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The secrets to keeping your brain sharp in old age

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By Alexandra Thompson Verified
| New Scientist Verified
Neuroscientist Emily Rogalski is uncovering the secrets of superagers As you age, your memory will likely decline. Your ability to recall where you parked the car or the name of your first teacher will be less sharp in your 80s than in your 50s, if you’re in the majority of people. But a small pool of individuals in their 80s and beyond don’t experience this downturn: they have a memory that rivals that of people decades younger. It is this group that Emily Rogalski is interested in.
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Unsettling dance piece explores how AI is warping human relationships

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By Alexandra Thompson Verified
| New Scientist Verified
A scene from Mirror by the Alexander Whitley Dance Company Traditional ballet with tutus and pointe shoes is my preferred night at the theatre, but I enjoyed a contemporary piece recently at London’s Sadler’s Wells East. The piece, Mirror, by the Alexander Whitley Dance Company, will also be at the city’s Royal Opera House on 4 June.
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Exercise advice for long covid may be doing more harm than good

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By Alexandra Thompson Verified
| New Scientist Verified
Resistance training has been examined as a possible way to relieve covid-19 symptoms In the hunt for ways to alleviate long covid ‚Äď a relatively new condition with no cure, experienced by millions of people worldwide after contracting covid-19 ‚Äď exercise has been a bright spot. It‚Äôs drug-free, it costs nothing and a handful of studies have suggested it boosts long covid recovery.
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