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
Zsh Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Shell?
Zsh has become the default shell for a lot of Linux and macOS users, and for good reason. Between Oh My Zsh, autosuggestions, and smarter
Can maternal diet prevent infant food allergy? A large trial puts eggs and peanuts to the test
A large Australian randomized trial of 2,137 pregnant women tested whether substantially increasing egg and peanut consumption during pregnancy and breastfeeding could prevent food allergy
Scientists reveals how cancer-causing p53 mutations remain invisible to the immune system
One of the biggest challenges in cancer immunotherapy may not be that immune cells are too weak, but that some tumors give them too little
Study identifies powerful inherited risk factor for lung cancer
A rare inherited mutation in the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene is associated with a 25-fold increased risk of lung cancer, according to a
‘Predatory behavior’: Elite mathematicians clash over OpenAI’s ‘solution’ to million-dollar math problem
HEIDELBERG, Germany — Often considered the slowest, most methodical and most abstract of the sciences, mathematics usually advances so incrementally and esoterically that it rarely
Scientists name a new cat species for the first time in over a century
For the first time in a century, scientists have identified a new cat species, thanks to genetic analysis — and it’s resolved a long-standing debate
1,000-year-old ‘snake amulet’ featuring a Christian saint and ‘Medusa’ discovered in Russia
Archaeologists excavating a medieval settlement in northwestern Russia have unearthed an unusual 11th-century pendant that combines Christian and pagan imagery. It is the oldest amulet