Just Plain WEIRD #2
If a health claim about a dietary intervention sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Mizina/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Aimee Pugh Bernard, Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Published: 2025 Jan 28 – …
A compound called EBC-46 has shown promise as a potential HIV cure, using a “kick and kill” mechanism to remove dormant reserves of the virus. Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2025 Jan 31 – HIV has become a more manageable condition in recent years, …
The FDA has approved a novel first-in-class analgesic. Original image via Depositphotos – By Paul McClure 2025 Jan 30 – The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of a novel painkiller as an effective treatment for short-term moderate-to-severe pain in adults. …
A new finding makes it much more comfortable to get screened for prostate cancer. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2025 Jan 29 – A test for pee-based markers of prostate cancer has previously relied on an uncomfortable first step. A new study has revealed …
DeepSeek’s open-source model shows that the US way is not the only AI way. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jan 27 – The US AI giants got a wake-up call this week, when fledgling Chinese firm DeepSeek wiped a record-breaking trillion dollars off …
The EcoTracker sensor quickly determines the safety of a variety of common fruits and vegetables and displays the results in a user-friendly way. Milerd – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jan 27 – We put a lot of trust in the authorities responsible for keeping …
It’s a lot easier to get salmonella from pet dogs than you might think. Justin Veenema / Unsplash – By Abhimanyu Ghoshal 2025 Jan 26 – You’ve probably heard that Salmonella is most commonly transmitted through food or water contaminated by the bacteria of …
The completed omnidirectional self-balancing bike built by James Bruton. XRobot View 7 Images – By Joe Salas 2025 Jan 25 – James Bruton is a serial crazy-contraption inventor, from a Lego longboard to a self-balancing mecanum-wheeled “Screw bike.” Now he’s done it again with …
Roli offers a colorful, AI-assisted approach to piano learning. Roli – By Paul Ridden 2025 Jan 24 – The struggle is very real for folks learning to play piano, so much so that many abandon study when faced with painfully slow progress. Music tech …
AI detects lung diseases from the tiniest of ultrasound details. Generated by DALL-E – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Jan 23 – A breakthrough new AI model is able to detect the presence of different lung diseases from ultrasound videos, with 96.57% accuracy, and it …
