Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Can an AI persona detect when a human is lying—and should we trust it if it can? Artificial intelligence, or AI, has had many recent advances…
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These 5 Venus missions could launch in the next decade to study Earth’s ‘evil twin’
Venus just lost its last active spacecraft, but more might be coming in a few years. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Akatsuki mission orbiting Venus was declared dead last week…
Magnetized approach to kidney stone retrieval outperforms standard methods in preclinical study
Schematic of ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy and the magnetic stone retrieval device. Credit: Device (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.device.2025.100971 Stanford University has unveiled a ureteroscopy-compatible device that magnetizes and retrieves kidney stone fragments…
A match made in binary code
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For how much time we spend staring at our phones and computers, it was inevitable that we would become… close. And the resulting human relationships with…
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr. and vaccines — here’s what a prominent physician says he gets dangerously wrong
In the months since he began serving as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made many public statements about vaccines that have…
Innovative surfaces to rapidly load bone implants with antibiotics
Scanning electron micrograph of a silver-doped porous micro-arc oxide layer on titanium. Credit: Fraunhofer IFAM Infectious complications are not uncommon after implant placement. The risk is higher in heavily contaminated…
Electric vehicles could strain Quebec’s power grid
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Electrification of vehicles is necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but in Quebec the increasing weight of the battery-powered vehicles could cause electricity demand to rise…
Seas of the Sun, the story of Cluster
The first recorded observation of a satellite reentry from a high-speed orbit, taken from a plane in bright daylight. Credit: European Space Agency What began with tragedy ended in triumph.…
Viking treasures revealed in Arkeologerna excavations
A study published by Arkeologerna reveals ornate Viking treasures discovered between 2021 and 2022 during archaeological investigations connected to the motorway expansion near Västerås, Sweden. Among the most notable treasures…
More reproductive care encouraged for those with chronic kidney disease
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine calls for more extensive nephrology fellowship training on reproductive health and the development of national guidelines…
