Test and Trace boss Baroness Dido Harding claims it is ‘not my job’ to predict when the system will get overloaded and claims she didn’t foresee new school year crippling the struggling regime By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 13:36 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 13:37 GMT, 10 November 2020 England’s … Read more
It may be difficult to predict how well a student will perform academically, but a new innovation can do so just by looking at their tweets – and with more than 93 percent accuracy. A computer model trained on thousands of test scores and one million social media posts to distinguishing between high academic achievers … Read more
They were runners up on the first series of itv2 dating show Love Island after he got down on one knee and asked her to marry him following a six week relationship. And Love Island fans have predicted that Hannah Elizabeth and Jon Clark will rekindle their one time whirlwind romance, after reuniting during the … Read more
Forget the deluge of the past few days – because the colours of autumn that lie ahead are expected to be even more glorious than usual this year. The high levels of sunshine through the summer and into September are likely to create an intense and vibrant range of hues, say experts at the National … Read more
A non-invasive sleep test may be able to help diagnose and predict dementia in older adults, a new study suggests. Researchers used a model to assess the difference between a person’s actual age and the biological age of their brain. Dementia patients monitored in their sleep had much higher scores than non-dementia patients and showed … Read more
Could a TASTE test predict who will get severely ill from coronavirus? Patients who can’t detect bitter flavors are at higher risk for being hospitalized Researchers had people who previously tested positive for coronavirus perform taste tests with slips of paper Non-tasters, who couldn’t detect certain bitter flavors, were at highest risk for developing more … Read more
DNA testing ‘can predict throat cancer up to eight YEARS’ in advance for patients with pre-cancerous condition that causes acid reflux, study finds Abnormal cells emerge at bottom of oesophagus in Barrett’s oesophagus Condition develops into cancer for one-in-five patients after it is diagnosed This leads to extensive treatment in case the cancer does appear … Read more
Heel-prick blood test could predict which children will develop type 1 diabetes, say scientists who can spot early warnings of the condition in the genes and chemicals in the body UK and US researchers said up to 75% of cases could be spotted using the test Average child is in their mid-teens by the time … Read more
Even immediate efforts to reduce plastic pollution could leave Earth with 698 million tons (710 million metric tonnes) of waste by 2040, scientists estimate. Immediate and globally coordinated action to limit plastic consumption and waste could reduce the rate of plastic pollution by nearly 80 per cent by 2040. However, even if such a ‘best-case … Read more
Britons are preparing to dust off their shorts and put their umbrellas away as forecasters predict a return of sunny spells and weather ‘more like July should be’ with temperatures soaring to 75F (25C) over the next ten days. The thick blanket of grey cloud will begin to break up from tomorrow, the Met Office … Read more