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Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily: Dune sweeps Oscars with 6 wins

Parents are being encouraged to talk to their children about social media from a young age.

This comes as new research found girls are negatively affected earlier than boys.

Researchers say the differences may be down to changes in the structure of the brain, or due to puberty, which occurs later in boys than in girls.

The reboot of the science-fiction epic Dune has won Best Visual Effects at the Oscars. Dune picked up six accolades at the ceremony.

The visual effects supervisor was Paul Lambert - who you may recognise for films such as Blade Runner 2049.

Plus, Apple TV + Film became the first streaming service to win ‘best picture’ at the Oscars with CODA.

A British grandmother with advanced bowel cancer has seen her tumours shrink by half after taking an experimental drug.

Within hours of trialling the new drug she was climbing stairs with no effort and after three months scans showed her tumours had halved in size.

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