Author: Justin M. Larson

A Parkinson’s patient played the clarinet while undergoing surgery, allowing doctors to see, and hear, immediate results.Denise Bacon, 65, showed instant improvement in her finger movements as surgeons stimulated her brain with an electrical current. The retired speech and language therapist, from Crowborough, East Sussex, underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) after suffering Parkinson’s symptoms, in a four-hour operation at London’s King’s College HospitalThese symptoms included slowness of movement, rigidity and muscle stiffness.She had been diagnosed in 2014 and it has impacted her ability to walk, swim, dance and play her clarinet. But the operation led to instant improvements in her…

What you eat before, during, and after running affects how you feel, your performance, and your recovery. Foods high in carbohydrates help maintain your glycogen stores. Glycogen is the body’s primary source of energy. Fat and protein are also important.  Try to eat 1.5-2 hours before running to give your body time to digest and soak up the nutrients. You can likely skip a pre-run meal if you’re running an easy-paced 3-4 miles or less per hour, Vishal Patel, chief sports nutritionist at Nuun, told Health. Your muscles will have enough glycogen to power you through. Muscles store enough glycogen…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Do rude prompts really get better answers? Short answer: sometimes. A 2025 arXiv study tested 50 questions rewritten in five tones and found that rude prompts slightly outperformed polite ones with ChatGPT-4o. Accuracy rose from 80.8% for very polite to 84.8% for very rude. The sample was small, yet the pattern was clear.But not so fast, this story has layers. A 2024 study that looked at multiple languages painted a different picture. It found that impolite prompts often lowered performance, and that the “best” level of politeness changed depending on the language.…

The logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy is seen outside theri building as the company presents the annual report at Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, on February 5, 2025. Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty ImagesSeveral Novo Nordisk board members will step down from their positions after clashing with the controlling shareholder on the make-up of the firm.The Danish pharma giant, known for its weight loss and diabetes drugs, said Tuesday that board directors and the Novo Nordisk Foundation — the firm’s controlling shareholder — had failed to…

Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison, where he will occupy a small cell in the jail’s isolation wing.The BBC’s Paris Correspondent Hugh Scofield described his incarceration as “a big moment” for France.More on this story. Source link

The small Central American nation of Belize has signed an agreement with Washington to act as a “safe third country” for migrants as they seek asylum in the United States.Belize PM John Antonio Briceño said the deal – which must be approved by the Belize Senate – will mean that migrants deported from the US could apply for asylum instead of returning to their home countries.The US State Department called it “an important milestone in ending illegal immigration”, and “shutting down abuse” of the US asylum system.The deal appears to be similar to one with Paraguay announced in August.This year…

A Chinese-born woman has been charged for the theft of six gold nuggets worth about 1.5 million euros ($1.75m; £1.3m) from the Museum of Natural History in Paris last month, French prosecutors have said.The woman was arrested in Barcelona trying to dispose of some melted gold, according to officials, and is being held in pre-trial detention.Famous for its stuffed animals and bone collections, the museum is home to a mineralogy gallery, from the where the gold was taken. Police found an angle-grinder and a blowtorch at the scene.The museum’s alarm and surveillance systems had been disabled by a cyberattack, with…

A tornado tore through Val-d’Oise, north of Paris, on Monday, toppling construction cranes, damaging properties and uprooting trees in its path.One person was killed and four others critically injured, authorities said.The town of Ermont, about 20 km (13 miles) northeast of Paris was hardest hit by the sudden twister, which caused damage in multiple districts.Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on the X social media platform that it had been a storm of “rare intensity”. Source link

The Trump peace plan calls for an international security force in the Gaza Strip, but countries that might send troops are wary of danger, an unclear mission and being seen as occupiers. Source link

Australia’s got reserves and mining expertise, and the United States is eager to invest in alternatives to China. But building mines, refineries and factories could take years. Source link

Dozens of people were accused of participating in the assassination of Jovenel Moise, the Haitian president. The two trials involving his killing are flailing. Source link

FILE PHOTO: Workers transporting soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, Oct. 31, 2010.Stringer | ReutersChina on Tuesday responded to the U.S.-Australia critical minerals deal by saying resource-rich rare earth countries should take “a proactive role” in stabilizing their critical minerals supply chains.A spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was asked about the U.S. and Australia critical minerals deal which has been framed as an effort to counter Beijing’s dominance.”The formation of global production and supply chains is the result of market and corporate choices,” Guo Jiakun said, according to NBC.”Resource-rich…

Vitamin B12 helps your body make red blood cells, maintain nerve health, may boost energy levels, and support a good metabolism (turning food into energy). Some research suggests that people experiencing obesity are more likely to have low B12, which points to a possible link between B12 levels and body weight. However, more research is needed to determine whether taking vitamin B12 when deficient can help with weight management. Vitamin B12 plays an important role in metabolism by helping your body turn carbohydrates (the main source of energy in the body), fats, and proteins into glucose (a type of sugar)…

Mexico, Costa Rica and Jamaica have joined the United States’ bid to stage the Women’s World Cup in 2031 and are set to host matches at the expanded 48-team tournament.Fifa president Gianni Infantino confirmed in April that the United States, along with “potentially some other Concacaf members”, had put forward the sole bid to host the competition.US Soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone said of the joint bid:, external “Together, we have an extraordinary opportunity to host the biggest and most impactful Women’s World Cup in history, one that will inspire a new generation of fans and help grow the women’s…

Paul KirbyEurope digital editor andHugh Schofieldin ParisWatch: Sarkozy was cheered by supporters as he embraced his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy outside their Paris homeNicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Not since World War Two Nazi collaborationist leader Philippe Pétain was jailed for treason in 1945 has any French ex-leader gone behind bars.Sarkozy, who was president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison, where he will occupy a cell roughly measuring…

Tom McArthur andGabriela PomeroyGetty ImagesFrench police are desperate to retrieve priceless jewels stolen from the Louvre in a brazen daylight robbery, but experts have warned it may already be too late to save them.In Paris on Sunday, thieves broke into the world’s most-visited museum, stealing eight valued items before escaping on scooters, in a daring heist that took about eight minutes.Dutch art detective Arthur Brand told the BBC he feared the jewels may already be “long gone”, having been broken up into hundreds of parts.It is highly likely the pieces will be sold for a fraction of their worth and…

With the cease-fire deal under strain, Vice President JD Vance is set to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders. Source link

Sanae Takaichi created history on Oct. 21, winning Japan’s parliamentary vote to become the country’s first women prime minister.Philip Fong | Afp | Getty ImagesSanae Takaichi on Tuesday created history, winning Japan’s parliamentary vote to become the country’s first woman prime minister, with domestic stock markets cheering her ascendancy.Takaichi garnered 237 votes in the first round of voting, negating the need for a runoff vote in the 465-seat Lower House, according to public broadcaster NHK.Her victory comes after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party allied with the Japan Innovation Party and reportedly signed an agreement over the weekend to form a…

Sanae Takaichi, a fan of Iron Maiden, had an improbable rise to power. Like her mentor, Shinzo Abe, she is expected to lead Japan to the right. Source link

An interview with a 26-year-old entrepreneur, who has taken seven trips to China to buy handbags, clothes and jewelry. “China is the center of everything,” she said. Source link

The air quality in India’s capital ranks among the worst in the world, but experts say politics stand in the way of improving it. Source link

In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are showing why, for now, that may be a miscalculation. Source link

People who lost their sight due to a common, previously untreatable age-related condition can now read again, thanks to a ground-breaking electronic eye implant.The tiny device, measuring just 2mm by 2mm and half the thickness of a human hair, represents a “paradigm shift” in artificial vision, experts say. They are optimistic the technology could eventually be offered through the NHS.Fitted under the retina, the layer of light-sensitive tissue in the eye, it allows patients to see letters, numbers and words through an eye that was previously blind.Thanks to the so-called “prosthetic vision”, some patients are now even able to complete…

If you ever fly to Washington DC, look out of the window as you land at Dulles Airport – and you might snatch a glimpse of the single biggest story in economics right now.There below you, you will see scattered around the fields and woods of the local area a set of vast warehouses that might to the untrained eye look like supermarkets or distribution centres. But no: these are in fact data centres – the biggest concentration of data centres anywhere in the world. For this area surrounding Dulles Airport has more of these buildings, housing computer servers that…