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Long-term study finds widening gap in social isolation between sexual minority and heterosexual adults  psypost.org Source link

A group of rabbits in Colorado with grotesque, hornlike growths may seem straight out of a low-budget horror film, but scientists say there’s no reason to be spooked — the furry creatures merely have a relatively common virus. The cottontails recently spotted in Fort Collins are infected with the mostly harmless Shope papillomavirus, which causes wart-like growths that protrude from …

We’re still not sure exactly what causes Alzheimer’s disease, but we know what its effects look like, and we’re getting better at detecting the early signs of it – including, perhaps, those in our speech. Scientists from Boston University have developed a new AI ( artificial intelligence) algorithm that analyzes the speech patterns of those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). …

A drug used in medical abortions could help prevent women at high risk of breast cancer from developing the disease, according to an international group of doctors and scientists. However, “stigma” around mifepristone is stopping pharmaceutical companies from investigating its potential as a new treatment doctors could offer to reduce the risk of breast cancer, they say. Companies appear reluctant …

Trump, an active intervenor in tech, reported holdings in Nvidia, Apple  The Washington Post Source link

Cervical cancer diagnoses are quite rare, with only about 13,000 women diagnosed every year, according to the American Cancer Society (317,000 are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, for comparison). One of the biggest reasons for this is that the illness doesn’t present any signs of cervical cancer until the later stages. “Cervical cancer is a slow onset cancer, so …

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Brain cells (artificially coloured) can be infected by a virus carrying the apperatus to correct disease-causing mutations. Credit: Nancy Kedersha/UCLA/Science Photo Library Scientists are closing in on the ability to apply genome editing to a formidable new target: the human brain. In the past two years, a spate of technological advances and promising results in mice have been laying the …

That’s where climate change comes in, making New England waters friendlier for the potentially deadly bacteria. “With warmer water temperatures moving further north, it allows Vibrios to survive, during summer months in particular, at higher latitudes than it had previously,” said Hamer. And the water is warmer. Midsummer ocean temperatures were about 2.75 degrees warmer in the period from 2021 …

By ADRY TORRES, US BILINGUAL REPORTER Published: 20:09, 14 August 2025 | Updated: 20:20, 14 August 2025 A Brazilian woman is facing deportation after she was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the ritzy Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Lara Batista-Pereira illegally crossed the United States-Mexico border in San Diego with her father in 2023 before making the cross-country …