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Is retirement bad for our health?
Ruth Bader Ginsburg once said that she’d be work into her nineties. Which begs the question, retirement, what is it good for?
TikTok’s latest trend involves straightening your own teeth, dentists revolt
The latest trend on TikTok involves a spot of DIY work on your own teeth. Dentists, are equal parts furious and paranoid.
Extinction denial: The politically-funded conspiracy theory that is gaining traction
Perhaps proving that humankind should be pushed to extinction, a new school of thought suggests that we’re not on the brink of ecological disaster. Great.
Cyberattack on German hospital kills patient, experts suggest extortion racket
In a world-first, a cyberattack on a hospital has resulted in the death of a patient. Experts, however, are not surprised.
Autonomous robots will perform your upcoming surgery
Steered by his love of Star Wars, one Singaporean doctor is creating medically-trained autonomous robots. You know, for the benefit of mankind.
No laughing matter: COVID has resurrected the hated laugh track
One of the unexpected victims of COVID-19 has been our laughter. So, aghast, comedians have made a deal with a familiar devil: the laugh track.
Lockdown has changed our personalities, psychologists claim
While we’ve all adjusted to a life kept in stasis, the experience has changed us. But, is that change permanent? And is it a good thing?
