Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) line up outside of the UAW Local 900 headquarters to sign up for strike funds. Workers and management from the iconic “Big Three”…
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Syphilis transmission networks and antimicrobial resistance in England uncovered using genomics
Photomicrograph of skin biopsy showing secondary syphilis. Spirochete organisms are stained bright red by the Treponema pallidum immunohistochemical stain. 400x magnification. Credit: Jerad M. Gardner, MD, CC BY-SA 4.0 ,…
Sens. Sanders, Marshall reach deal on health programs, but challenges remain
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., announced Thursday that he has reached a deal with Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., to reauthorize and…
Neighborhood Woes: How Living Conditions Impact Brain Structure and Diet
Summary: Living in disadvantaged neighborhoods not only influences food choices and weight gain but can also alter the brain’s microstructure. Researchers found that poor food quality, high-calorie intake, and inactive…
Detecting Depression: A 1-Minute EEG Test Reveals Mood Shifts
Summary: Depression, a challenging condition to diagnose early, may now be detected more promptly using a simple 1-minute Electroencephalogram (EEG) test at home. This study revealed a relationship between EEG…
Google’s search defaults prey on power of habit, expert says in antitrust trial
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Antonio Rangel, a behavioral economist and professor at the California Institute of Technology, knows how to get you to grab a cereal box off a supermarket…
Using the brain as a model inspires a more robust AI
Bird or monkey? To our eyes the input images x1 and x2 look the same, but hidden features nudge a typical neural network to classify this bird image as a…
Roman fridge found at Novae |
Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw have discovered a Roman fridge during excavations at the Roman fortress of Novae. Novae was one of the primary legionary fortresses on the Limes…
One American, two Russians blast off in Russian capsule to International Space Station
In this photo released by Roscosmos space corporation, from left, NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, crew members of the new mission to the International…
ATLAS experiment places some of the tightest limits yet on magnetic monopoles
Illustration of magnetic monopoles (larger image) and a magnetic dipole (inset). Credit: CERN Magnets, those everyday objects we stick to our fridges, all share a unique characteristic: they always have…
