Category: 7. SciTech

Teenagers who use vapes or smoke cigarettes are more likely to report feelings of depression and anxiety, according to a new study.

Tobacco use…

Florida is the latest state to sidestep the authority of the Food and Drug Administration by allowing patients to access certain stem-cell treatments that have not been rigorously evaluated and approved.

Under a new law that went into effect July 1, doctors in Florida can administer unapproved…

Google’s DeepMind has unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool capable of deciphering and contextualising ancient texts, including…

Archaeologists think they have found one of the world’s oldest burial sites in a cave in central Israel.

The carefully arranged remains of…

Fossil footprints discovered in Canada show that different dinosaur species sometimes herded together, shedding more light on social…

Walking 7,000 steps a day could dramatically improve your health.

According to a new study review, people who took at least 7,000 steps a day almost halved their risk of all-cause mortality (their chance of dying of any cause within a certain time period).

Even walking 4,000 steps a day showed…

For cognitive neuroscientist Nadine Gaab, the termination of a five-year grant one year before it was scheduled to end couldn’t have come at a worse moment. As part of a study aimed at understanding the co-development of math and reading skills over time from preschool through elementary…

For years, eggs have been seen as a cholesterol culprit – a breakfast treat best enjoyed in moderation. But new research suggests that reputation may be undeserved.

In fact, eating two eggs a day could help lower your levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol, according to a study published in the…

When Michael Brenner taught the graduate-level class “Applied Mathematics 201” in fall 2023, the course’s nonlinear partial differential equations were too tough for artificial intelligence. AI managed to solve just 30 to 50 percent of the problems in the first three weeks of the…