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Jan 25 2025HEALTH

Why Some Pancreatic Patients Have High Vitamin B12 Levels

Meet a patient who has pancreatic exocrine insufficiency and strangely high levels of vitamin B12 in their blood. This wasn't due to any supplements they were taking or any issues with their liver or blood. Doctors actually found that these high levels were caused by something called macro-B12. This

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Jan 25 2025TECHNOLOGY

Social Media in Storms: What People Talk About

Have you ever wondered what people talk about on social media during hurricanes? Instead of calling emergency hotlines, many people now turn to platforms like Twitter to share updates and seek help. The problem is, there's so much content that important messages can get lost. In the past, researcher

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Jan 25 2025SCIENCE

Mapping Temperatures: A New Trick for Scientists

Measuring temperature in large spaces like a room can be tricky. Traditional methods using emission spectroscopy can't give a full view. Scientists found a smarter way using data from spectroscopy. They tried two approaches. First, they used something called feature engineering, which is like findin

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Jan 25 2025ENVIRONMENT

Catching Illegal Wood Trade with Smart Technology

Illegal logging and the trade of forest products have long been a problem worldwide. This crime hurts ecosystems and communities. The United States is the biggest importer of wood and forest products globally, with $78 billion spent in 2021 alone. To tackle this issue, we need to find a clever way t

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Jan 25 2025HEALTH

Unmasking Hidden Hunger: Predicting Stunting Among Teen Girls in Ethiopia

Stunting, a clear sign of long-term undernutrition, shows that a child isn't growing as they should. While most studies in Ethiopia focus on early childhood and use traditional methods, this research took a different path. It aimed to find the best machine learning model to predict stunting among te

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Jan 25 2025HEALTH

Solving the Puzzle of Rare Chest Wall Tumors

Ever heard of a tumor that sounds like something from a mystery novel? A solitary plasmacytoma is just that. It's a unusual tumor where malignant plasma cells cluster in one spot, either in soft tissue or bone, without causing any wider trouble in the body. Doctors took a step back and reviewed old

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Jan 24 2025CELEBRITIES

Andie MacDowell's Health Secret: Living with Piriformis Syndrome

Actress Andie MacDowell, at 66, is open about her health struggles. In a recent chat with Drew Barrymore, she revealed she has Piriformis Syndrome. This condition makes the piriformis muscle spasm, squeezing the sciatic nerve and causing pain, numbness, or tingling from the buttocks to the leg. MacD

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Jan 24 2025TECHNOLOGY

Apple Updates Safari Preview: Testing Faster Browsing & Fixes

Apple has just rolled out a new version of Safari Technology Preview, tagged as 212. This browser, launched in 2016, serves as a testing ground for upcoming features in Safari. The fresh update brings along numerous bug fixes and performance enhancements. It tackles areas like Authentication, Canvas

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Jan 23 2025HEALTH

Catching Adolescent Depression Early: A Dual-Stage Approach

Adolescent depression can have a big impact on daily life and future growth. Scientists believe that both childhood and teen years play a role in these symptoms. Machine learning, a fancy tool in data science, is being used more and more to understand teen depression. But here’s the thing: most stud

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Jan 22 2025POLITICS

China's New Friends: What Trump's Return Means for Global Ties

As former U. S. President Donald Trump makes his way back to the political scene, China is noticing a shift among some of America's longstanding allies. Nations like Japan, India, and the United Kingdom are starting to cozy up to China, looking for better diplomatic and trade relationships. This cha

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