• Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks In…

    Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks In…0

    Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor in support of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith’s bipartisan and bicameral tax framework that would expand the Child Tax Credit, address the housing crisis, and help keep U.S. businesses competitive

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  • Video Games Risk Irreversible Hearing Loss, Scientists Warn

    Video Games Risk Irreversible Hearing Loss, Scientists Warn0

    Topline Gamers could be at risk of permanent noise-induced hearing loss and other hearing problems, scientists warned on Tuesday, urging officials to minimize health risks for gamers amid growing interest in esports and a staggering global surge in video game popularity in recent years. Video games could damage hearing, researchers warn. getty Key Facts Gamers

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  • OpenAI sets rules to combat election misinformation. It’s been tried before

    OpenAI sets rules to combat election misinformation. It’s been tried before0

    CNN  —  As concerns swirl about the disruption artificial intelligence could cause for the 2024 elections, OpenAI on Monday declared that politicians and their campaigns are not allowed to use the company’s AI tools. The restrictions also extend to impersonation. Under its policies, OpenAI said in a blog post, users may not create chatbots posing as

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  • Democrats tell FERC to hurry up on transmission plan – POLITICO Pro

    Democrats tell FERC to hurry up on transmission plan – POLITICO Pro0

    E&E DAILY | Congressional Democrats are prodding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to accelerate a significant rule that could unlock huge … Source link

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  • Medical students favor social media for health information, study shows

    Medical students favor social media for health information, study shows0

    In a recent article published in BMC Public Health, researchers developed a Health Messenger Questionnaire to measure the preferences of medical students in selecting health messengers for acquiring health-related information. Study: Which educational messengers do medical students prefer for receiving healthinformation? Development and psychometrics of using health messengers questionnaire. Image Credit: yurakrasil/Shutterstock.com Background Mobile devices and social media have increased access

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  • Massachusetts towns battles rare eastern equine encephalitis mosquito virus

    Massachusetts towns battles rare eastern equine encephalitis mosquito virus0

    A rare but deadly disease spread by mosquitoes has one town in Massachusetts closing its parks and fields each evening. Four other towns are urging people to avoid going outdoors at night. They’re concerned about eastern equine encephalitis. State health officials announced last week a man in his 80s had caught the disease, the first

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  • Do violent video games numb us towards real violence?

    Do violent video games numb us towards real violence?0

    Results of a neuroscientific study suggest that violence in video games has no negative influence on the empathy of adults Neuroscientists from the University of Vienna and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm have investigated whether playing violent video games leads to a reduction in human empathy. To do this, they had adult test subjects play

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