hearing loss often rely on visual predictive cues to understand and follow conversation.

Many older adults are now online and willing to use tech, but they require frequent help. The problem isn’t just that devices and apps are getting complex; it’s that they are constantly changing. This relentless pace of change is directly at odds with age-related cognitive changes.

Psychedelics shift brain activity to favour memory-driven imagery over real-time visual input, creating a waking dream state by synchronising.

If activating brown fat increases energy expenditure, could it be harnessed to treat obesity? The challenge is that human metabolism is tightly regulated.

Low levels of vaccination across the country mean measles outbreaks will continue to occur, needlessly hospitalising and killing the unvaccinated.

When people first hear this, the reaction is often disgust or alarm. It is easy to imagine infestation, poor hygiene or something going wrong. In reality, these tiny organisms are a normal, lifelong part of being human and natural balance of the skin.

The poorer a country, nation or community, the greater the risk of exposure to extreme weather, food and water insecurity, disease and forced displacement. Yet people in the least developed countries have contributed almost nothing to global heating.

The newly recognised association, termed the “gut-heart axis”, may help explain why diet and heart disease are so closely intertwined. Large studies show that people with cardiovascular disease have distinct gut microbiome profiles compared with healthy people.

In early 20th century American life, women might not have been able to vote or to serve on juries in most states, but in the ring, they commanded the audience’s attention riding bareback on horses, displaying strength and stamina, and performing gravity-defying acrobatic feats. Stark was acutely aware of the path she was paving. “I deliberately chose a field in which no other woman had specialised,” she wrote in her autobiography.

Nice as they can look, studies show burning candles is one of the biggest sources of indoor air pollution. This is because when burning, candles emit a large number of ultrafine particles.

Hyrox is a fitness race designed around eight 1 km runs – each paired with a strength or conditioning station. After every run, competitors complete a set number of reps or a set distance of exercises before their next 1 km run.

The picture for 2026 is complicated. Although flooding can kill overwintering eggs and adults, a mild wet winter will have reduced slug mortality. It may also affect slug predators.