Chinese astronauts Wang Haoze, from left, Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong wave as they attend the see-off ceremony for the Shenzhou-19 mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern…
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Deepfakes now come with a realistic heartbeat, making them harder to unmask
Credit: AI-generated image Imagine a world where deepfakes have become so good that no detection mechanism can unmask them as impostors. This would be a bonanza for criminals and malignant…
Parents with alcohol-related diagnoses are twice as likely to maltreat children, researchers find
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new systematic review has found that parents and other child caregivers who have alcohol-related diagnoses are twice as likely to maltreat children in their care…
Hidden fortune discovered in Czech countryside
A 7-kilogram treasure hoard has been discovered by hikers on Zvičina Hill, located in Třebihošť-Mostek, Czechia. The hoard was found concealed in two containers behind a man-made stone wall on…
AI-driven analysis of digital pathology images may improve pediatric sarcoma subtyping
Credit: Anna Tarazevich from Pexels An artificial intelligence (AI)-based model accurately classified pediatric sarcomas using digital pathology images alone, according to results presented at the American Association for Cancer Research…
Negative Expectations Worsen Pain More Than Positive Ones Ease It
Summary: New research shows that negative expectations, known as nocebo effects, exert a stronger and longer-lasting impact on pain perception than positive expectations, or placebo effects. In a two-session study,…
Perfect is the enemy of good for distributed deep learning in the cloud
OptiReduce improves latency compared to previous methods like Ring AllReduce by reducing the number of rounds with incast parameter and setting boundaries to the path delay. Credit: Shahbaz Laboratory A…
US walks away from global climate action
As in his first term, US President Donald Trump has again kick-started the country’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the global pact to tackle climate change. But this time, he…
Astronomers discover explosive outflow in star-forming complex using ALMA data
The 1.3 mm continuum map of G34 is depicted in the colorscale. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2504.15748 The study found that half of the identified streamers are receding, reaching radial…
Unexpected hives reaction seen in trial of mRNA vax against HIV
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A safety analysis of mRNA vaccination in a phase 1, randomized, open-label clinical trial evaluated the safety and tolerability of three investigational HIV-1 trimer mRNA vaccines.…
