Peanut, an eastern gray squirrel rescued in 2017 by Mark Longo, was no ordinary animal. Nursed as a baby and briefly released into the wild, […]
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The Rise of Magic Mouse: A New SMS Scam is Surpassing Its Predecessor
The unmasking of the Darcula smishing network in 2024 was considered a major investigative victory. Researchers from Mnemonic, in partnership with media outlets, exposed the […]
Alpha-Gal Syndrome: People Allergic to Meat and Dairy are Increasing
Cases of severe allergic reactions to red meat and dairy are climbing across the world. This baffled physicians and researchers since the manifestations differ from […]
GPT-5: Advantages and Disadvantages
OpenAI has officially launched GPT-5 on 7 August 2025. It is positioned as its most advanced large language model based on the transformer deep learning […]
How the Second Trump Administration is Defying the Courts
The second administration of U.S. President Donald Trump took off with a series of controversial executive orders that were later challenged in U.S. courts. Several […]
Private Health Insurance as a Rent-Seeking Middleman
The creation of private health insurance stems from the need to address the rising cost of healthcare and provide the population with financial protection against […]
Studies: Effects of Chronic Stress in the Brain
The biological effects of stress can be either favorable or unfavorable, depending on its intensity and duration. Several researchers have been specifically exploring how chronic stress […]
Contributions and Legacy of Yuan Longping: The Father of Hybrid Rice
Nature, one of the leading multidisciplinary science journals, describes him as a “crop scientist whose high-yield hybrid rice fed billions.” True enough, for his contributions […]
Theories of Motivation: What Drives People?
Researchers in the field of psychology, as well as in the areas of leadership and management, have explored and explained the reasons behind the motivations […]
The Relationship Between Corruption and Poverty
Corruption leads to poverty. Poverty also promotes corruption. These two phenomena create an interlocking and self-reinforcing loop that supplements and sustains each. The vicious cyclical […]