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The chatbots claiming to be Jesus: spreading gospel or heresy?
Nature

The chatbots claiming to be Jesus: spreading gospel or heresy?

Brian Owens Sep 15, 2025

Jesus chatbots aren’t the only AI technologies seeping into religious practice. Some worshippers don’t agree with the use of them. The canonization of Carlo Acutis by…

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Report on mystery brain disease delayed while feds check the data
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Report on mystery brain disease delayed while feds check the data

Brian Owens Sep 8, 2025

A report on cases of undiagnosed neurological illnesses in New Brunswick has been delayed until the end of the year, after the provincial government asked the…

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Heart Failure Guidelines May Miss Risk in People With Obesity
Medscape

Heart Failure Guidelines May Miss Risk in People With Obesity

Brian Owens Aug 28, 2025

Current US heart failure guidelines that use a single cut point for natriuretic peptides (NPs) can underestimate the risk for the disease for people with obesity,…

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Baileyville wildfire mostly contained, no threat to Charlotte County
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Baileyville wildfire mostly contained, no threat to Charlotte County

Brian Owens Aug 11, 2025

A wildfire along the Track Road in Baileyville, ME, is mostly under control at this time, according to Baileyville town manager Chris Loughlin, and currently poses…

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Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed
Science

Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed

Brian Owens Aug 7, 2025

Cuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear. Researchers in Canada are pushing back against a 15% budget cut that Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to impose…

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Every Step Counts, But Do You Really Need 10,000?
Medscape

Every Step Counts, But Do You Really Need 10,000?

Brian Owens Jul 28, 2025

Good news for the sole: Contrary to popular wisdom, people can get the same health benefits from walking 7000 steps a day as they do from…

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