The Neoliner Origin, with its massive masts as yet unfurled. The world’s longest wind-powered cargo ship was launched Friday in Turkey, offering a promising way to slash carbon emissions from…
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Ancient Ear Muscles Reactivate When We Struggle to Listen
Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds. New research shows these muscles still activate when we strain to hear in noisy environments. Scientists…
Imaging Reveals Gut-Brain Connection in Alzheimer’s Disease
Summary: Scientists have used advanced X-ray phase-contrast tomography (XPCT) to uncover how gut health may influence Alzheimer’s disease. The study found structural changes in the gut of Alzheimer’s-affected mice, revealing…
Genetics, Not Maternal Sickness, Drives Autism Risk
Summary: A large study analyzing over 1.1 million pregnancies found no strong evidence that maternal health conditions during pregnancy cause autism. Instead, nearly all previously reported associations between maternal diagnoses…
WhatsApp says disrupts Paragon spyware campaign
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Meta-owned WhatsApp announced Friday it has disrupted a spyware operation by surveillance firm Paragon Solutions that targeted approximately 90 users, including journalists and civil society members,…
New play takes on OpenAI drama and AI’s existential questions
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Revolutionize humanity or destroy it? Playwright Matthew Gasda’s characters, inspired by OpenAI and its famous ChatGPT, grapple with existential questions about the direction of artificial intelligence.…
Blood Test May Predict Postpartum Depression Through Hormone Levels
Summary: Women who develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have distinct neuroactive steroid levels during the third trimester of pregnancy. A study found that those with PPD had lower levels of…
Energy-efficient cooling thanks to ionic wind
The Empa spin-off Ionic Wind Technologies has developed its technology to such an extent that ionic wind will no longer be used to “only” dry fruit, but to cool data…
Meta agrees to pay Trump $25 mn to settle account ban lawsuit
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has expressed support for US President Donald Trump. Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit he filed claiming…
