Helen Thomson
Health Journalist at Freelance
Previous: Head of features @newscientist | Author of Unthinkable and This Book Could Fix Your Life | Freelance Journalist and Editor | Open to commissions
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5 days ago |
msn.com | Helen Thomson
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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5 days ago |
theguardian.com | Helen Thomson
Imagine for a moment you are a child in 1941, sitting the common entrance exam for public schools with nothing but a pencil and paper. You read the following: “Write, for no more than a quarter of an hour, about a British author.”Today, most of us wouldn’t need 15 minutes to ponder such a question. We’d get the answer instantly by turning to AI tools such as Google Gemini, ChatGPT or Siri.
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2 weeks ago |
newscientist.com | Helen Thomson
The largest and most comprehensive 3D map of a mammalian brain to date offers an unprecedented insight into how neurons connect and function. The new map, which captures a cubic millimetre of a mouse’s visual cortex, will allow scientists to study brain function in extraordinary detail, potentially revealing crucial insights into how neural activity shapes behaviour, how complex traits like consciousness arise, and even what it means to be human.
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1 month ago |
newscientist.com | Helen Thomson
Lately, my brain has felt decidedly ancient. I’m only in my 40s, but last week I completely blanked on the date of my wedding anniversary, forgot the name of a friend’s son and couldn’t seem to concentrate on any work. So when I was asked to write a column for New Scientist all about the brain, one question immediately came to mind: how old is mine? Years of research show that organs such as our heart, kidneys and ovaries don’t all age…
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1 month ago |
courrierinternational.com | Helen Thomson
Parlez-vous français* ? L’apprentissage d’une langue étrangère pourrait retarder l’apparition de la maladie d’Alzheimer et d’autres formes de démence – et il n’est jamais trop tard pour s’y mettre. C’est en 2007 que ce lien a été établi pour la première fois, par l’équipe d’Ellen Bialystok, à l’université York de Toronto, au Canada.
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New neuroscience column alert! 📢 My first column for @newscientist all about how to measure your brain age - and reverse it: https://t.co/G0KFDpAM31
At least they've chosen my finest work... 😅 https://t.co/ngY5ykLZT5
@_alexreisner Search the LibGen database here, and peer inside a pirated library of millions of books and research papers used by Meta and others: https://t.co/F6NSWD0U33
Can a new class of wearable tech actively boost your mental health? I tried out some popular mental health wearables to find out how much science was behind their claims.https://t.co/rpLiZCLNsZ
