Hannah Devlin
The Guardian
United Kingdom
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Consumer genetic test results ‘causing unnecessary breast cancer alarm’
Women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene variants may be told of higher cancer risk without accounting for family history → Read More
Cats may get health benefits from vegan diet, study suggests
Owners who fed their pet a plant-based diet reported fewer visits to the vet and less medication use → Read More
Latest Covid variant spreading in UK, health data suggests
BA.2.86, nicknamed Pirola, causing concern among scientists because of fear it could be more transmissible → Read More
Humanised kidneys grown inside pigs for the first time
Hybrid organs raise prospect of fully human body parts being grown inside animals for transplants → Read More
Population collapse almost wiped out human ancestors, say scientists
Genomics analysis indicates that at least 800,000 years ago breeding individuals sank to as few as 1,300 → Read More
‘You can do both’: experts seek ‘good AI’ while attempting to avoid the bad
While AI revolutionises medicine, bleaker alternatives present themselves, UN’s AI for Good conference finds → Read More
AI watch: from deepfakes to a rock star humanoid
Artificial intelligence is either going to save humanity or finish it off, depending on who you speak to. Either way, every week there are new developments and breakthroughs. Here are some of the AI stories that have emerged in recent days. The consumer champion Martin Lewis has urged the government to take action against AI-powered generative deepfakes after he found that scammers were using an… → Read More
AI likely to spell end of traditional school classroom, leading expert says
Exclusive: Prof Stuart Russell says technology could result in ‘fewer teachers being employed – possibly even none’ → Read More
AI firms should face prison over creation of fake humans, says Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens author tells Geneva summit proliferation of fake people on social media could lead to collapse in democracy → Read More
Never underestimate a droid: robots gather at AI for Good summit in Geneva
Ai-da, Desdemona, Nadine and Geminoid join world’s largest gathering of humanoids to promote AI as force for good → Read More
Industrial Revolution iron method ‘was taken from Jamaica by Briton’
Wrought iron process that drove UK success was appropriated from black metallurgists, records suggest → Read More
Music of the spheres: astronomers detect ‘cosmic bass note’ of gravitational waves
The sound comes from the merging of supermassive black holes across the universe, according to scientists → Read More
‘It’s not like science fiction any more’: Nasa aiming to make spaceships talk
Exclusive: Researcher Dr Larissa Suzuki tells how Nasa is developing a ChatGPT-style interface → Read More
Synthetic human embryos: can the law keep pace with the science? – podcast
Scientists have created synthetic human embryos using stem cells in a groundbreaking advance that sidesteps the need for eggs or sperm. Madeleine Finlay speaks to science correspondent Hannah Devlin about her world exclusive story on this development, what it could mean for medical research, and whether the ethical and regulatory classifications of these embryos are keeping pace with the science → Read More
Model embryo with heartbeat replicates cells in early pregnancy
Exclusive: Scientists used stem cells to create the structures, which were unable to develop into a foetus → Read More
Two epilepsy patients’ seizures greatly reduced in stem cell therapy trial
Early results show promise in trial involving injection of lab-grown inhibitory neurons into brain → Read More
Tasteful aroma: should restaurants ban diners from wearing strong perfumes?
A London sushi restaurant has asked customers not to wear fragrances – can smell spoil our enjoyment of food? → Read More
Hay fever may get worse due to climate change, says Met Office
Warning comes as 12 areas of UK put on red alert for ‘very high’ pollen levels → Read More
Advances in synthetic embryos leave legislators needing to catch up
As the science outpaces the law, scientists should proceed cautiously and clear boundaries must be set → Read More
Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance
Exclusive: Breakthrough could aid research into genetic disorders but raises serious ethical and legal issues → Read More