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Inside the Race to Develop a Test for the Rare Andes Hantavirus
As passengers return to the US from the cruise that saw a rare hantavirus outbreak, much of the country is lacking a basic public health tool: a test to diagnose the illness in the earliest stages of infection. Nebraska...
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Why Are Some People Mosquito Magnets? – Slashdot
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fjo3 shares a report from Phys.org: Ever felt like mosquitoes bite you while ignoring everyone else? Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the complex chemical cocktail that makes particular people more enticing to these disease-spreading bloodsuckers. "It's...
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The Android Show 2026: Gemini Intelligence, Googlebook, Android 17 updates, and everything else
Every year, Google front-loads its Android announcements in a separate pre-show the week before its annual I/O conference. This year, the company did exactly that, and The Android Show: I/O Edition was anything but a warmup act. Google showed up...
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Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies | TechCrunch
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman finally took the stand this morning to defend himself against his former co-founder Elon Musk’s lawsuit challenging OpenAI’s corporate structure.Altman was immediately asked what he thought of Musk’s allegation that OpenAI’s other founders “stole a...
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Can cloud seeding save us from water bankruptcy?
On a cold, windy night in November 2025, a quadcopter drone took off from a farm field at the...
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Arts and Cultural Engagement ‘Linked To Slower Pace of Biological Aging’ – Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Singing, painting or visiting a gallery or museum helps people age more slowly, according to the latest study to link taking an active interest in art and culture with...
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PCOS has been officially renamed PMOS, and it’s a momentous move
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has finally got a new name. Today at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Prague,...
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Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks | TechCrunch
Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup founded last year by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, on Monday announced something called interaction models, which, at its essence, sounds like AI that can interrupt you.Right now, every AI model you’ve ever...
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For most US drivers, EVs offer emissions benefits and cost savings
Despite regional variability in climate, electricity sources, congestion, and the wide variation in individual driving patterns, electric...
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Ilya Sutskever Stands by His Role in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Ouster: ‘I Didn’t Want It to Be Destroyed’
Elon Musk’s trial against OpenAI and Microsoft entered its final stretch on Monday, with testimony from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, and current OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor.Sutskever drew the spotlight, revealing an ownership stake...