(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- The investigational obesity drug retatrutide was highly effective in reducing pain and improving disability in knee osteoarthritis (OA) associated with obesity, according to the TRIUMPH-4 trial. Among patients in...
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(MedPage Today) -- Brain fog among individuals with sleep disorders was primarily characterized by memory impairment, difficulty concentrating, and forgetfulness, according to a lexicon analysis of social media posts. Among 554,312 posts and comments...
War, artificial intelligence and the Trump era have overshadowed climate change. But officials from nearly every nation are meeting to confront global warming.
NYT > Climate and Environment · Chico Harlan · · 2 sources
Artist’s concept of living and working at Moon Base. Credit: NASA NASA announced a suite of awards and mission updates on Saturday to expand the agency’s Moon Base exploration, science, and infrastructure capabilities. The investments will advance commercial robotic deliveries, a…
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We now, of course, live in age where longstanding open problems in quantum computing theory (and all theoretical computer science, and all math) are dropping like flies, to the extent that there’s no way I could possibly do a post on each and every bombshell. But I can’t exactly…
(MedPage Today) -- In treatment-experienced psychiatric patients receiving established pharmacotherapy, adjunctive L-methylfolate (Deplin) was linked with significant reductions in overall symptom burden and improvements in executive function...
(MedPage Today) -- Long-time statin users over age 70 were arguably fine stopping therapy in the STREAM randomized trial, but the results hardly boded well for longer-term cardiovascular safety, and there was no upside in quality of life. A strategy...
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in Norway, which also has one of the highest incidence rates in the world.
Primordial black holes are hypothetical objects that could have formed directly from dense clumps of matter in the very early universe. If they exist, their dramatic origins would set them apart from the black holes we see today, which form when massive stars collapse. Some…
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Artist’s concept depicting astronauts, habitats, rovers, power systems, and cargo operations supporting sustained human activities at the Moon Base near the lunar South Pole. Credit: NASA On Sunday, NASA announced the opening of its $1 million Moon Base Student Challenge during a…
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Early Wednesday (Nov. 4), NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory fell out of space, burning up in the sky over Sumatra . It was a fitting, fiery end for a telescope that spent 22 years studying the most powerful explosions in the universe — and, even with Swift gone, its…
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A research team led by professor Seong Sik Shin of the SKKU Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT) at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), in international collaboration with the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), the University of California, San Diego…
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Scientists have created record-breaking X-ray flashes lasting just 300 attoseconds, concentrating enormous power into an incredibly tiny spot. The breakthrough could unlock a new way to observe electrons in action and potentially control the ultrafast processes that drive…
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For over a decade, every anomaly in particle physics has disappeared. Not this one. A long-standing anomaly in particles containing bottom quarks has now grown to 4.8 sigma, just short of a discovery. Let’s take a look.
Why do some toddlers bound through a room full of strangers while others cling to a parent or become easily upset? A large international study published in Nature Human Behaviour provides evidence that common variations in DNA are linked to these early behavioral tendencies…
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Autistic teenagers who feel socially capable and experience less social anxiety report a better quality of life, regardless of how well they perform observable social skills. These findings challenge traditional interventions that focus on teaching specific social behaviors…
Children and adolescents with higher aerobic fitness tend to have a lower risk of developing clinical depression by middle age, according to new research published in Journal of Affective Disorders . Tracking more than 1,000 Australians over more than three decades, the study…
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The top publishing executive at the American Diabetes Association has resigned over how the organization has handled an editorial boycott at one of its journals following a protest at its annual meeting earlier this year. Christian Kohler, vice president for professional…
If your week flew by — we know ours did — catch up here with what you might have missed. The week at Retraction Watch featured: Computing journal retracts 13 papers, including four from past EIC Bioengineered retracts 119 more papers as investigation continues A year later…
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India’s top court decreed that only more environmentally friendly fireworks could be set off this weekend, citing air quality concerns. But environmental activists call it a “green wash.”
NYT > Climate and Environment · Jeremy W. Peters & Suhasini Raj ·
Estrogen helps regulate the menstrual cycle and supports pregnancy, but it also helps keep blood vessels healthy, including those in the brain. That second job may still matter decades after menopause . Women who had used menopause hormone therapy showed fewer signs of damage to…
During routine excavation for a city infrastructure project in Oceanside, California, Joseph El Adli, a principal paleontologist with Helix Environmental Planning , spotted fossil bones about 12 feet (3.7 meters) below the surface. He recognized their importance and secured the…
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In 2009, researchers working in the Liang Bua cave on Flores Island came across a leg bone. The 190,000–120,000-year-old fossil was identified as a bird bone and set aside. Like many bird bones before it, it was overlooked and left to collect dust.
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An internal university investigation uncovered image duplication and data anomalies across multiple studies on maternal diabetes and fetal neural tube defects.
Earlier this week, Anthropic stated in their S1 that they “may imminently meet” the threshold of “dramatically accelerated progress due to AI” as defined in their Responsible Scaling Policy. In their latest RSP (effective July 2026) , say this threshold will be met when: They…
IBM, the University of Chicago, and the State of Illinois have deployed an on-premises IBM Quantum System Two in Chicago, powered by the 120-qubit Nighthawk processor. This system, initially at Hyde Park Labs, will anchor the National Quantum Algorithm Center (NQAC) and support…