Italy to deploy warships to protect shipping through Bab al-Mandeb
Italy’s defence minister warns of severe economic fallout if Bab al-Mandeb becomes impassable, bypassing EU delays.
Drone attacks by Colombian armed groups more than double in early 2026
Civilians are caught in the crossfire of drone attacks between armed groups and government forces.
Researchers mine cobra toxins to uncover a membrane-disrupting antimicrobial peptide
Researchers combined toxin sequence mining with machine learning and deep-learning prediction tools to identify and experimentally test 14 antimicrobial peptide candidates derived from cobra cardiotoxins.
Celastrol reduces cholestatic liver injury by inhibiting specific protein
Cholestasis occurs when bile formation, secretion, or flow is impaired, causing toxic bile acids to accumulate and trigger inflammation and liver-cell damage.
Immunotherapy combined with BCG vaccine drastically lowers tuberculosis relapse risk
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s leading causes of death, and preventing post-treatment relapse continues to be a major worldwide health challenge.
Deafness prompts brain rewiring to enhance peripheral vision
The brains of people who are deaf from an early age re-wire to see more of what is happening in their visual periphery, new research
New clinical guidelines standardize kidney replacement therapy in ICU patients
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and severe complication in the intensive care unit (ICU). Due to its high incidence, strong correlation with poor
Preteen smartphone use linked to depression, obesity, lack of sleep
A new study finds preteens who own smartphones and use them regularly, are at greater risk of depression, obesity and insufficient sleep.
RFK Jr. names CDC vaccine adviser to senior HHS role
Former Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Martin Kulldorff, has been appointed to a senior role at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse’s cortex
In recent years, there has been a lot of excitement about the potential for studying human diseases in what are called “organoids.” These small patches
Scientists develop new method for deciphering ancient scrolls
The Vesuvius Challenge is an ongoing project that combines “digital unwrapping” with crowdsourced machine learning to decipher the so-called Herculaneum scrolls, badly charred 2,000-year-old papyri
Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History
Newly unsealed court documents showed concern within Microsoft and OpenAI over the use of millions of news articles to develop A.I. systems.
Canadians dream of Europe as Carney floats longshot plan for living and working in EU
Torontonians are excited by the possibility of moving to the EU, even if it is unlikely anytime soon.
FOSS Weekly #26.38: GNOME 51 Release, LibreOffice Image Trick, VMWare Drama, Fingerprint Reader for Linux and More
It’s FOSS reader Mišo Oroz shares how he migrated a small transport and logistics company in, Bergamo, Italy to Linux and open source to reduce