How common is Alzheimer’s? Blood-test study holds surprises
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Scientists skip key US meetings — and seize on smaller alternatives
Organizers of the American Geophysical Union’s annual meeting (pictured, a past meeting), which started 15 December, expect it…
How fasting boosts breast cancer therapy
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Trump made 2025 a tumultuous year for science
In just the first weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency, his administration embarked on making radical changes to…
Australia’s world-first social media ban is a ‘natural experiment’ for scientists
Young people in Australia can no longer use popular social media platforms.Credit: David Gray/AFP via Getty This week,…
Earliest evidence of making fire
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Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA Andrew D. Grotzinger Institute for Behavioral…
COVID-19 pandemic and waning immunity disrupted measles population immunity and strategies to close immunity gaps
Ethical approval This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of WHO Western Pacific Regional Office (2013.10.CHN.2.ESR),…
Hepatitis B vaccine guidance set to be rolled back for US babies: what the science says
Current US guidelines call for universal hepatitis B vaccination of newborn babies.Credit: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post/Getty Members of…
Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues
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AI chatbots can persuade voters to change their minds – Nature
AI chatbots can persuade voters to change their minds NatureAI chatbots used inaccurate information to change political opinions: Study NBC…
Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes
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