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Feeling bored? Watching full videos is a better fix than mindless scrolling, study finds Endlessly swiping through online content makes viewing sessions feel less meaningful

Can Better Biotech Finally Replace Lab Animals? Replacing research animals with tools that better mimic human biology could improve medicine

The New York Times columnist Ezra Klein was an early advocate for Democrats to replace Joe Biden at the top of the ticket. “I think I just sort of personally had this moment where I was, like, This is not going to work,” he tells Clare Malone, about his epiphany of sorts in February. A little more than a week later, Klein read an audio essay, “Democrats Have a Better Option Than Biden,” on his podcast, in which he argued that Democrats still had time to pick a new nominee if Biden could be persuaded to step aside. The piece caused waves of consternation among certain parts of the liberal commentariat. However, in June, after Biden’s disastrous debate performance, Klein’s much maligned take morphed into a prescient one. Klein opens up to Malone about capitalizing on the moment and why, in the past few weeks, his podcast has seemed like the smoke-filled back room of the President’s party: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/0Oqwgg

How a midwife became a neuroscientist to seek a cure for her son

Long covid causes very different symptoms in children versus teenagers In children aged 6 to 11, long covid seems to often present as sleep problems or abdominal issues, while adolescents report fatigue and pain

‘Force of nature’ genomicist builds world-class center for Africans to help Africa With vision and a big personality, Christian Happi offers a model of postcolonial genomics in Nigeria

Mpox in Africa was largely ignored during the outbreak of 2022. Now in Congo and beyond it is back, and fiercer. The world must learn from its mistakes https://econ.st/4czfZ0j

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Engineering and matters of the heart MIT Associate Professor Ellen Roche is creating the next generation of medical devices to help repair hearts, lungs, and other tissues.

Intestinal parasites may reduce covid-19 vaccine effectiveness

Alzheimer's May Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Expert Reveals The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest with recent years witnessing several important controversies.