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Not getting enough sleep may make you feel years older

Prioritising sleep could make you feel younger Uwe Krejci/Getty Images Sleep deprivation could make you feel several years older than you really are. How old someone feels, or their subjective age, has been associated with various physical and mental health outcomes, particularly depression. “Age is more than just the perception,” says Leonie Balter at the […]

Flavour-predicting AI can tell brewers how to make beer taste better
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Flavour-predicting AI can tell brewers how to make beer taste better

Beer brewers generate a huge variety of flavours from just a handful of ingredients Kutredrig/Getty Images An artificial intelligence that can predict how a beer will taste from its chemical make-up could help create alcohol-free versions that taste just like regular ones. Predicting flavour from chemical compounds is difficult, as complex interactions between ingredients and […]

Ancient people carved mysterious symbols near dinosaur footprints
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Ancient people carved mysterious symbols near dinosaur footprints

Dinosaur footprints and rock carvings, both highlighted with dashed lines, at the Serrote do Letreiro site in Brazil Leonardo Troiano/ National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage, Brazil Mysterious rock carvings found next to dinosaur tracks in Brazil suggest ancient people discovered the footprints thousands of years ago and recognised them as meaningful. The Serrote […]