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Medical Xpress / Why it's so easy to choke on fish bones—and the other dangers they pose
Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas recently revealed that she'd "thought that was it" after a fish bone became lodged in her throat. Ballas's terrifying ordeal lasted for 20 minutes, with the judge struggling to breathe ...
Phys.org / Using 1,000 butterfly and moth genomes to investigate evolution and climate change resilience
A major milestone has been reached, with experts across Europe, including those at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, sequencing 1,000 species of butterflies and moths. This includes almost all UK butterflies, ...
Phys.org / Climate action saves lives. So why do climate models ignore well-being?
Climate change is already shaping our well-being. It affects mental health, spreads infectious diseases, disrupts work, damages food supplies and forces families to leave their homes because of conflict, hunger or flooding.
Phys.org / Recidivism rate for female sex offenders remains low
Women commit far fewer sexual offenses than men, and their risk of reoffending after returning to the community is also much lower.
Tech Xplore / We built AI friends but forgot the safeguards
Recently, a popular AI Companion company made headlines by announcing it would ban users under 18 from open-ended chats with its AI characters, with the full restriction to taking effect on 25 November 2025.
Medical Xpress / Root canals and blood sugar: The connection you probably haven't heard of
As a public health dentist and researcher, for years I saw the same pattern. Patients with deep root infections often had wider health problems, particularly those with diabetes. I did not yet understand why. Now, scientific ...
Medical Xpress / A stranger's face? The unresolved questions of face transplantation 20 years on
When he saw the newspaper headlines in 2002, James Partridge was furious. Severely burned in a fire at 18, he spent his life advocating for people with "visible difference" through charities like Changing Faces and Face Equality ...
Tech Xplore / 'Dinosaur tartare' and holograms: Dubai AI chef sparks awe and ire
A Dubai restaurant has opened that prides itself on having the world's "first AI chef," the latest ostentatious dive into new technology in a city obsessed with being on the cutting edge of the future.
Tech Xplore / AI-assisted shopping is the talk of the holiday shopping season
Major retail chains and tech companies are offering new or updated artificial intelligence tools in time for the holiday shopping season, hoping to give consumers an easier gift-buying experience and themselves an augmented ...
Tech Xplore / Electric vehicle prowess helps China's flying car sector take off
A worker in white gloves inspects the propellers of a boxy two-seater aircraft fresh off the assembly line at a Chinese factory trialing the mass production of flying cars.
Medical Xpress / MRI-based study finds gender gap in knee injuries
One of the largest MRI-based studies comparing knee injuries between men and women reveals surprising differences in injury patterns based on gender and age.
Phys.org / Floods hit Sri Lanka's capital as cyclone deaths near 200
Entire areas of Sri Lanka's capital were flooded on Sunday after a powerful cyclone triggered heavy rains and mudslides across the island, with authorities reporting nearly 200 dead and dozens more missing.
