AI Generates Relatable Empathy Experiences

Summary: Researchers have developed an AI tool called EmoSync that boosts empathy by tailoring emotional analogies to each user’s personality and life experiences. Unlike traditional empathy tech that assumes uniform…

How artificial intelligence controls your health insurance coverage

Over the past decade, health insurance companies have increasingly embraced the use of artificial intelligence algorithms. Unlike doctors and hospitals, which use AI to help diagnose and treat patients, health…

Radio signal from the very early universe offers clues about the first stars

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a key turning point in the universe’s…

Deliver on old climate promises instead of making new ones

The Brazilian diplomats who will preside over the COP30 climate summit in November say they are focused on ensuring the hundreds of climate pledges already made by governments, corporations and…

Kraft, Pepsico and Tyson move to remove synthetic food dyes

Major food company Kraft Heinz said it will remove all chemical, artificial dyes from its food products following Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push. … Kraft Heinz said the removal for…

Virtual reality could help stroke survivors regain movement

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A paper published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has found that virtual reality (VR), when used in addition to standard therapy, can help stroke…

Inaccuracies found in key studies for blockbuster heart drug ticagrelor

Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a follow-up investigation into the multibillion-dollar drug ticagrelor, The BMJ has uncovered fresh concerns, this time in key platelet studies used in its FDA approval.…

Pain Perception in Babies Develops in Stages After Birth

Summary: A new study shows that the networks responsible for processing pain in infants develop gradually, with emotional and cognitive pain responses maturing only after birth. Researchers scanned the brains…

Sinkhole reveals lost remains of medieval hospital

A sinkhole that formed outside the York Theatre Royal has led to the discovery of what could be one of England’s largest medieval hospitals. According to the City of York…

How to stay safe during heat waves – and heat stroke warning signs to watch for

Summer is just getting started, and millions of people are under heat advisories as a major heat wave spreads across large parts of the central and eastern U.S. in June…