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 Experts worry Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Health Department will use an internal AI tool to analyze vaccine injury claims in a way that furthers his anti-vaccine agenda. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Machine Theories 

 As nights get hotter around the globe due to climate change, the prevalence of sleep apnea is expected to increase by as much as threefold. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Health, Sleep Apnea 

 Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.” ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Improper Ideology 

 Here are three smart tricks, based on an understanding of frictional forces, to beat a slippery slope. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Physics and Math, Dot Physics 

 For years, people from CEOs to novelists have taken tiny amounts of psychedelics to support well-being. New research shows that benefits for depression may be attributable to a placebo effect. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Imaginary Trips 

 Gestala is the latest company to emerge from China’s burgeoning brain-computer interface industry. It plans to access the brain with noninvasive ultrasound technology. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Biotech, Brain Reading 

 Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Environment, Altered Carbon 

 Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging sign for a species whose population is estimated to be below 400. ​Read More  Science Latest ​Science, Science / Environment, On the Brink