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Tech Xplore / AI is perpetuating unrealistic body ideals, objectification and a lack of diversity—especially for athletes

What does it look like to have an "athletic body?" What does artificial intelligence think it looks like to have one?

7 hours ago in Machine learning & AI
Phys.org / New analysis of home sales makes economic case for resilient coastal forests

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has published a new study using transaction data provided by Zillow to show that homebuyers price in the natural-defense value of mangrove ...

12 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Tiny turbulent whirls keep the Arctic ocean flowing

In the coming decades, climate change is likely to lead to a loss of sea ice in and an influx of warmer water to the Arctic Ocean, affecting the ocean's vertical circulation. Brown and colleagues recently investigated the ...

12 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / What does it mean to be a new national park? Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia may soon find out

Ocmulgee Mounds, a site in central Georgia with 12,000 years of Indigenous history, may be on the verge of becoming the newest U.S. national park. This is the flagship designation of the National Park Service system, which ...

7 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Hayli Gubbi's explosive first impression

On November 23, 2025, the Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia erupted in dramatic fashion. The shield volcano in the Danakil (or Afar) Depression began spewing ash and volcanic gases at around 11:30 a.m. local time (8:30 ...

13 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Insufficient sleep associated with decreased life expectancy

A good night's sleep is more than a luxury: New research from Oregon Health & Science University suggests that insufficient sleep may shorten your life. The study is published in the journal SLEEP Advances.

12 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Neuroscientists develop human brain-wave technology that can accelerate understanding of Alzheimer's

Houston Methodist neuroscientists have developed a first-of-its-kind method to rapidly produce synchronized, human brain wave-like activity in lab-grown neural networks that can communicate over long distances. This innovation ...

12 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / China outlines future plans in new video, including finding Earth 2.0

In a recent Hot Take segment, the China Global Television Network recently released an interesting video detailing China's future plans for space. Titled "Earth 2.0? China's plan to find new Earth," the video actually details ...

13 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / NASA selects two instruments for Artemis IV lunar surface science

NASA has selected two science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the moon during the Artemis IV mission to the lunar south polar region. The instruments will improve our knowledge of the lunar ...

13 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Coffee scraps help blueberries stay fresher, longer

UNSW researchers are turning what was once waste into a protective film that could help extend the expiry date of some of Australia's favorite summer fruits.

13 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / New antibody boosts immune response against blood cancers and solid cancers

In a recent preclinical study, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center developed an antibody therapy called 77A that showed an ability to overcome treatment resistance in blood cancers, such as ...

11 hours ago in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Research finds new method to reduce infant spinal taps

A simple combination of blood and urine tests may allow many infants with fevers (febrile) to safely avoid lumbar punctures (spinal taps), according to new findings from a major international study published in JAMA. The ...