Arsenic contamination of food and water is a global public health concern – researchers are studying how it causes cancer

Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in the Earth’s crust. Exposure to arsenic, often through contaminated food and water, is associated with various negative health effects, including cancer. Arsenic…

How new parents find meaning after childbirth hints at how they will adjust

Gather a group of new parents and the conversation will likely turn to their childbirth stories – ranging from the joyful to the gnarly to the positively traumatic. Birth story…

Windows 11 AI Integration Marks a New Era for User Experiences

When I joined IBM in the 1980s, they assigned me the task of helping create what eventually became one of the very first CRM applications. Like most at that time,…

Air travel to soar near record in 2023: industry group

Airlines are expected to be back in the green this year, with net profits totalling $9.8 billion. Airlines will return to profit and fly a near-record 4.35 billion passengers this…

The number of known repeating fast radio bursts just doubled

All fast radio bursts may repeat if observed long enough – evidence supported by statistics tools and new analysis. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are repeating flashes of radio waves that…

Depression and Urban Deprivation: Unseen Accelerators of Biological Aging

Summary: A new study reveals a possible link between depressive symptoms, living in deprived urban neighborhoods, and accelerated aging. The research utilized DNA methylation-based epigenetic clocks to estimate biological age…

More than 3 in 5 children do not receive timely mental health services after firearm injury, study finds

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain More than three in five children (63%) enrolled in Medicaid do not receive mental health services within six months after a firearm injury, according to a…

The first line of vaccines was highly effective at restricting COVID-19’s damage

More than 70% of the world’s population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. Credit: Shutterstock After more than three years of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that…

Three Chinese astronauts return safely to Earth

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Three Chinese astronauts working at the country’s space station have returned safely to Earth, state media reported Sunday, hailing the mission as a “complete success”. The…

Human extinction threat ‘overblown’ says AI sage Marcus

Gary Marcus testified to the US Senate during a hearing on artificial intelligence in mid-May 2023. Ever since the poem churning ChatGPT burst on the scene six months ago, expert…