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The surprising value of boring chats, ‘super El Niño’ and Alzheimer’s evidence reviewed – podcast

Thursday at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Madeleine Finlay sits down with co-host and science editor Ian Sample to discuss three eye-catching stories from the week, including a review into the effectiveness of a new class of Alzheimer’s drug that was once hailed as a game-changer in slowing the progress of the disease. Also on the agenda is the news that the world could be heading for a ‘super El Niño’ this summer and a study...

Can you stop malaria crossing borders? One nation’s bid to wipe out the disease

Thursday at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Informal migration, plus climate change and rising numbers of cases globally, are complicating the tireless efforts of the landlocked African country to eradicate the killer disease

The freezer is filled with blue-lidded tubes of cows’ blood, ready to be defrosted and used to feed the colony of mosquitoes. “Also, you can use your arm,” says Nombuso Princess Bhembe, who tends the...

Effect of ‘gamechanger’ Alzheimer’s drugs ‘trivial’, review concludes

Thursday at 02:00 AM, via The Guardian

Data assessed from 17 clinical trials of anti-amyloid drugs found no ‘meaningful effect’ on cognitive decline

Drugs that have been hailed as a gamechanger for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease make no noticeable difference to patients, according to an extensive review.

The analysis of clinical trials in people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia found that the effects of...

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Dog Can Now Read Gauges, Spot Spills, and Reason

Thursday at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

Boston Dynamics has integrated Google DeepMind into its robotic dog Spot, giving it more autonomous reasoning for industrial inspections like spotting spills and reading gauges. Spot can also now recognize when to call on other AI tools. IEEE Spectrum reports: Boston Dynamics is one of the few companies to commercially deploy legged robots at any appreciable scale; there are now several...

US Jobs Too Important To Risk Chinese Car Imports, Says Ford CEO

Thursday at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

In an interview with Fox News, Ford CEO Jim Farley warned that allowing Chinese vehicle imports could put nearly a million U.S. jobs at risk. He said China’s heavily subsidized auto industry has enough excess capacity to supply the entire U.S. market, while also raising serious cybersecurity concerns given how much data modern connected cars collect. Ars Technica reports: “First of all, the...

Cal.com Is Going Closed Source Because of AI

Wednesday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

Cal is moving its flagship scheduling software from open source to a proprietary license, arguing that AI coding tools now make it much easier for attackers to scan public codebases for vulnerabilities. “Open source security always relied on people to find and fix any problems,” said Peer Richelsen, co-founder of Cal. “Now AI attackers are flaunting that transparency.” CEO Bailey Pumfleet...

Live Nation Illegally Monopolized Ticketing Market, Jury Finds

Wednesday at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

A Manhattan federal jury found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally maintained monopoly power in the ticketing market. The findings follow an antitrust case brought by states after a separate DOJ settlement. CNN reports: The verdict was reached following a lengthy trial in New York federal court that included testimony from top executives in the music and entertainment industries. Jurors...

Anna’s Archive Loses $322 Million Spotify Piracy Case Without a Fight

Wednesday at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, secured a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna’s Archive. The shadow library failed to appear in court and briefly released millions of tracks that were scraped from Spotify via BitTorrent. In addition to the monetary penalty, a...

NASA Wants to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

Wednesday at 20:55 PM, via Wired

The White House has announced that NASA will work with the Departments of Defense and Energy to put nuclear reactors in orbit and on the surface of the moon.

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

Wednesday at 20:00 PM, via The Guardian

Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought after new research found that climate models predicting the biggest slowdown are the most realistic. Scientists called the new finding “very concerning” as a collapse would...

The Guardian view on social science research: embracing uncertainty | Editorial

Wednesday at 19:43 PM, via The Guardian

Science rarely produces identical outcomes. Mistaking this for failure turns caution into an excuse for inaction

A new set of studies out this month suggests that as many as half of all results published in reputable journals in the social sciences can’t be replicated by independent analysis. This is part of a long-running problem across many research fields – most visibly in the social...

We can prove which twin fathered the child in this paternity dispute | Letter

Wednesday at 19:05 PM, via The Guardian

Prof Michael Krawczak says the required molecular genetic testing comes at a cost, but should not be ruled out as it was in a recent court case

I read with great astonishment your article regarding the court of appeal’s decision on proving paternity in the case of a child whose father could be either one of a pair of monozygotic twins (Court of appeal says it cannot rule on which identical...

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