Summary: Depression disrupts the body’s stress systems, causing physical health risks like heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, and reducing life expectancy by 7-10 years. The condition triggers brain structure changes,…
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Mushroom houses for Gaza? Arab designers offer home-grown innovations
Mushroom-based structures are an appealing alternative to the shelters now housing many displaced Gazans. As winter descends on Gaza’s tent cities, emergency housing made from mushrooms could keep out the…
US finalizes up to $6.6 bn funding for chip giant TSMC
The first of TSMC’s three new facilities in Arizona is set to fully open by early-2025, according to President Joe Biden. The United States will award Taiwanese chip giant TSMC…
What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?
The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York. Credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew, File Disgruntled X…
Mapping Protein Changes Across Aging
Summary: Researchers have developed the Mouse Aging Proteomic Atlas, a comprehensive database detailing protein changes in major tissues as mice age. By analyzing proteomes and transcriptomes across tissues like the…
How Stressful Events Alter Memories
Summary: Researchers have discovered how stress disrupts memory specificity, leading to generalized aversive memories—a hallmark of PTSD. Stress increases endocannabinoid release, enlarging memory engrams in the brain, which triggers fearful…
Common way to test for leaks in large language models may be flawed
This slide shows how a membership inference attack might start. Assessing the product of an app asked to generate an image of a professor teaching students in “the style of”…
TikTok makes AI driven ad tool available globally
TikTok’s fate in the United States remains unclear as its China-based parent company faces a deadline in January to divest the platform or face a US ban. TikTok on Thursday…
‘Megaquake’ warning hits Japan’s growth
Wage hikes and temporary income tax cuts were positive factors for growth in Japan. Japan’s growth slowed in the third quarter after warnings of a major earthquake hit activity, official…
