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Swedish researchers find low daily dose can halve risk in post-surgery patients with specific gene mutations
A daily dose of aspirin can substantially reduce the risk of some colorectal cancers returning after surgery, according to a major trial into the protective effects of the everyday painkiller.
Swedish researchers found that people who took a low daily dose of aspirin after having their...
TCL is offering deep discounts across its mini LED range, but our favorites are at the top end.
Microsoft is now prioritizing Anthropic’s Claude 4 over OpenAI’s GPT-5 in Visual Studio Code’s auto model feature, signaling a quiet but clear shift in preference. The Verge reports: “Based on internal benchmarks, Claude Sonnet 4 is our recommended model for GitHub Copilot,” said Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft’s developer division, in an internal email in June. While that guidance was issued...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Like the rest of its Big Tech cadre, Google has spent lavishly on developing generative AI models. Google’s AI can clean up your text messages and summarize the web, but the company is constantly looking to prove that its generative AI has true intelligence. The International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) helps make the point....
Governments worldwide are implementing heat protection laws as 2.4 billion workers face extreme temperature exposure and 19,000 die annually from heat-related workplace injuries, according to a World Health Organization and World Meteorological Organization report. Japan imposed $3,400 fines for employers failing to provide cooling measures when wet-bulb temperatures reach 28C. Singapore...
Susan Monarez told a Senate committee that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. demanded she dismiss career officials without cause—and accept vaccine recommendations regardless of whether science backed them up.
The ability of AI displace humans at various tasks is accelerating quickly, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said at an Axios event on Wednesday. From the report: Amodei and others have previously warned of the possibility that up to half of white-collar jobs could be wiped out by AI over the next five years. The speed of that displacement could require government intervention to help support the...
Light pollution now doubles every eight years globally as LED adoption accelerates artificial brightness worldwide. A recent study measured 10% annual growth in light pollution from 2011 to 2022. Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert remains one of the few Bortle Scale 1 locations — the darkest rating for astronomical observation — though La Serena’s population has nearly doubled in 25 years. The...
Study finds chimpanzees’ enthusiasm for guzzling ripe fruit puts their ethanol intake at about 14g per day
Someone have a word with the chimps? Observations of the apes in the wild show them imbibing the alcoholic equivalent of a half pint of beer a day through the vast amount of fermented fruit in their diet.
Researchers arrived at the first estimates of wild chimp daily alcohol intake after...
The market is watching for an XRP price prediction for big profits, while recent Solana news is building excitement. Meanwhile, a new Layer 2 meme coin is rapidly gaining traction. Layer Brett is disrupting the altcoin space, fusing meme culture with real Ethereum Layer 2 utility. Its presale for just $0.0058, significant staking rewards, and […]
AI models often produce false outputs, or “hallucinations.” Now OpenAI has admitted they may result from fundamental mistakes it makes when training its models. The Register: The admission came in a paper [PDF] published in early September, titled “Why Language Models Hallucinate,” and penned by three OpenAI researchers and Santosh Vempala, a distinguished professor of computer science at...
Every trader is looking at things like Shiba Inu and Dogecoin. The meme run is here, and meme coins are going crazy. SHIB and DOGE are expected to lead the charge. Yet, a new meme coin is rising and challenging the status quo. Layer Brett is an Ethereum Layer 2 solution that fuses meme culture […]
Every Kindle works in multiple languages, and can download books in just about any tongue. Here’s how to take advantage.
Recent XRP news highlights shifts in market focus, while Solana continues its impressive run. But a new contender, Layer Brett ($LBRETT), is capturing the market’s attention. This Ethereum Layer 2 meme coin merges viral culture with tangible utility, offering a pathway to high-speed transactions and substantial staking rewards. To get involved, you can connect your […]
The conversation around altcoins is heating up, and none stand out more right now than the Cardano price analysis. ADA has long been viewed as one of the most technically advanced blockchains, with a strong academic foundation and active developer community. Yet, despite its progress, ADA still faces the psychological and technical barrier at $1. […]
If global temperatures continue rising, virtually all the corals in the Atlantic Ocean will stop growing and could succumb to erosion by the end of the century, a new study finds. From a report: The analysis of over 400 existing coral reefs across the Atlantic Ocean estimates that more than 70 percent of the region’s reefs will begin dying by 2040 even under optimistic climate warming...
Meme coins have always thrived on spectacle. Prices rocket overnight, then tumble just as quickly when the hype cools. Among them, few names stir as much debate as PEPE. Its explosive rally earlier this year cemented its place as one of the most talked-about tokens in the space. Yet while meme tokens dominate headlines, many […]
My husband, Ulrich Loening, who has died aged 94, was a lecturer first in the botany and then in the zoology departments (now the molecular plant sciences and biological sciences departments) of Edinburgh University. He engaged in fundamental research and made significant contributions to the developing science of molecular biology.
He had always had a great interest and concern for the natural...
An anonymous reader shares a report: After years of dismissing the idea of putting a touchscreen on a MacBook, it seems Apple may have finally caved. Its MacBook Pro overhaul in 2026 is now expected to be the first-ever MacBook to feature a touchscreen display, according to a report from supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on X. The change will reportedly affect Apple’s next-generation MacBook...
The Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry, and Competition wants to align data validity periods with the Consumer Protection Act, which specifies that vouchers should be valid for a minimum three years.
Eskom must dispose of its non-core assets, such as its Home Loan Book, as a condition of its debt relief programme.