Most successful scientists are optimists. They have to be, since the vast majority of experiments fail. In graduate school, I remember sitting …
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Spacetime ‘Crystals’ Could Collapse Into Tiny Black Holes, Wild Paper Explains : ScienceAlert
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogRight on the brink of black hole formation, spacetime can get downright peculiar. This is where familiar physics can become unnervingly strange, …
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‘They are leaking radio waves, just like we are’: Radio astronomer explains how intelligent aliens could contact Earth without even trying
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogLong before Neil Armstrong piloted the first crewed lunar lander onto the moon and uttered his now-famous words “The Eagle has landed,” …
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Diagnostic dilemma: Whiplike rashes appeared on a woman’s back after she ate shiitake mushrooms
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe patient: A 23-year-old woman in Florida The symptoms: The woman went to the emergency room with an itchy rash on her …
Ten MIT affiliates — including undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni — have accepted Fulbright grants to conduct research in countries across the …
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UC faculty demand return of standardized test requirement amid math deficiency surge
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogKey Takeaways Over 360 UC mathematics faculty advocate for reinstating standardized testing in admissions due to rising math deficiencies among students, with …
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Brilliant-green fireball meteor explodes over erupting volcano in the Philippines
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogStunning new footage shows a bright-green “fireball” meteor exploding in the skies over an erupting volcano in the Philippines. Initial reports suggested …
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Fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibition for succinate dehydrogenase-deficient gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a phase 2 trial
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogInclusion and ethics All patients provided written informed consent before enrollment. This protocol was conducted according to Good Clinical Practice and was …
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My Kid Vibe Coded Their Way To Actually Learning Math – Techdirt.
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogMy Kid Vibe Coded Their Way To Actually Learning Math Techdirt.
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Sustainability Consultant ERM Teams with AI Firm to Speed Complex Project Permitting
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAiming to tackle permitting challenges of the data center building boom, ERM, which says it is the world’s largest consultant focused solely on …
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Scientists say they’ve reversed brain aging with a simple nasal spray
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogResearchers at Texas A&M University say they may have found a way to do just that using a simple nasal spray designed …
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NASA Picks Bezos’s Blue Origin Over SpaceX For Key Moon Base Mission
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAn artist’s concept of astronauts working on the lunar surface. NASA NASA has selected Blue Origin to play a major role in …
RFK Jr. adviser Calley Means and Kennedy’s son Finn attended the Enhanced Games, the pro-doping athletic competition and biohacking extravaganza that took …
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Mental health therapists who use AI to take notes face questions about trust : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA growing number of mental health therapists are using AI tools to record sessions, take notes and do administrative tasks. Fiordaliso/Getty Images …
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Doctors may soon be able to check your red blood cells by filming your eyeball
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogResearchers have developed a system that uses short videos of the eye to estimate a person’s levels of red blood cells — …
The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a NASA Astrophysics Pioneers Program mission designed to detect the most energetic particles in …
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An AI biotech CEO sets the record straight on AI drug development hype
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogBrittany Trang, Ph.D., covers AI in health and medicine: Does it actually work? Who benefits, or might be harmed? She writes the …
Sen. John Cornyn: How many patents do you [have?]AbbVie CEO Richard Gonzalez: … A hundred and thirty-six patents.Cornyn: A hundred and thirty-six …
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Trauma survivor Elizabeth Smart finds strength in bodybuilding : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogElizabeth Smart says she has gained confidence as a competitive bodybuilder. She continues to be an advocate for women and victims of …
For Jaclyn Kagey, preparing astronauts to put boots on the Moon is part of her daily work. As the Artemis extravehicular activity lead in NASA’s Flight Operations Directorate, Kagey …
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Chinese medical practitioners used extremely toxic plant as a topical anesthetic 600 years ago, study finds
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogA 600-year-old set of surgical tools found in a tomb in China has revealed the world’s first chemical evidence of a topical …
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These Kinds of Activities Could Help You Age Better – And They’re Not Exercise : ScienceAlert
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogGrowing old is a fact of life. But thanks to improved health care and innovative technology, more of us are living longer …
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It’s illegal to repair most of our devices. There’s a surprising reason for that.
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogIf you have ever tried to repair something, realized that it was beyond your financial or technical means, and ended up buying …
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Common heart drug taken by millions found useless — and possibly dangerous
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogFor decades, beta blockers have been one of the routine drugs many patients receive after a heart attack. They are widely used …
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Jupiter’s Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, may be heating up
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogJupiter’s giant moon Ganymede is the only known moon to have its own magnetic field — and it may be heating up …
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The $2 Trillion Underwriting Case: Inside Chamath’s Blockbuster SpaceX Math – 24/7 Wall St.
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe $2 Trillion Underwriting Case: Inside Chamath’s Blockbuster SpaceX Math 24/7 Wall St.
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Rare genetic disease makes scientists reconsider what the ‘seat of fear’ in the brain really is
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe wind picks up dust from the unpaved road one afternoon in December as Jack van Honk turns into a ramshackle neighborhood …
One life insurance company is banking on incentives to gamify the healthy habits of its customers, which in turn helps its bottom …
Eli Lilly said Monday that a high dose of its gene-editing therapy reduced cholesterol levels by 62% in participants in a clinical …
Bizarre Venus surface formations (or coronae) are likely key to understanding our twin planet’s heretofore inscrutable interior. Using NASA Magellan spacecraft data …
