Crowding the gates of a major health care conference, protesters called for Palantir to be booted out of the UK’s National Health Service over privacy concerns and political grievances.

Scientists discovered a surprising gut-heart connection that may help prevent sleep apnea from causing serious cardiovascular damage. Sleep apnea affects millions of people worldwide and is known to raise the risk of serious cardiovascular problems. Now, researchers have identified a potential new treatment target that could help reduce some of the condition’s harmful effects. Findings [...]

For many years, the world has relied on vaccines to protect people from dangerous infectious diseases. Vaccines have saved millions of lives by helping the immune system recognize and fight viruses before they can cause serious illness. However, one major challenge has always remained. Viruses are constantly changing. As they mutate and create new versions […]

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Wing is expanding into seven more U.S. cities through its partnership with Walmart.

Decart is launching Oasis 3, a real-time world model that generates photorealistic driving environments for autonomous vehicle testing, now available via API for developers to build on.

For many years, scientists believed that helping the heart burn more fat for energy was generally a good thing. After all, fat is the heart’s main fuel source under normal conditions. Every day, the heart beats more than 100,000 times and needs a huge amount of energy to keep blood moving throughout the body. Most […]

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New digital archive restores links between Leonardo’s art, science and restless imagination.

New radiocarbon dates from Sala Keimada, a hard-to-reach chamber of Cueva Palomera in the province of Burgos, northern Spain, suggest that generations of people returned to the sacred space from the end of the Ice Age through the Iron Age, leaving behind art, structures and offerings.

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A century after they were discovered, they're finally getting some appreciation.

The video by Aboriginal artist Carolyn Windy, shared by Bible Society Australia, illustrates God's creation and salvation message.

The heart transcends its role as a mere blood pump; it is the center of love, thought, and soul. Biblical references affirm its significance in emotions and spirituality, suggesting it embodies much more than physical function.

For years, owners of Vizio smart TVs have had little control over the software running on their sets—software that can track viewing habits, push ads, and generally shape the experience of using the device.

The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a US nonprofit that promotes and provides legal support for free and open source software projects, isn't happy about that—so much so that it has spent eight years trying to force the release of the complete source code for Vizio's Linux-based smart TV operating system.

Now, after numerous delays since the SFC filed suit in 2021, a California jury will decide in August whether Vizio must provide that code in executable form to SFC and any Vizio TV owner who wants it.

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