The Chinese AI app DeepSeek has created a splash in the artificial intelligence world not seen since OpenAI introduced ChatGPT. All the attention garnered by the AI model, however, could…
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A program to close insurance gaps for Native Americans has gone largely unused
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A few years before the COVID-19 pandemic, Dale Rice lost a toe to infection. But because he was uninsured at the time, the surgery at a…
Court grants preliminary $45M settlement in MGM cyberattack suit
by Richard N. Velotta Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A federal court has granted preliminary approval of a $45 million settlement in two data breach class-action lawsuits against Las Vegas-based MGM…
SpaceX mission to return US astronauts to happen ‘soon’: Trump
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the ISS in June aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Elon Musk’s company SpaceX will “soon” begin a…
CIA’s cautious (and dubious) embrace of COVID-19 lab leak theory is likely to spur more controversy, not end it
The calamitous global outbreak of COVID-19 has sparked intense scrutiny of its origins. One school of thought holds that the virus emerged naturally, an example of the risks associated with…
Calorie labels on menus could make eating disorders worse
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Calorie labels on restaurant menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders, according to a new study published in BMJ Public Health. The review, which is…
This drawing is the oldest known sketch of an insect brain
After nearly 350 years, a depiction of a bee’s brain is getting some buzz. A manuscript created in the mid-1670s contains the oldest known depiction of an insect’s brain, historian…
Chatty bats are more likely to take risks
All bats are vocal, but some are more vocal than others. This chattiness reveals their individuality, with more talkative bats acting more boldly, researchers report January 29 in Proceedings of…
Archaeologists find “lost” residence of King Harold
Archaeologists from Newcastle University and the University of Exeter have uncovered new evidence to suggest that a site in the coastal village of Bosham was a residence of Harold Godwinson,…
How did climate change affect LA fires? What the scientists say
The unusually dry winter weather meant fires had lots of fuel to burn through, just as strong winds were blowing to spread the flames Climate change contributed to turning Los…
