Day July 20, 2024

The decision of President Joe Biden to withdraw from the upvoming presidential race came as a dramatic and unforeseen twist, leaving his team and supporters in utter shock. The 81-year-old on Sunday expressed his wish to step aside, endorsing his…

In today’s technologically interconnected world, the ability to concoct and spread conspiracy theories has become easier than ever before. This became evident after the recent assassination attempt on former U.S. president Donald Trump. Millions flocked to social media to share…

Being a sports fan, whether you’re watching top flight football, the Olympic games or your favorite local team, can be a rollercoaster ride. Incredible highs if you win, depressing lows if you don’t, and lots of stressful feelings in between.…

A new study by the University of Portsmouth has revealed that older adults in the UK, particularly those over the age of 75, are experiencing an unprecedented number of attempted telephone frauds. The research is published in the journal International…

Amanda and her imaginary friend Rudger in The Imaginary. Credit: Netflix There has been a recent spate of movies about imaginary friends. In the winter, I watched Imaginary, a horror flick about a sinister imaginary friend. By spring, IF had…

Strategic business model choices and a typology of social business models. Credit: Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1002 Ventures that pursue both commercial and social value creation have grown in popularity in recent years, but a study published in the…

Narcissistic CEOs who also serve as chairs of the board are adept at controlling how their boards of directors focus their attention, giving the CEO the ability to get their way. A new study published in the Strategic Management Journal…

Associate Professor Carina Lomberg is on a quest to understand the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects of entrepreneurs and what shapes their journey. She has found that including neurodiverse individuals in teams that start a company enhances the team’s performance.…

Loneliness affects everyone at different times. Although it is well documented men are less likely than women to talk about feelings and to seek help, our research found men’s work arrangements can be a significant contributor. We found loneliness was…

Trump posted the results of a questionable X/Twitter poll, showing that he would win with more than 70% of the vote, to his Truth Social account. Credit: Przemek Grabowicz and Stephen Scarano Informal political polls conducted on X/Twitter during both…

It’s not uncommon today to see children glued to their screens. In fact, 80% of parents with children 11 or younger say their kids watch YouTube videos, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center poll. Half of these parents say…

Study app routine during the intervention phase. Credit: npj Science of Learning (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41539-024-00253-7 Do smartphone reminders encourage pupils to engage regularly with learning material? Researchers at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education investigating…

People’s moral values could limit their uptake of lab-grown meat, a study suggests. People who say living a natural life is morally important to them are more likely to reject lab-grown meat—also known as cultured or cultivated meat—than those who…

What effect does a vegan/vegetarian month have on a student canteen? For this experiment, the Studierendenwerk Bonn sought scientific support from researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Kassel. They found that the impact could still be felt up to…

When Ernst & Young opened its first Neurodiverse Center for Excellence in Philadelphia in 2016, the professional services firm was hailed as a pioneering workplace. People from all over the US applied for the 15 roles advertised and headed to…

About four students in every classroom will have a language or attention disorder. While some of these students will have an official diagnosis of developmental language disorder (DLD) or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), others will be “hiding in plain sight“.…

As technology proliferates, misinformation and conspiracy theories seem to flourish. Conspiracy beliefs specifically about technology include popular commercial technologies, such as Amazon Echo and Google Search, as well as non-profit technologies designed to support health, such as contact tracing apps.…

Prevalence of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) in different groups of patients with cirrhosis. Credit: MedComm (2024). DOI: 10.1002 A paper published in MedComm presented a Chinese EncephalApp diagnosis model (Stroop-CN) based on healthy controls distributed throughout the country and covering…

Treatment with BRAF inhibitors reduces tumor cell proliferation in subcutaneous BRAFV600E PMP-PDX tumors without impacting in apoptosis. a–d) Mice bearing subcutaneous BRAF mutant PMP-PDX tumors (PMP5.1) were treated with vehicle, cetuximab, encorafenib or doublet. Credit: Clinical Cancer Research (2024). DOI:…

It’s long been known that popping the antibiotic doxycycline within 72 hours of a risky sexual encounter can greatly reduce a person’s risk for a sexually transmitted infection (STI). In fact, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally…

Shown is a human breast tumor sample. The white arrows point to senescent cells in the tumor. Eliminating senescent cells, which drive inflammation, could become a new treatment strategy aimed at making immunotherapies and chemotherapies more effective. Credit: Stewart lab…

Not all versions of Medicare are created equal—and when it comes to end-of-life care, some versions may serve a patient’s needs better than others. That’s the focus of newly published research by Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Ph.D., MPP, a University of…

Age density plot (A), maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree of first isolates from single patients, based on 30,345 distinct alignment patterns, (B), and overall clinical characteristics (C) of patients from Frankfurt University Hospital. Credit: Genome Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s13073-024-01359-8 A multinational European…

Job applicants can be suspicious of the hiring process if a company uses artificial intelligence to pre-screen candidates and facilitate hiring decisions, a Northeastern University expert says, but their perception improves when they learn that an algorithm is “blind” to…

For children with severe hemophilia A, once-weekly prophylaxis with efanesoctocog alfa is associated with high sustained factor VIII activity, resulting in effective prevention of bleeding, according to a study published in the July 18 issue of the New England Journal…

Telehealth availability for mental health services has declined since the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to a study published online July 10 in JAMA Network Open. Ryan K. McBain, Ph.D., from RAND Corporation in Washington, D.C., and…

Neuralink chief Elon Musk envisions a future in which it is common for robotic surgeons to install brain implants that upgrade people’s vision or other abilities. Elon Musk on Wednesday said his Neuralink startup is “moving on” to a second…