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Decades of research have shown that focusing on housing, without making sobriety or mental health treatment a prerequisite, is the most effective way to reduce homelessness

By the time premature babies reach 14 to 19 years of age, they have, on average, a similar body mass index to peers born at term, according to an analysis of more than 250,000 people

Rock weathering has helped keep Earth’s climate relatively stable for millions of years, but the process isn't fast enough to keep up with human carbon emissions

US Inflation Reduction Act will take cleantech investment away from Europe, EU says

UPDATE: It’s worth considering the fact that many people use screen readers and that emoji and other such silliness are “read” out sequentially be this type of software. So, pretty as the emoji might look, you have to also consider how it will sound. See also hashtags (which should always be put at the end … Continue reading "How to add an emoji to your Mastodon username"

If you’ve been following developments in technology over the last few months, you can’t fail to have noticed the advent of artificial intelligence. There are AI tools that can take a text prompt and respond with a realistic face, a painting in the style of a well-known artist, or a Shakespearean poem. Some of these … Continue reading "Saving us from artificial intelligence"

Fungus discovered to be using 3-octanone to paralyse and kill worms

Drugs designed to resemble pathogen’s cellular targets could prevent infection

Abdolhossein Khosropanah promoted pseudoscience and defended death penalty for protesters