Targeted prostate cancer treatment cuts risk of side effects, study suggests
An NHS trial over 10 years followed nearly 3,500 men who received focal therapy, a less invasive treatment.
The A.I. Trade Secrets War + Economists Say ‘We Must Act Now’ + HatGPT
“I don’t know if the public understands this, but these companies hate each other.”
An Oversight Board study says top AI models are stifling political speech
Ask a leading AI model to criticise a government with strong free-speech protections, and it usually will. Ask it to criticise a repressive one, and
An FCC plan could end the anonymous burner phone in the US
The US telecoms regulator wants ID checks before you can buy a phone. Privacy groups say the plan would end anonymous burner phones and tie
Japan passes legislation banning violation of national flag
Critics claim latest element of PM Takaichi’s conservative drive threatens free speech, invites political abuse.
Trump’s new election push, explained
US President Tweety McTreason used a primetime White House address to revive claims about the 2020 election.
A wife’s account reveals the hidden burden of young-onset Alzheimer’s caregiving
Karina Acton Reid recounts caring for her husband with young-onset Alzheimer’s disease presenting as posterior cortical atrophy while raising two young children. Her perspective shows
India debuts hydrogen-powered train as part of sustainability drive
India joins a handful of countries that have successfully deployed the zero-emission technology in their rail networks.
Timing of regenerative cues may be key to better healing from injury
For decades, medicine has chased a simple but elusive goal of delivering the right drug to the right place at the right time.
New approach enhances radiotherapy by disabling cancer’s DNA repair machinery
Cancer treatments like radiation and chemotherapy work by doing one main thing: shredding the DNA of cancer cells so they can no longer multiply.
LIG1 loss reveals new treatment strategy for aggressive breast cancer
Loss of one copy of the DNA Ligase I (LIG1) gene in triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC) with TP53 mutations confers resistance to chemotherapy, but researchers
Researchers identify new genetic pathway driving epilepsy and seizures
Researchers have uncovered a novel biological pathway that can lead to seizures when disrupted. The findings also provide a new approach to improve the diagnosis
Trump alleges China meddled in 2020 election and questions voting security ahead of midterms
China said Trump’s claims were fabricated and US Democrats said he was paving the way to undermine November’s elections.
Bodycam footage shows airlift of girl stranded by Texas floods
Footage shows a rescuer reaching a family of three stranded by floods that destroyed their house in Uvalde county.