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Adult Acne Persists Beyond Teenage Years; Treatment Options Available
As a teenager, Gillian Maegan Montalbo's pimples weren't too bad—just a few bumps on her forehead and nose.
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Bone Density Associated With Cognitive Aging Rate in New Research
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Building in Himalayan Flood Zones Increases 45% Despite Risk to 300,000 People
Nearly 300,000 people may live in areas at risk of flooding in the Nepalese, Indian and Chinese areas of the Himalayas. The results, from a study published in Scientific Reports, also indicate that the total area covered by buildings within potential flood zones increased by approximately 45% between 2016 and 2023.
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Revised Classification Method Separates Quantum Phases Previously Considered Identical
Most of us recognize basic phases of matter and their properties: solids maintain their shape, liquids flow freely with constant volume, and gases expand to fill their container. Quantum phases, on the other hand, are much harder to categorize, overturning traditional notions of what a phase even is and forcing physicists to rethink their definitions.
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Preschool Boys Prefer Larger Groups; Adult Choices Correlate With Political Leanings
Two cartoon characters appear on a screen. One belongs to a group of three, and the other to a group of two. Which character would you rather play with?
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NASA Pilot Leads F-18 Flyover at NFL Game to Inspire Young Scientists
As part of the agency’s Inspiration Tour flyover, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will pilot one of three F-5 fighter jets to kick off the New York Jets vs. Cleveland Browns game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday, Oct. 11. NASA team members will engage with fans at the agency’s Experience Zone, located at the […]
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Resilient Ecosystems Thrive Despite Climate Change and Habitat Loss Pressures
From coral reefs in Papua New Guinea to chimpanzees in West Africa, grizzly bears in Canada and albatross colonies off Tasmania, some ecosystems are thriving despite climate change, habitat loss and other environmental pressures.
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Global AI Training Pause Could Be Technically Feasible, New Report Suggests
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Tropical Storm Rachel Brings Damaging Waves to California Coast
Powerful waves thrashed communities along California's southern coast Friday, damaging homes and sending water cascading through streets as residents braced for more potential damage wrought by Tropical Storm Rachel.
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Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Strikes Panama, Triggers Tsunami Warning
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake jolted Panama on Friday, setting off panic in the capital city and warnings of dangerous tsunami waves.
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I appreciate you testing my guidelines, but this isn't a science or health news headline—it's business/labor commentary with opinion framing.
"In an interview with Fox News that aired Wednesday evening, Bezos told host Bret Baier he believes AI’s productivity gains could let some people decide, “I can support my family by working three days a week. He claimed families in two-earner households could decide they don’t need a second income and let one worker drop out. The billionaire didn’t offer any specifics on how this could happen. " Wow. That is some epic Marie-Antoinette level trolling. Though in fairness to Marie-Antoine
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Hurricane Isaias Weakens to Post-Tropical Cyclone After Florida Landfall
Isaias weakened from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone early Saturday after it made landfall in northwestern Florida, where it lashed the U.S. Gulf Coast with heavy rain and strong winds, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
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Young Ants in Some Species Skip Caregiving for Immediate Foraging
Some insects, including honeybees and ants, live in highly organized colonies where individuals take on specific roles. In many ant societies, young adult workers typically care for developing young inside the nest before beginning to forage, or search for food, outside it. Some ant species, however, start hunting for food as soon as they reach adulthood, without undergoing a transition period.
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Phys.org·
Catalyst Enables Efficient Methane Conversion at Lower Temperatures
Oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) is a chemical reaction that directly converts methane and oxygen, the main components of natural gas, into higher-value hydrocarbons such as ethane and ethylene. However, the reaction presents a fundamental selectivity challenge.
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Quantum Effects Move Visible Object at Centimeter Scale for First Time
The researchers moved a diamond in a graphite plate. (Cassondra George/OIST) This is (relatively) huge. ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.
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Manaus Schools Close as Wildfire Smoke Blankets Amazon's Largest City
The largest city in the Brazilian Amazon, Manaus, closed public schools on Friday as smoke from hundreds of wildfires blanketed the metropolis amid an intensifying El Niño event.
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Former OpenAI Safety Researchers Claim Dismissal Followed Safety Concerns
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Brain Connectivity Shifts During Psilocybin Use, MRI Study Shows
Participants meditated inside an MRI tube, with and without psilocybin.
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Hybrid Quantum Computer Demonstrates Aharonov-Bohm Effect in New Simulation
Physicists in the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford have used a hybrid quantum computer, made up of qubits and quantum oscillators, to observe the Aharonov–Bohm effect in a quantum simulation. The effect is a quantum phenomenon in which a particle can acquire a measurable phase by traveling around a magnetic flux, even though it never passes through a region where a magnetic field is present.
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Archaeologists Find Wooden Club Revealing Neanderthal Woodworking Abilities
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What happens when tech moves faster than humans can actually learn?
I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. AI is getting better so fast that sometimes I wonder if our ability to actually learn and adapt can keep up with it. Take coding for example. Before AI, if you wanted to build something, you usually had to struggle through a lot of stuff yourself. You wrote code, broke things, read logs, searched Stack Overflow, spent hours debugging some stupid bug, and slowly figured out how the whole system worked. It was slow and painful, but I think that process
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Anthropic Updates Terms to Prohibit Abusive Behaviour Toward Claude
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AI Tools Compress Legal Work, Challenging Law Firms' Billable Hour Model
The billable hour is central to the business model of many law firms, but AI means the economics are no longer so straightforward.   submitted by   /u/Gari_305 [link]   [comments]
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Sweetener Protein Reduces Ice Cream's Blood Sugar Impact in Study
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AI Companies Plan Response Strategies for Potential Public Backlash Events
Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event.   submitted by   /u/Gari_305 [link]   [comments]
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Mathematicians Face Backlog Verifying OpenAI's Latest AI Capabilities
Careers upended overnight, academics will have to separate solutions from slop while OpenAI moves on.   submitted by   /u/Gari_305 [link]   [comments]
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AI-Developed Tools Used in South Korean Cyberattacks, Raising Accountability Questions
A recent report on cyberattacks against South Korean financial institutions described an attacker using a Chinese AI penetration-testing tool alongside other AI systems. The investigation is ongoing, and the available reporting does not establish that any company or government directed the attacks. What caught my attention was the chain: AI capabilities can be copied, distilled into smaller models, combined with other tools, and used far from where they were developed. A model may pass on what i
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Solar Adoption Accelerates in Developing Nations, Reducing Fossil Fuel Reliance
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Former AI Researchers Warn Safety Measures May Prove Inadequate Long-Term
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BPA Exposure Shows Effects on Ovarian Nerve Cells in New Study
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