The recent storms that ravaged Florida and other states affected more than homes and infrastructure. Hurricane Helene inflicted significant damage on a Baxter International drug production plant in Marion, North…
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Study uncovers true burden of asthma in African schools and highlights need for better access to diagnosis and care
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Asthma is the second most common cause of chronic respiratory deaths in the overall population of sub-Saharan Africa. The study led by researchers at Queen Mary…
Microsoft introduces autonomous AI agents
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Microsoft on Monday said it was enhancing its AI offerings with new autonomous agent capabilities as the tech titan aims to accelerate business adoption of artificial…
Lost colonial settlement discovered beneath Amazon rainforest
Archaeologists from the Amazônia Revelada project have discovered a lost colonial settlement dating back to the 18th century. The Amazônia Revelada project is a study of the Amazon region to…
US infant mortality increased 7% in months following Dobbs, national analysis finds
Credit: CC0 Public Domain U.S. babies died at a higher rate in the months following the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision, and infant mortality was highest…
Using a multilingual dataset to enhance hateful video detection on YouTube and Bilibili
Credit: Zero Crossing Rate of English YouTube videos. Y-axis: Zero Crossing Indicator, X-axis: Time(sec.) Social media has revolutionized the way information is shared throughout communities, but it can also be…
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse? Bright star Betelgeuse likely has a ‘Betelbuddy’ stellar companion
Graphical depiction of Betelgeuse and the Betelbuddy. Credit: Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation One of the brightest stars in the night sky, Betelgeuse, may not be on the brink of exploding as…
To land safely on Mars and the moon, we may need to measure dust
Spacecraft landing on dusty surfaces like of the moon and Mars tend to kick up powdery regolith that blurs the lenses of navigation cameras, reducing visibility and making the already-difficult…
Modi, Macron, Xi and Biden among leaders yet to request COP29 speech
Just over 100 world leaders have said they will speak at the upcoming UN climate summit, about a fifth down on last year’s figure The leaders of the US, China,…
