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The day before she was due to fly to Cape Town for her grandson’s wedding, Shirley Boyle was suddenly struck down with what she describes as ‘the worst back pain of my life’. Determined not to miss ...

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Most patients survive their first heart attack, but many are left with severe damage and one in four survivors die within three years. Inflammation is a key driver of this damage, but there are no ...

More good reads and Python updates elsewhere Python’s cffi reaches version 2.0 One of the most convenient and popular libraries for calling into the world of C from Python just got a major ...

Alexandra Twin has 15+ years of experience as an editor and writer, covering financial news for public and private companies. Pete Rathburn is a copy editor and fact-checker with expertise in ...

Collaboration has become more complex, but success still depends on the fundamentals. by Martine Haas and Mark Mortensen Today’s teams are different from the teams of the past: They’re far more ...

Quantum entanglement is one seriously long-distance relationship. Quantum entanglement occurs when two subatomic particles become linked in such a way that their properties remain connected, no matter ...