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AnalysisAI found a weakness in one of the world's most studied encryption systems — is your data under threat?No, AI hasn't cracked the encryption protecting your bank account. But experts say Anthropic's latest research could change how tomorrow's cryptography is tested.
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AnalysisHalf of the world's dams could be 'functionally inoperable' by 2060 from being flooded with sediment — and the American West is a major hotspotResearch shows a fifth of the world's reservoirs are currently at high risk of filling with sediment, creating a "ticking time bomb" that threatens lives and livelihoods.
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AnalysisDid fungi give mammals an evolutionary edge after the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit? New evidence revives a provocative hypothesisA revived hypothesis argues that a fungus-filled world after the Chicxulub asteroid impact may have given mammals an evolutionary edge. The idea could reshape how scientists think about mass extinctions, but it is still controversial.
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AnalysisCould we prevent dementia? A new trial may point the way.While much funding for dementia research goes toward treatments, some scientists want to reduce people's risk of developing the condition in the first place.
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AnalysisMilitary's testosterone screening program could lead to overtreatment and side effects, including impaired T productionThe U.S. Department of Defense plans to conduct regular testosterone screening of service members, but this practice is not recommended by professional medical organizations.
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Reproductive Health$14,000 pregnancy robot from China isn't real. But is a similar technology possible?A story circulating on social media this week featured a seemingly made-up scientist who is developing an equally imaginary "pregnancy robot." Virality ensued.
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PlanetsThe hunt for 'Planet Nine': Why there could still be something massive at the edge of the solar systemThe debate about an undiscovered Planet X or Planet Nine has been going on for more than 100 years.
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CancerPlanned C-sections linked to increased risk of childhood leukemia in study: What to knowA new study underscores a known link between planned C-sections and the risk of ALL, a childhood cancer. But overall, the risk is still very small, experts caution.
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Artificial IntelligenceThe more advanced AI models get, the better they are at deceiving us — they even know when they're being testedMore advanced AI systems show a better capacity to scheme and lie to us, and they know when they're being watched — so they change their behavior to hide their deceptions.
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GeneticsBest-ever map of the human genome reveals 'hidden' regions of DNAIn a pair of papers, scientists greatly expanded our catalog of known genomic variation among humans.
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Extraterrestrial LifeControversial paper questions whether interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is 'possibly hostile' alien tech in disguiseA controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense".
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Climate changeA peatland in the Amazon stopped absorbing carbon. What does it mean?Peatlands cover just a fraction of Earth's surface, but store huge amounts of carbon. In the Peruvian Amazon, one of these swamps has switched to carbon neutral.
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Climate changeWe're within 3 years of reaching a critical climate threshold. Can we reverse course?A report published in June found that the world only has three years before it crosses the 1.5 C climate target. So what should we do now?
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Genetics8 babies spared from potentially deadly inherited diseases through new IVF 'mitochondrial donation' trialA groundbreaking trial in the U.K. has released data on eight babies born through a special IVF procedure to lower their risk of mitochondrial DNA disease.
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