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Brain chips – is it progress or tech gone too far?  0808 5 92 95 00

Brain chips – is it progress or tech gone too far?  Ask the vet, Jay Blades and Name the Place

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk says his Neuralink company has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human for the first time. The company's goal is to connect human brains to computers and allow  people paralysed in all four limbs to control devices with their thoughts. Posting on his social media platform X, Elon Musk said the patient was reported to be recovering well from Sunday's operation - and that initial results had detected promising neuron spikes, or nerve impulses. 

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Brain chips – is it progress or tech gone too far?

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NAME THE PLACE 
Can you Name today's Place in Scotland?

JAY BLADES
The Repair Shop's Jay Blades on touring the UK in a tool-shed with Sir David Jason 

ASK THE VET  
Our resident vet, Ross Allan returns to take all your pet-related questions in this week’s Ask the Vet surgery. Whether your pet is acting out of character or displaying worrying symptoms, get in touch – Call 0808 5 92 95 00 or Text 80295.

BOWEL CANCER 
Why are more young people dying from bowel cancer?

BABY NAMES 
What are the rules in Scotland when it comes to naming your baby?

SOLO DINING
Solo dining is on the rise in the UK - here's to how to embrace dining for one.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN TO SEE YOUR PHARMACIST?
In a book entitled Why Can't I See My GP? Dr Ellen Welch says that the next generation should be educated on how to use the NHS correctly to stop GP surgeries being clogged up.  If you have warts, aches and pains, coughs and colds or conjunctivitis - do you know who should you see?

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