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Blood Tests Added To Colon Cancer Screening
Colorectal cancer is striking more young adults while the American Cancer Society adds blood tests to screening guidance yet still ranks colonoscopy and stool tests as the more accurate options.
2026-05-29
WHO chief in DRC says Ebola can be stopped
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives in DRC, says the Ebola outbreak can be stopped, and presses armed groups to cease hostilities blocking medical teams.
2026-05-29
Blood Test Flags Early Cognitive Decline
A UCSF study suggests a blood test could detect subtle cognitive trouble long before diagnosis, as Alzheimer’s cases in the U.S. are projected to nearly double.
2026-05-29
Travel
Entertainment
Eye-Level Party Levels Every Guest
An Oakland event used custom foam platforms to equalize guests’ height, turning a casual party into a live experiment in status, posture and eye contact.
2026-05-04
Why Nintendo Keeps Super Mario Galaxy Movie Racing
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto argues the rapid pace of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie mirrors game design, trading character pauses for dense visual action to hold broad, impatient audiences.
2026-05-03
Letterboxd Owner Quietly Tests the Exit Door
Letterboxd’s controlling investor is exploring a stake sale, forcing the film-focused social platform to weigh new ownership, fresh capital and the risk of losing its loyal cinephile identity.
2026-04-27
Animal
Technology
When Large Language Models Refuse To Doubt
Large language models keep affirming flagged false claims, and fine-tuning trials reveal a systematic bias toward confident affirmation even after explicit correction.
2026-05-29
Apple pushes first iOS 26.6 public beta
Apple’s first iOS 26.6 public beta brings under‑the‑hood tweaks, early EU compliance steps and small quality‑of‑life changes that hint at the company’s next software priorities.
2026-05-29
Spotify for Android quietly gets smarter playlists
Spotify is rolling out playlist folders, improved track management tools and a Reshuffle control on Android, narrowing a long-standing gap with its desktop and iOS apps.
2026-05-29
Health
Families Say Infants Used In Secret Vaccine Trial
A new lawsuit says Black infants were enrolled in an experimental respiratory virus vaccine trial without parental consent and died soon after, raising historic ethics and racial justice questions.
2026-05-29
Mosquitoes May Learn To Seek Deet
New research suggests mosquitoes can learn to associate Deet with access to blood, raising doubts about how long standard repellents can protect people in heavily exposed areas.
2026-05-29
Measles Outbreak Exposes Utah’s Hidden Risk
A measles outbreak in Utah is striking babies, pregnant women and immunocompromised residents who cannot be vaccinated, revealing gaps in herd immunity and stressing regional health systems.
2026-05-28
Car
Delicacy
ACGN
Maryland confirms imported measles case
Maryland health officials confirmed an imported measles case in a Baltimore-area resident who traveled abroad and are tracing contacts and urging MMR vaccination.
2026-04-20
Five surreal sci-fi anime for a Pragmata mood
Pragmata’s eerie, low-orbit isolation has clear cousins in five surreal sci-fi anime that mix cosmic dread, fragile humanity and brutal visual imagination.
2026-04-19
Capturing Affection Through Lenses
2024-04-03