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- With most drug candidates failing in humans, India’s draft rules bet on the wrong science in animal lab testingRecent draft rules in India threaten advancements in non-animal testing for drug development and safety. The new regulations may prioritize...
India leads on non-animal testing and its draft lab animal rules threaten to undo thatIndia's draft Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Rules 2026 proposes significant changes to animal research regulations and oversight. It all...- Over 40% of names on DOJ list of alleged noncitizens are not on California voter rolls, analysis findsA recent analysis by UCLA found that over 40% of names flagged as noncitizen voters in California are absent from voter rolls. In addition,...
- AI’s 3-week blitz digs up 14,000 security flaws in open-source softwareGoogle Cloud’s Mandiant team reported a similar acceleration in vulnerability discovery. In August, it said that its AI-assisted system had...
- Research: How AI Agents Broaden the Scope of Knowledge WorkAI agents don’t just speed up knowledge work; they change its nature. In a field study of Perplexity’s conversational assistant and autonom...
- China's new export curbs draw a line around its AI crown jewelsThe draft rules, released on October 16, distinguish between foreign customers using Chinese AI services and foreign companies obtaining th...
- 5,000 US soldiers were made test subjects in a mind-altering drug programme. It was done to find a chemical that could disable enemies during Cold WarDuring the Cold War, the US Army exposed around 5,000 soldiers to LSD, nerve agents and other dangerous chemicals at a secret Maryland faci...
- China's new export curbs draw a line around its AI crown jewelsThe draft rules, released on October 16, distinguish between foreign customers using Chinese AI services and foreign companies obtaining th...
- Anthropic IPO: What 12 AI terms should investors know before buying shares amid $16.3 billion revenue and an $80.7 billion loss?Anthropic's planned IPO could attract investors who want to benefit from the growth of artificial intelligence. But understanding the compa...
- On New York's Fire Island, scientists fenced deer out of two sites; over 4 years, young lone star ticks were reduced by 48.4%, but adult ticks were not controlledTicks, especially the lone star variant, are becoming increasingly worrisome for those who enjoy the great outdoors. Studies point out that...
- USA tried to make rain by bombing clouds with dynamite in 1891. The $7,000 experiment for drought-hit Texas produced unexpected resultIn 1891, the US government funded an unusual experiment to make rain by bombarding the sky with dynamite, balloons and other explosives. Le...
- Paper straws are more harmful than plastic straws, South Korean study finds; check what research revealsNew research from South Korea has revealed an unexpected finding: paper straws may actually cause more environmental harm than their plasti...
- Beginning in 1974, North American conservationists released more than 6,000 captive-bred peregrine falcons; by the late 1990s, at least 1,650 breeding pairs had been restoredOnce teetering on the brink of extinction in North America due to harmful pesticides and loss of natural habitats, the peregrine falcons ha...
- In 1968, the 440-foot Amaryllis became an artificial reef off Palm Beach County in roughly 82 feet of water; reef divers later recorded 136 fish species in 15 surveysThe Amaryllis, once a freighter, now rests as an artificial reef after running aground near Palm Beach, lying about 80 feet underwater. Sur...
- Shamonda virus reported in France as patient dies: Why is it deadly, what are its symptoms, treatment and prevention methods?Shamonda virus: France has reported the first known human case of the Shamonda virus after a patient died in October, raising questions abo...
- Ladakh Gold: Piyush Goyal shares a superfruit found at 12,000 feet in Nubra valley, has 10 times more Vitamin C than lemonLadakh Gold Seabuckthorn: Union Minister Piyush Goyal has shared a superfood Ladakh's GI-tagged seabuckthorn, a nutrient-rich superfood fou...
- Could treating AI like a human make you more vulnerable to manipulation? Experts warn how believing chatbots have feelings could be a threatArtificial intelligence systems like chatbots are becoming more emotionally engaging, prompting concerns over manipulation by users. The re...
- Apple Fellow Phil Schiller and his wife donate $25 million to help protect coral reefs across the world; How their gift will fund new researchPhil Schiller and Kim Gassett-Schiller announced a $25 million donation to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. This funding aims to e...
- Can AI feel human emotions now? Scientists prompted ChatGPT to mimic fear and sadness. A three-minute breathing exercise changed its responsesResearchers at TU Dresden in Germany have found that artificial intelligence models can reproduce patterns associated with human fear, anxi...
- A 20,000 year old pendant still carries the DNA of the woman who may have worn itA 20,000 year old pendant made from a deer tooth has revealed ancient human DNA from a woman who lived in Siberia during the Ice Age. Scien...
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