Bringing the thrill of live music to deaf audiences – with the help of air guitar

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Million-Person Study Finds a Rare Gene Variant That Slashes the Risk of Diabetes and Heart Disease

SingularityHub – Shelly Fan • August 11, 2026 The discovery could lead to treatments and demonstrates the power of efforts to unearth rare, beneficial genes in large populations. “Burn fat, build muscle.” It’s a familiar workout slogan, but the benefits go far beyond aesthetics. Having less belly fat and more muscle guards against heart attacks,

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Back on track: Matt Haig on finding acceptance

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What went right this week: ‘fire cloud’ studies, plus more

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The musicians turning bat calls into club music

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How community football is helping youth stay out of trouble

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Will regeneratively grown food become mainstream?

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Three sports groups using movement to tackle isolation

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Europe Approves Bionic Eye to Restore Vision Lost to Blindness

SingularityHub – Edd Gent • July 31, 2026 An implant, smaller than a grain of rice, pairs with camera-mounted glasses to communicate visual information to the retina. Age-related vision loss affects millions of people, and so far, there has been no way to reverse the damage. A newly approved retinal implant could change that by

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‘Hello There the Jacobian Conjecture Is False Thanx’: Why a Tiny Social Media Post Has Mathematicians Rethinking AI

SingularityHub – Melissa Lee • July 30, 2026 One of a series of striking AI-assisted math discoveries, this one feels a little different. As millions of people were coming down from the excitement of the FIFA World Cup Final at the start of last week, a different kind of excitement was building within the mathematical

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