A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before.

It is commonly thought that bacterial species borders tend to be fuzzy, due to frequent exchange of DNA. Here, Diop et al. quantify the patterns of gene flow between core genomes across 50 major bacte...

Evidence for a new independent lifestyle factor linked to healthy aging

Limited COVID surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say

Suzgun et al. find that current large language models cannot reliably distinguish between belief, knowledge and fact, raising concerns for their use in healthcare, law and journalism, where such disti...

The neurotoxins, found in algal blooms, primarily affect the body's nervous system.

Researchers tracking large cohorts are discovering the effects of sleep, light and therapy on people impacted by winter’s arrival

Fermentable dietary fibers can reshape the gut microbiota and boost short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production, processes impaired by chronic alcohol us…

Los investigadores aseguran que "este tipo de razonamiento flexible es algo que solemos asociar con niños de cuatro años" y que estos animales aplican estrategias inteligentes y adaptativas

A new evidence review found patients infected with influenza or COVID-19 are significantly more likely to suffer a stroke or heart attack in the ensuing weeks.

Un nuevo argumento explora cómo el aumento de la entropía podría provocar que objetos masivos se acerquen entre sí, lo que llamamos gravedad

In an evolving workforce, Gen Z is rejecting a frenetic, stress-inducing approach to work that crosses work-life balance boundaries and leads to burnout.

Governor Andrew Bailey says it’s an ‘open question’ if collapse of First Brands and Tricolor is merely ideosyncratic or “the canary in the coalmine”. * UK borrowing reaches five-year high for September at £20.2bn * ‘I’m having a great day’: AWS outage offers some a brief glimpse of a tech-free existence The pound has dipped slightly on the back of the jump in UK borrowing. Sterling is a little lower against the US dollar this morning, at $1.3395. Overall, today’s public finance figures in the UK suggest that 1) there are deep set financial problems in the UK, and 2) the November budget is now virtually assured to be painful for all, without public sector spending consolidation. “This Government will never play fast and loose with the public finances. “We know that when you lose control of the public purse it’s working people who pay the price. Continue reading...

OpenAI researchers recently claimed a major math breakthrough on X, but quickly walked it back after criticism from the community, including Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis, who called out the sloppy comm...