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Man Hospitalized With Psychiatric Symptoms After Following AI Health Advice

Modern AI tools excel at suggesting restaurants and drafting emails, but when it comes to medical guidance, their limitations can be dangerous. A recent case highlights this risk: a man who followed a chatbot-generated health plan landed in the hospital with a rare form of chemical poisoning. From Sodium Reduction to a Dangerous Substitute The […]

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Apple Watch Rolls Out Improved Blood Oxygen Feature

On Thursday, Apple announced that select flagship smartwatch models will receive a redesigned blood oxygen sensor, which had been on hold for years due to a patent dispute. Software Update Expands Blood Oxygen Feature to Multiple Apple Watch Models According to Apple, software updates will bring this feature to various Series 9, Series 10, and

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IFR Analyzes Global Trends in the Adoption of Humanoid Robots

Humanoid robots have been drawing considerable attention in the robotics field over the past few years. Across the globe, robotics firms, private investors, and governments are actively working to refine this technology and find the most suitable applications for it. “Futuristic humanoids in homes and workplaces capture public interest,” said Takayuki Ito, president of the

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AI Is Rendering Books Less Relevant, Endangering Students’ Educational Growth

Reading is facing a looming crisis. AI emerged at a time when both children and adults were already reading fewer books than in the recent past. As a linguist, I examine how technology shapes the way people read, write, and think. That includes studying AI’s influence, which is rapidly transforming how people interact with books

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‘Social Apnea’ May Worsen By Up To 47% On Certain Days

A major international study has revealed a weekly rhythm disruption in a common yet underdiagnosed sleep disorder — bad news for Saturday nights. Researchers call this pattern “social apnea,” a weekend spike in OSA severity likely driven by late nights, alcohol, smoking, sleeping in, and other routine shifts. Flinders University researchers analyzed nearly 500 nights

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Seed-Inspired Robot Flies 26 Minutes on One Wing

Samaras — the winged seeds of maple trees — spin gracefully to the ground, their thin, membrane-like wings creating aerodynamics that slow descent and let the wind carry them far from the parent tree. At Singapore University of Design and Technology, Cai Xinyu and colleagues have spent years replicating this natural mechanism, developing a biomimetic

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Machines Mimic Human Motions to Prevent Slipping

To handle diverse real-world tasks, robots must securely grasp objects of various shapes, textures, and sizes without unintentionally dropping them. Traditional methods improve this by increasing the robotic hand’s grip strength to avoid slippage. Researchers Develop Bio-Inspired Motion Control to Prevent Slippage in Robotic Hands Researchers from several universities and labs have proposed new methods

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Bizarre Assembly Line Produces Cyborg Cockroaches in Just Over a Minute

Instead of painstakingly building miniature robots from scratch, researchers are now transforming real insects into remote-controlled cyborgs—and a new automated production line dramatically speeds up the process. How Cyborg Insects Work In simple terms, a cyborg insect is usually a large bug—often a Madagascar hissing cockroach—outfitted with a tiny electronic backpack. Electrodes inside the pack

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New Schizophrenia Medication Shows Promise Beyond Current Treatments

A groundbreaking compound, evenamide, has been shown to calm overactive brain circuits in animal models of schizophrenia, leading to improvements in memory, social behaviors, and dopamine regulation—offering hope for treating symptoms that existing antipsychotics fail to address. A Complex Disorder with Multiple Symptom Types Schizophrenia presents a complex mix of positive symptoms (such as hallucinations

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China Rolls out its First Traffic Control Models

China has introduced a new addition to its expanding range of population-focused technologies. In Handan, the Public Security Department has deployed three types of traffic robots to assist officers. State-run Xinhua news agency reports that Zhou Zuoying, deputy director of the Traffic Management Research Institute under the Ministry of Public Security, described this as the

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