In a drier world, some infectious diseases are unexpectedly thriving
The world has become hotter and, in many places, drier than ever before in recorded history. Just this summer, as ...
Solar buoyed Europe’s grid amid record-breaking heat and drought this summer
Repeated record-breaking heat waves cooked the European continent this summer, delivering the region’s hottest
What The Matrix got wrong about AI (so far)
The change arrived without a battle — quiet, ordinary, already at your desk. AI assisted.The film feared a superintelligence that would...
Schizophrenia’s lost brain connections follow a surprising pattern
Researchers, including a Rutgers professor, have gained a clearer view of the biological changes associated with schizophrenia by direc...
Who’s most at risk in the cyclospora outbreak?
Earlier this summer, when the news broke about an outbreak of cyclosporiasis — a parasitic infection that results ...
A quasi-experimental study of abortion rates following gestational age limit changes in Japan
Seeing the Unseen: The Case for Action in the Neglected Crisis of Unintended Pregnancy. Chapter 1 The Invisible Crisis Befor...
Researchers reveal deeper workings of brain’s information hub
The human brain is continuously processing enormous amounts of information. Even something as familiar as driving requires several ment...
AI-designed “intrabodies” could unlock new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and MND
Researchers at the University of Essex have developed microscopic medicines that could pave the way for new approaches to treating neur...
AI is lying to us, and nobody seems to care
Real information in, invented information mixed in, one confident answer out. The interface never shows you how it got there.We built i...