Can you solve it? Prisoners and boxes
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Using brain cells in prison cells Today’s puzzle involves two prisoners. Let’s call them Piper and Alex. You will be asked to find a strategy that wins them their freedom. Puzzles about prison escape strategies are a relatively new genre of mathematical challenge, o...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/23/can-you-solve-it-prisoners-and-boxes

Antidepressants can cause ‘emotional blunting’, study shows
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Volunteers less responsive to positive and negative feedback after course of serotonin-controlling drugsWidely used antidepressants cause “emotional blunting”, according to research that offers new insights into how the drugs may work and their possible ...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/23/antidepressants-emotional-blunting-study

Welcome to the age of ‘dark copers’ – where morbid curiosity is a means of survival | Emma Beddington
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From haunted dolls to horror films, there is a big appetite right now for fear-as...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/22/welcome-to-the-age-of-dark-copers-where-morbid-curiosity-is-a-means-of-survival

Setting pulses racing: the Reading scientists perfecting broad bean bread
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By making their nutritious bread taste like normal white loaves, scientists aim to help disadvantagedIt’s creamy-white in colour with a deep brown crust. It has a mild floury taste but with a mor...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jan/22/setting-pulses-racing-the-reading-scientists-perfecting-broad-bean-bread

Dark energy ‘chameleon trap’ wins £100,000 prize for Nottingham scientist
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Ingeniously simple lab experiment led by Prof Clare Burrage recognised by Blavatnik awardsDark energy is the enigma at the heart of modern physics: the universe is supposed to be awa...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/22/dark-energy-chameleon-trap-prize-nottingham-scientist-clare-burrage

‘This will happen before 2030’: how the science behind Covid vaccines might help to fight cancer
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The success of mRNA-based drugs in combating coronavirus is inspiring scientists to create similar vaccines for melanoma and other tumoursIn December 2022, ...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/22/the-other-big-c-how-the-science-behind-covid-vaccines-might-help-to-fight-cancer

Ageing planet: the new demographic timebomb
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India is about to overtake China as the most populous country, but as birthrates fall we’re facing life in a greyer world. Are we ready for the physical, political and financial challenges ahead...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/ageing-planet-the-new-demographic-timebomb