AI can forecast your future health – just like the weather

An artificial intelligence model can predict the risk of more than 1,000 diseases, a team of scientists say.

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Netflix uses AI effects for first time to cut costs

The streaming firm says AI allowed The Eternaut to complete a sequence faster and cheaper.

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Teachers can use AI to save time on marking, new guidance says

For the first time teachers in England are receiving guidelines on how they should and shouldn't use AI.

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The people who think AI might become conscious

With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are questioning whether AI might become sentient

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Scientists claim to have discovered 'new colour' no one has seen before

"Olo" is said to be a saturated blue-green - but some say the existence of a new colour is "open to argument".

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Students call for clarity over university free speech rules

Clearer advice is needed on how to make campuses inclusive without falling foul of free speech regulations, the National Union of students has said.

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Professor Margaret Rowe Professor Naomi Sharples Natalie Yates-Bolton & karen Heggs from the School of Health & Society The University of Salford in China with…

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Doctors back total ban on smacking children in England

Smacking is legal in some cases in England and Northern Ireland, but is banned in Scotland and Wales.

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Three Surrey schools to trial social media blackout scheme

Three secondary schools in Surrey want pupils to reduce phone use in a bid to improve their health.

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Health chiefs warn of potential second norovirus wave

A different strain of the winter vomiting virus is now on the rise, UK health experts say.

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Epilepsy AI tool detects brain lesions doctors miss

One in five epilepsy patients has uncontrolled seizures due to brain abnormalities too subtle for doctors to spot.

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Maths and English requirement dropped for adult apprentices

The Department for Education says rule change means 10,000 more courses could be completed every year.

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UK and US refuse to sign international AI declaration

It follows a warning from US Vice President JD Vance that excessive regulation could

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NHS to offer 'groundbreaking' sickle cell gene therapy

The gene therapy Casgevy, which will now be offered to some patients in England, could help people live disease-free, experts say.

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30 years ago Tomorrow's World predicted 2025 - how did it do?

From space junk gel to hologram surgery, the team had lots of intriguing predictions. Which, if any, came true?

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A life-changing device for diabetics

Read the winning essay from the Young Science Writer of the Year 2024 award

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Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip

It solves in five minutes a problem computers now would need 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years to work out, Google says.

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Prioritise safety not A&E target, NHS leaders told

Health Secretary Wes Streeting delivers message amid mounting concern about winter pressures.

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