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Phys.org / Overcoming the algorithmic gender bias in AI‑driven personal finance

Artificial intelligence is transforming our world and financial services are no exception. AI is reshaping the personal banking sector, but where does it currently stand on gender parity, transparency, and fairness?

9 hours ago
Medical Xpress / AI surpasses physicians on clinical reasoning tasks, raising the bar for more serious testing

In one of the largest studies to compare artificial intelligence and physicians on a wide array of clinical reasoning tasks including real emergency department data, a team of physicians and computer scientists at Harvard ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Severe narcolepsy found to damage a second brain region

For nearly 25 years, scientists believed they knew what caused the most severe form of narcolepsy. A new UCLA Health study now suggests they were only half correct. In a study published in Nature Communications, UCLA Health ...

14 hours ago
Phys.org / Feeding shift may have steered 55 pilot whales toward Scotland mass stranding

New research, focused on the feeding behavior of long-finned pilot whales, has shed light on one of Scotland's largest mass stranding events. The study, led by the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS) based at ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Rare Tyrian purple reveals elite Roman infant burials in York

Two infants buried in Roman York were laid to rest in costly purple cloth normally reserved for emperors and members of the aristocracy, new research reveals. The babies were wrapped in a fine textile of Tyrian purple embellished ...

18 hours ago
Tech Xplore / End of black box AI? Scientists develop blueprint for transparent system that reveals how it learns and makes decisions

Artificial intelligence that cannot explain how it makes decisions—often called "black box" AI—could soon be replaced by more transparent systems, research suggests. A study by Loughborough University, published in Physica ...

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Communication from the CDC fuels skepticism about vaccines and science, research suggests

The scientific consensus is that vaccinations are neither causally nor statistically linked to autism. The US health authority CDC changed its official communication on this matter and instead emphasized a connection could ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How the brain recovers from noise-induced damage

When a sound stops, our auditory system generates a precise "offset" response that marks this moment. This enables the brain to measure the duration of a sound and detect brief gaps in communication signals, such as in conversations. ...

9 hours ago
Phys.org / Drivers help study road-trip mystery: what became of bug splats?

Long an emblem of the summer road trip, squashed bugs on the car have become less numerous over the years, many people say—causing concern about the health of the world's insect populations.

12 hours ago
Phys.org / Massive reef expansion 20 million years ago may explain modern coral life's origins

New research published in Science Advances reveals that the largest expansion of coral reefs in the past 100 million years happened about 20 to 10 million years ago, between Australia and Southeast Asia.

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Why this CAR T advance matters: Complete remissions without chemotherapy at doses as low as 250,000 cells/kg

Stem-cell memory T (TSCM) cells are a rare subset of immune cells with the ability to self-renew, persist long term, and mount potent anti-tumor responses. These properties make them an attractive candidate for next-generation ...

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Lithium in the Appalachians could replace imports for a century or more, estimates suggest

The southern Appalachians hold an estimated 1.43 million metric tons of lithium oxide, concentrated in the Carolinas, and the northern Appalachians hold an estimated 900,000 metric tons, concentrated in Maine and New Hampshire, ...

21 hours ago