👩💻 AI can change people's false beliefs
Conversations with AI led 29 percent of participants to change their false beliefs. For some topics, certainty in false beliefs decreased by up to 41 percent. The effect was particularly strong for beliefs that participants had previously been very certain about.
👩⚕️ Spotify founder's Neko Health raises $290 million - expands to US
Neko Health has secured an investment of $290 million to open more clinics in Europe and the USA. The company has already scanned 10,000 people and has 100,000 people on the waiting list.
☀️ Solar power generated more electricity than coal in EU last year
Solar panels generated 11 percent of EU electricity in 2024, while coal power plants accounted for 10 percent. The use of fossil fuels decreased for the fifth consecutive year.
👴 Life expectancy continues to increase and surpasses expert predictions
Life expectancy has increased continuously for over a century. Progress in medicine, public health and living standards drives development. Scientific predictions about maximum life expectancy are constantly surpassed.
🧬 New gene editing technique may have cured one-year-old's deadly disease
A child with a deadly metabolic disease has been successfully treated with a new type of gene editing called ARCUS. The treatment allowed the child to stop their special diet after three months.
👩🏿💻 AI-based teaching delivered two years of learning in six weeks
In a pilot project in Nigeria, students got to use AI as a virtual teacher. They performed significantly better than other students in all tested areas.
🤰 Next generation of weight loss drugs shows even better results
New drugs under development against obesity show weight reductions of up to 22 percent of body weight after 48 weeks of treatment. The drug retatrutide, which combines three appetite-regulating hormones, shows the best results so far in clinical trials.
👂 New AI system translates speech and text in real time across 100 languages
Meta's new AI model can translate between 101 spoken languages and 96 written languages directly. Using streaming-based processing, the model starts translating speech while it is still being received, minimizing delays. This enables real-time translation delivery.
🧠 New technology revives brain several hours after death
Yale researchers have managed to restore basic cellular functions in a pig brain four hours after death using a specially developed perfusion machine. The technique is now being tested on human brains to develop better treatments for neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.