GM reports US sales dip, but says EVs grew

General Motors reported lower overall sales but the introduction of the Chevrolet Equinox EV helped boost electric auto sales. General Motors reported a dip in third-quarter US auto sales Tuesday,…

Greenpeace Africa in disarray as restructuring meets resistance

The environmental NGO’s campaigners and bosses have fought over job losses, a shift towards richer nations and LGBT+ policy Since its head office opened in Johannesburg 16 years ago, the…

Coyotes have the face muscles for that ‘sad-puppy’ look

Coyotes turn out to have face muscles that look capable of making that big-eyed, sad-puppy face that dogs have used to melt human hearts for eons. That discovery supports a…

Study suggests harmful diagnostic errors may occur in 1 in every 14 general medical hospital patients

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Harmful diagnostic errors may be occurring in as many as 1 in every 14 (7%) hospital patients—at least those receiving general medical care—suggest the findings of…

Archaeologists uncover deposits of Iron Age objects at Dédestapolcsány-Verebce

Dédestapolcsány-Verebce is an Iron Age hillfort and settlement, situated on the north-western edge of the Bükk Mountains in northern Hungary. Hillforts were typically built in elevated areas to serve as…

ChatGPT Matches Radiologists in Brain Tumor Diagnosis Accuracy

Summary: Researchers compared the diagnostic accuracy of GPT-4 based ChatGPT and radiologists using 150 brain tumor MRI reports. ChatGPT achieved 73% accuracy, slightly outperforming neuroradiologists (72%) and general radiologists (68%).…

High costs slow widespread use of heat pumps in UK, study shows

Health risks are rising in mountain areas flooded by Hurricane Helene and cut off from clean water, power and hospitals

Hurricane Helene’s flooding has subsided, but health risks are growing in hard-hit regions of the North Carolina mountains, where many people lost access to power and clean water. More than…

Reduced Brain Response to Visual Cues Linked to Psychosis in Parkinson’s

Summary: People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) who experience visual hallucinations have reduced brain responses to unexpected visual changes, a marker known as visual mismatch negativity (vMMN). Using EEG, researchers compared…

Research highlights gender differences in suicide prevention strategies

Timeline and procedure for cohort recruitment and follow-up in the Youth and Mental Health Study. T1 = Timepoint 1, T2 = Timepoint 2, etc. Data utilized in the current study are highlighted in blue…