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As the AI bubble continues to inflate (if it hasn’t already burst by the time you read this), many businesses and organisations are trying or have already tried machine translation for their documentation required in another language. This is highly understandable – if you can have a machine produce your translation quickly at (almost) no cost, what’s not to like? Artificial intelligence is unquestionably offering our world some exciting opportunities such as medical applicat

The most comprehensive analysis to date has given us a better grasp of why, on average, women tend to live longer than men. Average global life expectancy is around 74 years for women and 68 years for men. One popular belief is that women are protected against potentially harmful mutations in the sex-determining chromosomes, but the picture is far from complete. Mammals with two copies of the X chromosome are genetically female, while a male has two different sex chromosomes

The other day we were holding a team meeting to discuss future steps for MTEC, and at some point the use of MTPE (machine translation post-editing) in medical translation came up for discussion. We’ve all completed post-editing projects and we all ended up using the same strategy, which is to delete the machine translation and start translating from scratch instead. Now why would we do that? Simply because it’s faster and offers a higher level of consistency and quality. The

Work is now gathering pace on the possibilities of administering vaccines topically, so no more needles much to the relief of those of us putting up to some degree with trypanophobia (a fear of needles). Topically administering a vaccine simply involves stretching the skin before the vaccine is applied to it. Our skin is a vital barrier to protect against pathogens, and works in concert with our immune system. If, for example, you gently scratch yourself receptors are activat

More people than ever are now reaching the fine and goodly age of 100 years. Some factors such as genes are, of course, beyond our control. But the science of longevity is starting to divulge how to thrive longer, and maybe at least as importantly to be happy and healthy as we unavoidably embrace the latter epochs on our own personal journeys. There is no doubt that physical activity is of great importance for manifold reasons, with the total absence thereof thought to accoun

Dogs, cats, deer and a myriad of other mammalian species can do something we can’t – s wivel their ears to direct their hearing towards what particularly interests them at the time. Humans or our ancestors are thought to have forfeited this ability some 25 million years ago, which is possibly a tad unfortunate as it may have been an interesting sight to behold. And today, how the brain implements spatial hearing is still not widely understood. The theory currently goes that t

Rats fed edible microbeads designed to absorb fat have showed demonstrable weight loss. These beads could one day be used in our drinks and food to treat or prevent obesity. Highly effective weight-loss drugs such as Zepbound and Wegovy now on the market have a multitude of side effects, while also coming in at a hefty price. Hence the search for a new way to tackle obesity.   Researchers at Sichuan University in China have developed edible microbeads that can capture fat be

More good evidence is building of the significant benefits of fermented food in our diets. Fermented foods have been an integral part of man’s diet for more than 10,000 years such as with the production of bread and beer, before Big Food moved in with its sugary and oft processed foods. Food fermentation happens when microorganisms such as bacteria, yeast, and mould work on raw foods in the absence of oxygen with effects including largely removing the sugars. The field is kno

Endometriosis is thought to affect some one in ten women, particularly of reproductive age, although the incidence rate is thought to be quite a bit higher with women often just being told they have “painful periods”. The condition involves uterine-like tissue growing outside the uterine cavity. When this tissue grows where it shouldn’t, such as on the ovaries, bladder, fallopian tubes and bowel it can have devastating symptoms such as fatigue, infertility, along with pain in

Just about everyone has been there, you need to defecate but after all the huffing and puffing nothing has been presented and you rise defeated, but not deflated. Constipation isn’t just an inconvenience, it has also been associated with cognitive impairment and even cardiovascular disease. There are over-the-counter remedies aplenty that will often get things moving again, but for some these have side effects while the situation can persist for months or even years. For this

A lot of us will lose an adult tooth during our lives, should be this after a trip, a skateboard trick that didn’t quite go as planned,...

This World Mental Health Day , we’re reminded that mental health is a universal human right and that supporting it starts with how we...

Besides entertainment, music is one of the most accessible and powerful ways to regulate our mental state. Its potential continues to be...

According to a study of over 8,000 people from three countries, women’s pelvises have become increasingly narrow over the past 150 years....

Eating a diet based on minimally processed homemade food can help you lose twice as much weight compared with munching ultra-processed...

Certain memories such as what you dined on last night are easier to recall than others. But even memories you have apparently forgotten...

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh are coming to the conclusion that the notion that individuals are solely responsible for their...

Work is now gathering pace on identifying how to use the natural plasticity of cancer cells to return them to a benign state, instead of...

Yes, there is such an egg – the human egg, or oocyte. Each woman enters the world with a finite number of egg cells. They need to survive...

Neuroscientists appear to be confirming that waking up after a brief deep sleep or power nap suddenly makes people much better at...