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Can a smartwatch tell you that you have high blood pressure? What Apple’s hypertension notifications actually do
A watch cannot tell you your blood pressure, and Apple’s hypertension notifications do not claim to. What the feature does is look for a pattern in…
Do Omega-3 Supplements Actually Help You Think?
Contested findings at mostly low certainty, in populations aged 40 and over, measuring decline rather than the enhancement the bottle implies.
Apple Watch sleep apnoea notifications: what the alert means and what to do next
If your Apple Watch has told you it found signs of possible sleep apnoea, the short answer is: take it seriously, but it is not a…
Does Office Temperature Affect How Well You Work?
One of the most repeated numbers in workplace science, reanalysed with double the data. The result was not a smaller effect but no detectable relationship.
Does the iPhone Duo’s Bright Display Cause or Cure Eye Strain?
The iPhone Duo has the brightest display Apple has put in a phone and a finish designed to cut glare, and neither of those is what…
Does Screen Time Actually Make You Miserable?
The original said adult evidence was thin. It is not thin any more, and what filled the gap sits awkwardly against the number everyone quotes.
Does Letting Siri AI Draft Your Writing Cost You Anything?
Siri AI can now draft an email or a message for you from scratch, and the honest cost of letting it is not that you forget…
Does Sleep Hygiene Actually Work?
Sleep hygiene is what you get told first. The evidence says it is what works least, and that the thing that works better is rarely offered.
Does a Daytime Nap Actually Help You Work Better?
The original could not answer whether naps leave you groggy. A polysomnography study now can, and the answer is more reassuring than the meta-analysis suggested.
Do Cold Plunges Actually Do Anything?
The evidence for cold water is real, small, oddly timed, and almost entirely from men. The dopamine number everyone quotes comes from ten people.
Does the iPhone Duo’s Bigger Screen Help You Read Better?
The iPhone Duo unfolds into the largest, brightest screen Apple has ever put on a phone, and a bigger screen is not the thing that decides…
Does Caffeine Improve Focus, or Just Fix Withdrawal?
A twenty-year dispute, and a 2025 meta-analysis that finally tested the crux of it. The answer moved, though not all the way.
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