A remote driver steers a Vay vehicle during a live demonstration prior to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kickoff in Las Vegas, Nevada. With no one in the driver seat,…
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Viewpoint: A physician who peddles pseudoscience and profits off health disinformation. Perfect Trump pick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid
Mehmet Oz has a net worth of over $100 million because of his career-long grift. Mehmet Oz is the OG wellness grifter and probably the most notorious. He’s made millions…
Ready to quit vaping in the new year? Study uncovers the best ways
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study, co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher, set out to identify the most effective strategies for helping people quit vaping. The findings,…
False Memories Are Harder to Create Than Once Thought
Summary: A new analysis challenges long-standing claims about the ease of implanting false memories, often cited in court cases to discredit witnesses. Researchers re-evaluated data from a 2023 replication of…
Excavations at Saqqara uncover several tombs
A joint Japanese-Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered four tombs at Saqqara from the late 2nd and early 3rd Dynasties, along with ten burials from the 18th Dynasty of the New…
How process analysis is transforming access control
The proposed methodology for formalizing and conformance testing RBAC policies. Credit: Dr. Yuichi Sei Researchers at the University of Electro-Communications have developed a framework for improving system security by analyzing…
NASA won’t decide on Mars Sample Return plan until mid-2026
NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth, but the agency won’t pick a winner for another 18 months or so. Analysis of those…
Weaponized disinformation can pose serious threat to urban transit systems
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As every straphanger knows, public transit systems are fantastic—except when they aren’t. A single station closure can ruin a commuter’s morning, and even minor delays or…
New evidence links dementia to problems with the brain’s waste clearance system
Cross-sectional association between the diffusion analysis along PVS (ALPS) index and the validated UDS3-EF in MarkVCID cohort (A), UCD_ADRC cohort (B), UCSF_MAC cohort (C), and FHS cohort (D). Credit: Alzheimer’s…
Coordinating risk assessments for radiation in outer space
In the next few decades, crewed missions to the moon and Mars will likely become frequent. One of the main challenges faced by these future missions will be the need…
