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Optimists Are Alike, but Pessimists Are Unique, Brain Scan Study SuggestsOptimists have similar patterns of brain activation when they think about the future—but pessimists are all…

Angela Hsieh for NPR Did you know that the ocean produces approximately half of the world’s oxygen? Or that key medicines have come from ocean discoveries,…

Almost half of pregnant black women raised concerns to healthcare professionals during labour, with half saying that their concerns were also not properly addressed, according to…

When, one year ago today, a buggy update to software sold by the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike took down millions of computers around the world and sent…

Bourigault et al. 2024Thousands of scans of each participant are recorded and stored as part of the imaging project. Here showing images of the abdomen and…

Therapy chatbots powered by large language models may stigmatize users with mental health conditions and otherwise respond inappropriately or even dangerously, according to researchers at Stanford…

Dominic HughesGlobal Health CorrespondentGetty ImagesThe study examines the impact of emergency vaccine roll-outs for five major infectious diseases, including EbolaEmergency vaccination programmes – rolled out in…

The Stanford study, titled “Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers,” involved researchers from Stanford, Carnegie Mellon University, the University…

A third of women who have died during, or in the year after, pregnancy were known to children’s social care services, with a fifth of these…

As Britain’s population ages and dementia rates climb, scientists may have found an unexpected ally in the fight against cognitive decline.Cats and dogs may be exercising…