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New strategies help slow myopia progression in children and teens
By 2050, an estimated 50% of the world’s population will be nearsighted, and nearly a billion people will suffer from severe myopia. To understand this alarming trend, Langis Michaud is doing a thorough review of medical literature on the subject.
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Project G Stereo: A 60s Design Icon
Dizzy Gillespie was a fan. Frank Sinatra bought one for himself and gave them to his Rat Pack friends. Hugh Hefner acquired one for the Playboy Mansion. Clairtone Sound Corp.’s Project G high-fidelity stereo system, which debuted in 1964 at the…
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Saturday Citations: A weird, extinct life form; cholesterol hacking; interspecies prosociality of whales
It’s Saturday! This week, in an eminently practical analysis of the Boltzmann brain conjecture, physicists put constraints on the idea that memories could arise from random fluctuations in entropy rather than reflecting the actual past of the…
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1X launches world model enabling NEO robot to learn tasks by watching videos
1X said its new world model puts it a step closer to a future where robots can teach themselves to do any task a human can do. | Source: 1X Technologies
1X Technologies AS last week announced its latest 1X World Model. The company said the AI…
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Scientists Astonished by Glimpse of Huge, Ancient Ocean on Mars
Scientists have long suspected that Mars was once teeming with water, a tropical oasis with vast river systems that may have been able to support life billions of years ago.
To get a better picture of what such a lush ocean world…
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This Polish Astronaut Filmed the Earth and Moon from Space, It’s the Most Beautiful Thing You’ll See Today
ESA astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski has released breathtaking timelapse footage of Earth and the Moon, captured during his stay aboard the International Space Station as part of the Ignis mission. Filmed from the station’s Cupola…
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Single gene found to influence gut bacteria balance and IBD susceptibility
Two recent studies from the University of California, Riverside, published in the same issue of Gut Microbes highlight the role of a gene called PTPN2 in protecting the gut from harmful bacteria linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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This small soil upgrade cut locust damage and doubled yields
“They’re very destructive when there’s a lot of them, but one-on-one, what’s not to love?” says Arianne Cease. She is referring to locusts.
Cease leads Arizona State University’s Global Locust Initiative, where she studies how locusts behave and…
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Tailored care model reduces self-harm and depression in at-risk youth
A new study by UCLA and Kaiser Permanente Northwest’s Center for Health Research demonstrates a health care approach matching treatment intensity to individual risk levels can significantly reduce self-harm and depression among at-risk…
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