A 1955 poll-tax receipt and Frederick L. Hoffman’s 1896 racist insurance theories lead a documented investigation into the history of segregated healthcare, voting barriers, discriminatory housing and wealth.
From prototype biological data centers to organoid-assisted robots and virtual fruit-fly brains, scientists are connecting neurons and computers. What is proven—and what remains speculative.
An AI model from Mayo Clinic identified pancreatic cancer-associated patterns on CT scans a median 475 days before diagnosis. Results are promising, but false alarms and clinical questions remain.
A random AES-256 key has 2^256 possibilities, putting brute-force attacks beyond practical reach. A viral video makes the scale vivid but gets the timeline wrong. Here is what the math, NIST standards and quantum…
A new study of 239 hospice workers adds to U.S. patient-interview research on end-of-life dreams and visions. The experiences can bring comfort but are not proof of an afterlife.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has moved to replace California's 548 death sentences with life without parole, but the state Supreme Court must review 382 cases. Here is what the decision changes—and what it does not.
Ueno Bank's failure has stranded millions of Paraguayan customers and triggered political upheaval. What regulators and prosecutors documented, how historical banking crises compare, and what U.S. savers can learn.
In Colombia’s Serranía de la Lindosa, thousands of red-ochre paintings reveal generations of Indigenous artistic expression. Archaeological evidence dates human occupation to roughly 12,600 years ago, although the paintings themselves remain difficult to date.
UNLV-led researchers compressed water ice beyond 222 gigapascals, finding a surprising loss of crystal symmetry that may inform models of Uranus and Neptune. The result has important limits.
Salk Institute researchers identify more than a thousand previously undercataloged brain microproteins, including one tied to energy metabolism in immune cells. The findings are not a proven Alzheimer’s treatment.
