Developmental dyslexia essential to human adaptive success, study argues

Cambridge researchers studying cognition, behavior and the brain have concluded that people with dyslexia are specialized to explore the unknown. This is likely to play a fundamental role in human adaptation to changing environments.

China's Xi calls for stronger fintech oversight, security

A high-level Chinese government meeting led by President Xi Jinping has called for stronger oversight and better security in financial tech, state media reported, with the sector hit hard by a regulatory crackdown.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/chinas-xi-calls-for-stronger-fintech-oversight-security

Loss of nature is pushing nations toward sovereign credit downgrades and 'bankruptcy'

The world's first biodiversity-adjusted sovereign credit ratings shows how ecological destruction affects public finances—driving downgrades, debt crises and soaring borrowing costs, according to a team of economists led by Cambridge University.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/loss-of-nature-is-pushing-nations-toward-sovereign-credit-downgrades-and-bankruptcy

Largest study reports long COVID symptoms in children up to age 14

The largest study to date of long COVID symptoms in children aged 0-14 years confirms that children who have received a COVID-19 diagnosis can experience symptoms of long COVID lasting at least two months. The study, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, used national level sampling of children in Denmark and matched COVID-19 positive cases with a control group of children with no prior history of a COVID-19 infection.