Who really needs a heart calcium scan?
A 10-year study of more than 6,000 adults found that popular coronary calcium scans may add little to standard heart disease risk estimates for many people. But for patients with borderline or…
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Sound waves may unlock solution to quantum computing challenge
Researchers at Harvard have demonstrated a way to protect quantum information using microscopic sound waves. By continuously surrounding a diamond-based qubit with mechanical vibrations, they…
Scientists find Ozempic may slow aging itself
Semaglutide helped older healthy mice live longer while improving memory, muscle function, blood sugar control, and several biological signs of aging. Its effects went beyond those seen with calorie…
Why doing nothing is good for your brain
The case for not filling up every minute of your day
How AI can help with early schizophrenia diagnosis
The speech of people with schizophrenia sounds subtly different from their healthy counterparts. Can AI hear those differences better than human psychiatrists?
Ocean Waves Drive Crucial Mixing of Water and Nutrients
Numerical models and theoretical considerations deliver new insights on how waves affect the movement of tracers in wave-rich environments.
AI researcher quits over extinction fears, echoing cybersecurity battles
An Anthropic researcher quit over fears of runaway AI. His colleague who still works there agreed. Security experts argue that the incidents that are already on record call for tighter oversight, not…
Unique, mathematical 60-sided “Go First Dice” go on display
Researchers devised the dice to solve a tricky math problem: When playing a game, who goes first?
Why Do These Fossil Shells Flip Their Spirals Every Few Millennia?
The mystery of the flipping foraminifera may conceal a rarely observed evolutionary process playing out across the planet. The post Why Do These Fossil Shells Flip Their Spirals Every Few…
Indonesia’s Fire Emissions Could Match Century Record in 2026
Wildfires currently burning large swathes of land in Indonesia are on track to produce emissions on a par with the…
The post El Niño: Indonesia fire emissions in 2026 ‘on track’ to match…