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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social is cratering right along with his personal reputation, but it does have one thing going for it: customers dumb enough to pay top dollar for slightly faster access to the president’s posts — or “truths,” in the site’s oxymoronic nomenclature. On Monday, Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns the service, reported that its revenue……

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Energy drinks and stimulant supplements are raising new concerns about heart health after researchers discovered a striking pattern in reports of serious cardiovascular emergencies. Products containing caffeine and other stimulants appeared far more frequently in reports of cardiac arrest, heart attacks, and other heart problems than products without these ingredients. The findings were particularly concerning among younger adults. People ages 18 to 34 accounted for a substantial share of the reported heart problems involving caffeinated products, according to independent,……

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A surprising new study has found that people who are overweight or obese when diagnosed with dementia tend to live longer than those who have a normal body weight. The findings challenge expectations about the relationship between weight and health, suggesting that carrying extra weight may be associated with an unexpected survival advantage after dementia develops. Researchers from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and NYU School of Global Public Health found that body weight at the time……

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Some of Europe’s most famous medieval manuscripts, including the York Gospels, have revealed an extraordinary secret hidden in their pages. Scientists have discovered ancient viral DNA preserved in the animal skins used to make parchment, opening a new window into the 3,500-year history of sheeppox virus (SPPV). The discovery was made by an international research team led by University College Dublin (UCD). By analyzing parchment from centuries-old documents, the researchers uncovered the first genetic evidence that this destructive disease……

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A 13-year-old girl spent three months using her school-issued laptop to discuss depression, research suicide, and plan her funeral before self-harm-monitoring software finally prompted school officials to alert her parents, who intervened and stopped her, according to a lawsuit filed this month by her parents. The lawsuit alleges that Google and parent company Alphabet were negligent in their rollout of a Gemini model, claiming that the AI chatbot “coached” the North Carolina teenager to consider taking her own life…….

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A badly distorted British silver coin dating to 1834 may hold evidence of an unusual accident during the minting process nearly 200 years ago. New scientific analysis suggests that the remarkable damage to the coin was more likely caused by a manufacturing problem than by ordinary wear, corrosion, or a later impact. The findings, reported by IA STUDIO in the journal npj Heritage Science, center on a silver sixpence issued during the reign of King William IV. The coin……

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Big news for LinkedIn stalkers: If you keep visiting the page of a potential hire—or ex-romantic partner—you might not be lurking as stealthily as you once were. LinkedIn is testing a “frequent viewer” feature that allows certain users with LinkedIn Premium to know if someone has looked at their profile multiple times. Krista Mollion, the founder of creative agency Unignorable Brands, first noticed the added detail last month. “I called it the ‘stalker alert,’” Mollion tells WIRED. Every few……

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