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Medical Xpress / Calling deaths 'preventable' can obscure barriers to health care access and shift blame to individuals

Each year in the U.S., tens of thousands of deaths are categorized as "preventable"—meaning, in theory, they did not need to happen. A missed cancer screening, a fatal asthma attack or a death from untreated infection might ...

10 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Blue Alchemist is one step closer to creating sustainable infrastructure on the moon

Blue Origin is committed to making a permanent human presence in space a reality. To this end, they have developed the New Shepard and New Glenn rockets to send payloads to orbit, and aim to create super-heavy launch vehicles ...

12 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Autistic children more likely to experience persistent stomach problems

Children diagnosed with autism are far more likely to experience ongoing gastrointestinal (GI) problems than their typically developing peers. That's the finding of a new UC Davis MIND Institute study published in Autism. ...

10 hours ago in Autism spectrum disorders
Phys.org / Foster care study calls for better training, support

A new pilot study by University of Cincinnati researchers finds that foster caregivers across the U.S. need more accessible, ongoing and community-driven training.

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Interplay between base and add-on products: Consumer education may prevent regulation of complementary product pricing

The recent lawsuits associated with HP preventing third-party ink cartridges from being used in their printers highlight the challenges of monopolizing complementary, or add-on, products. HP's case, though, might be considered ...

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / What even is social media, tho? Adults and teens often differ, researchers find

When it comes to digital media and social media, fam—teens and adults are sometimes lowkey on different wavelengths.

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Viral violent videos on social media are skewing young people's sense of the world

When news broke last week that US political influencer Charlie Kirk had been shot at an event at Utah Valley University, millions of people around the world were first alerted to it by social media before journalists had ...

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Our new study found AI is wreaking havoc on uni assessments. Here's how we should respond

Artificial intelligence (AI) is wrecking havoc on university assessments and exams.

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Study finds orforglipron taken orally once daily leads to significant body weight loss

New research presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Vienna, Austria (Sept 15–19) and simultaneously published in NEJM shows that daily treatment with the new once-daily ...

11 hours ago in Medications
Tech Xplore / Top music body says AI firms guilty of 'wilful' copyright theft

AI companies have sucked up the world's entire music catalog and are guilty of "willful, commercial-scale copyright infringement," a major music industry group told AFP.

11 hours ago in Business
Tech Xplore / Battle for the bush? Ignore the noise—most farmers like renewables

Reaching net zero in Australia relies on the bush. That's where the land, sun, wind and freshwater resources are.

11 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Alcohol restrictions don't hinder tourism in the outback, says study

New research published today shows liquor laws that aim to prevent alcohol harms may boost tourism, rather than damage visitor numbers.

12 hours ago in Other Sciences