People are turning to artificial intelligence for a seemingly unending variety of reasons. Many ask AI what to cook for dinner or how to develop a workout plan. Some even rely on AI to create school…

  As I explained previously, these days I am testing a new radiation detector from the Radiacode family: Radiacode Zero. While cheaper than other models, this new instrument beats all others on…

A vacuum to most people means emptiness, as in 'nature abhors a vacuum', but in cosmology, a vacuum can instead mean only mostly empty. Professor David Wands of the University of Portsmouth likens it…

A recent experiment asked people to look at images of 60 everyday objects and measured their pupil diameter while participants were told to evaluate images in two different ways; rating their…

A new paper suggests that people with a history of stroke or traumatic brain injury are at increased risk of developing brain tumors. It's still only epidemiology and mouse studies, though. Without a…

Do you remember how old you were when you got your first period? And whether it was considered early, late or about average? Some parents are reportedly overhauling lunchboxes, shampoos and doing all…

Microplastics are a newish environmental scare but when added on to endocrine disruptors, virtual pollution, third-hand smoke, and weedkillers, it has become a good fundraising campaign for anti…

When fur seals and marine crocodiles need to vomit up indigestible items they got with food, they leave their usual swimming grounds and swim into river deltas to let it spew. It turns out that…

Imagine you are standing near the railing of a seventh-floor balcony with your infant in your arms when a sudden thought crosses your mind: you could drop your baby over the edge. How does that make…

Researchers have developed a composite film that combines electromagnetic interference shielding, infrared stealth, and high mechanical strength using carbon nanotube fibers and MXene. It is designed…

The president is going after the press again. On Sept. 19, 2026, journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were denied access to the White House after President Donald Trump revoked their…

A new review posits that the DNA damage response (DDR) of our cells that fights off cancer can also become overactivated - and cause our tissues to age faster. The paper collates 16 candidate tumor…

Once upon a time, suspect supplement salespeople who wanted to get rich had to be on the Oprah TV show or be friends with President Clinton. Not now. Drs. Oz, Chopra, Hyman, and Weil, or anyone who…

Pregnant women experience a variety of food cravings and there has long been speculation why, but a recent paper says they have identified a brain mechanism that may help explain it. But it is only…

One evening in August 2025, a Pakistani shepherd, Abuzar Hussain, was tending sheep and goats in the mountainous slopes of Shijar. At about 6pm, a thunderous roar shattered the silence of the valley.…

To the science community, regenerative “whole earth farming” practices are an arbitrary designation with no evidentiary merit. We even caught the largest regenerative 'agency' selling stickers to…

If you are over 80 or have very high PSA levels, your doctor probably did not add an MRI before doing a prostate biopsy. That is reasonable clinical judgment. It gets murky beyond that. Many patients…

There are no valid reasons to use a chiropractor but many seem to do it anyway. They can rest a little easier about wasting their money(1) on spinal manipulation. A new EXPLORATORY paper (corporate…

Ionizing radiation is all around us. We do not notice it: we have not developed any sense to detect it. Yet it may affect us in very serious ways, particularly because its effect on living cells and…

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in hospitals are a worry but a new program implemented in 106 intensive care units (ICUs) and 87 non-ICUs at 94 hospitals caused cases to…