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Some processed foods may be bad for your brain

Some processed foods may be bad for your brain

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Researchers have found that consuming processed meats and sugary beverages, compared with all other ultra-processed foods, is linked to poor memory and cognitive issues. Their findings, which tracked US residents 55 and older for seven years and drew on a data set from the …

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60 years after Gemini, newly processed images reveal incredible details

60 years after Gemini, newly processed images reveal incredible details

So it was the early astronauts that kind of drove the desire to take cameras themselves, but they were quite basic. Wally Schirra (Mercury-Atlas 8) then took the first Hasselblad. He wanted medium format, better quality, but really, the photographs from Mercury aren’t as stunning as Gemini. It’s partly the windows and the way they took the photos, and they’d …

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I Haven’t Fully Processed Anything

I Haven’t Fully Processed Anything

Chloe Fineman survived the Saturday Night Live cast shakeup as the NBC late-night sketch show preps to start Season 51. Ahead of the new season, SNL had some exits, and while she attended a Michael Kors fashion show, Fineman addressed the shakeup. “Pretty wild,” Fineman said in an interview with Extra. “Some shocking stuff, a little heartbreak, sadness. I haven’t …

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Hackers discovered a sneaky way to steal data by hiding malicious prompts inside images processed by large language models

Hackers discovered a sneaky way to steal data by hiding malicious prompts inside images processed by large language models

Malicious prompts remain invisible until image downscaling reveals hidden instructions The attack works by exploiting how AI resamples uploaded images Bicubic interpolation can expose black text from specially crafted images As AI tools become more integrated into daily work, the security risks attached to them are also evolving in new directions. Researchers at Trail of Bits have demonstrated a method …

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Eating fatty processed foods could trigger severe asthma, study finds

Eating fatty processed foods could trigger severe asthma, study finds

By LUKE CHAFER, HEALTH REPORTER Published: 00:04, 31 August 2025 | Updated: 00:11, 31 August 2025 Eating fatty foods could trigger a severe form of asthma, a study shows. Scientists have pinpointed a chemical in processed foods which can cause inflammation of the airways, leading to the condition. Analysis of patients at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, in America, found …

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These Processed Foods Are Secretly Sabotaging Your Diet

These Processed Foods Are Secretly Sabotaging Your Diet

Dr. Dicken says that it’s important to consider how ultra-processed foods (especially health-branded ones) are being used in someone’s diet. He uses protein bars as an example. If someone is eating a protein bar instead of a candy bar, he says that’s a beneficial switch even though they are both ultra-processed foods. But if they’re eating a protein bar instead …

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More States Restrict SNAP Benefits on Processed Foods

More States Restrict SNAP Benefits on Processed Foods

Six more states are changing the rules around what foods you can and can’t purchase using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealed this week. According to the announcement, SNAP waivers for West Virginia, Florida, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas were signed on August 3, amending the “statutory definition of food …

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Is processed meat really so bad for you? I have good news.

Is processed meat really so bad for you? I have good news.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Hot dogs, bacon, pepperoni—processed meat, everyone seems to agree, isn’t good for you. A recent study in Nature Medicine confirmed that belief and even took it one step further: Forget the occasional beef jerky; such snacks have no place …

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