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AI Emotional Support Is Linked to Distress in Young People
A cross-sectional study links emotional-support use of generative AI with youth psychological distress, but it cannot establish cause and effect.
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Monkey Feet Complicate a Key Assumption About Human Evolution
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Why Snake Embryos Coil Right-Handed Inside Their Eggs
More than 800 embryo images reveal a shared right-handed spiral, with unequal growth around a gut tether offering a mechanical explanation.
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A broad skull comparison suggests the extinct thylacine used fast snapping bites on smaller prey—not wolf-like attacks on sheep.
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Tuberculosis May Evolve Drug Resistance While Drying in Air
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Self-Blinking Probes Image DNA Near Double-Helix Resolution
New fluorescent probes image chromatin at 20 nanometres in living cells and localize dyes to about 3 nanometres in preserved cells.
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SweepLED Turns a Smartphone Into a Hidden-Camera Detector
A $7 LED phone-case prototype detected concealed camera lenses with about 94% accuracy in a limited research evaluation.