<p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><br><p><br></p><h2><strong>00:26 Moderate caffeine intake might reduce dementia risk, study suggests</strong></h2><p><em>Nature:&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00409-y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Coffee linked to slower brain ageing in study of 130,000 people</em></a></p><br><p><br></p><h2><strong>04:15 Using AI to work out the rules of a long-forgotten board game</strong></h2><p><em>Scientific American:&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rules-of-mysterious-ancient-roman-board-game-decoded-by-ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Rules of mysterious ancient Roman board game decoded by AI</em></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</em></strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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Briefing Chat: Caffeine slows brain ageing, suggests decades of data

FEB 13, 20269 MIN
Nature Podcast

Briefing Chat: Caffeine slows brain ageing, suggests decades of data

FEB 13, 20269 MIN

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<p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><br><p><br></p><h2><strong>00:26 Moderate caffeine intake might reduce dementia risk, study suggests</strong></h2><p><em>Nature:&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00409-y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Coffee linked to slower brain ageing in study of 130,000 people</em></a></p><br><p><br></p><h2><strong>04:15 Using AI to work out the rules of a long-forgotten board game</strong></h2><p><em>Scientific American:&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rules-of-mysterious-ancient-roman-board-game-decoded-by-ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Rules of mysterious ancient Roman board game decoded by AI</em></a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</em></strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>