Beluga whales in Alaska’s Bristol Bay do not rely on dominant males or fixed pairings to reproduce. Instead, a long-running genetic study reveals that both males and females have multiple partners over many years, producing a population shaped…
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Strategic sex: Alaska's beluga whales swap mates for long-term survival
In the icy waters of Alaska’s Bristol Bay, a new study reveals how a small population of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) survive the long haul through a surprising strategy: they mate with multiple partners over several years. The…
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The swinging sex lives of Alaska’s beluga whales
Among marine mammals, beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) are particularly…
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Stanford scientists found a way to regrow cartilage and stop arthritis
A study led by Stanford Medicine researchers has found that an injection blocking a protein linked to aging can reverse the natural loss of knee cartilage in older mice. The same treatment also stopped arthritis from developing after knee…
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Sunita Williams Retires As Astronaut After 27 Years Ahead Of NASA’s Lunar Mission; Jared Isaacman Pays Tribute
Sunita (Suni) L. Williams has retired from NASA as an astronaut after serving the space agency as one of the most distinguished spacefarers in history. A veteran of three space missions since being recruited at the National Aeronautics…
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Patients tried everything for depression then this implant changed their lives
About one in five adults in the United States will experience major depression at some point in their lives. Many people improve after trying a few treatments, but for as many as one-third of patients, standard antidepressants or psychotherapy do…
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Trump unveils outline of new health care plan
With the end of federal health insurance subsidies, President Donald Trump has floated a new plan aimed at changing how Americans pay for insurance and medical care.
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“It is genuinely hard; we need to protect vulnerable users, while also making sure our guardrails still allow all of our users to benefit from our tools” — Sam Altman bemoans the difficulty of keeping ChatGPT safe in contentious debate with Elon Musk
- Sam Altman defended OpenAI’s safety efforts after Elon Musk blamed ChatGPT for multiple deaths
- Altman called AI safety “genuinely hard,” highlighting the balance between protection and usability
- OpenAI faces multiple wrongful-death lawsuits…
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Suppressing brain immune cells enhances memory recall in young mice
Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them-an effect called infantile amnesia. A type of brain immune cell called microglia might control this type of forgetting in young mice, according to…
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Liquid AI Releases LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking: a 1.2B Parameter Reasoning Model That Fits Under 1 GB On-Device
Liquid AI has released LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking, a 1.2 billion parameter reasoning model that runs fully on device and fits in about 900 MB on a modern phone. What needed a data center 2 years ago can now run offline on consumer…
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