Local AI Weekly #6: If You Can Reverse Engineer It, It’s Open Source!
What I realized in the past week or so is that if you can reverse engineer it, any software is open source software. Not in
Like father, like son? Study reveals a surprising pattern in male reproductive health
Researchers examining 117 father-son pairs from Denmark and Finland identified weak but statistically significant familial associations in several male reproductive traits, including testicular size, sperm
Beef can fit into healthy diets, but what about its environmental cost?
A narrative review published in Animal Frontiers highlights beef’s contribution to high-quality protein and bioavailable micronutrients, while controlled trials generally found no adverse effects on
Semaglutide and teduglutide reduce immune-driven gut injury in mice
Researchers found that gut-derived GLP-1 and GLP-2 signaling helped protect mice against T cell-induced intestinal injury, with GLP-1R primarily regulating inflammation and GLP-2R supporting intestinal
Science on the Space Station with NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins
NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Jessica Watkins works inside the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox, safely mixing living cell samples with a
See Inside Cells Like Never Before in These Vivid Microscopic Images
On a frigid February morning in Edinburgh, Scotland, Patrick Hickey had run out of living things to put under his microscope. The plants and fungi
Teacher who survived Bend shooting tried to close door, ‘but the shooter was already there’
Becky Drury was shot and seriously wounded by the gunman, who killed three children and another teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Oregon.
Inside Iowa’s critical midterm Senate race
NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas interviews Democrat Josh Turek, Republican Ashley Hinson and voters in Iowa.
Meta to pay $25B in New Mexico case over misleading Facebook users
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay a $25B civil penalty for misleading Facebook users about privacy and hate speech, Bloomberg reported. A
Electronic Arts to cut 400 jobs and shut down Mass Effect studio BioWare
Electronic Arts will close BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, and cut about 400 jobs, roughly 3% of staff, Bloomberg reported. The
US orders departure of personnel from Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi threat
US State Department says Iran-aligned Houthis have ‘increasingly engaged in hostilities’ against Saudi Arabia.
Canadian publisher drops writer Thelyson Orelien over AI use in novel
Publisher Boreal says investigations confirmed the Haitian-Canadian Thelyson Orelien used AI in his breakthrough novel.
Video shows Israeli settler assaulting Palestinian child
An Israeli settler was filmed shouting at and assaulting a Palestinian child during an attack on a family east of Yatta.
‘Betrayed by my body’: The taboo health issue women are talking about on social media
Women are sharing their experiences with chronic urinary tract infections on social media in an effort to break the stigma surrounding UTIs.