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Study: London children's lung capacity improved after ultra-low emission zone restricted polluting vehicles.
Moderna and Merck's personalized mRNA cancer vaccine reduced melanoma recurrence and spread in a late-stage trial, marking a milestone in cancer treatment.
A NYC physician focused on longevity shares his daily routine: daily workouts, paleo diet and time-restricted eating, despite a 1 a.m. bedtime.
A study in Science shows that inducing a hibernation-like state in mice erases the state of over half of their synapses, yet the mice retain their memories.
Penn State researchers developed a model to use thunderstorm-induced seismic waves for imaging underground structures, testing it beneath their campus.
AI use raised homework scores 18% but cut exam scores 20%, a study of 27,000 Chinese pupils found.
Fat Marmot Week, a playful contest modeled on Fat Bear Week, begins Monday in Colorado to raise money for long-running marmot research after federal funding cuts.
Two Beijing conferences highlighted embodied AI’s dual push: robots using the PULSE model in real-world tasks, and experts applying AI to cerebral palsy rehabilitation.
A 25-year UK study of 22,000 people finds men with cardiovascular disease have significantly higher risks of developing and dying from cancer, especially lung and oesophageal cancers.
A new Zhejiang University brain-scan study finds that finishing enjoyable short videos deactivates brain regions linked to cognitive control, shedding light on the neural effects of short-video consumption.
Anthropic aims for record IPO; Jeff Dean criticizes Gemini; Google Discover gets AI; Baidu Cloud grows 79%.
A 15-foot python at Chester Zoo has become the first snake in the world to receive electrochemotherapy, a pioneering cancer treatment, and has recovered.
Chinese researchers found that aggressive EV driving can cause battery aging 18.4 times faster than eco-driving, suggesting smooth driving styles to prolong battery life.
A real-world study of Oregon's regulated psilocybin program found most participants reported benefits and few serious adverse reactions, though experts caution the findings may not generalize.
Astronomers have found the fastest star ever recorded, whipping around the Sagittarius A* black hole at the Milky Way's center.
In a live talk, Zhang Chaoyang and physicist Andrea J. Liu discussed how disordered systems like sand and foam reveal universal rules and may lead to low-power intelligent materials.
A study of over 64,000 British people suggests that limited sugar exposure in the first 1,000 days of life is linked to lower rates of certain cancers and slower aging.
Google's investigational PhotoScan AI estimates body composition from smartphone photos with near-DXA accuracy, according to new research.
Le Monde advises that waking at the same time nightly is nothing to worry about, and suggests not checking the time if you want to fall back asleep.
A Finnish study found that severe sleep disturbances can shorten working life after age 50 by up to eight months, and long nightly sleep by nearly nine months.
A new study finds X's algorithm prioritizes ragebait to boost engagement, and Democrats see more of it.
CT scans reveal a second, opposite-oriented internal spiral in narwhal tusks, a discovery reported in Nature Communications.
At IJCAI-ECAI 2026 in Bremen, Stanford's Jiajun Wu won the Computers and Thought Award, and the SMOTE paper received the first JAIR Test of Time Award, amid 713 main-track papers.
Climate change is expected to amplify the dangers of pesticides for the U.S.'s 2.4 million farmworkers, as heat increases exposure and toxicity, according to Ars Technica.