HEALTH
After decades of study, there remains no clear evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity are responsible for depression, according to a major review of prior research led by UCL scientists. The new umbrella review -- an overview of existing meta-analyses and systematic reviews -- published in Molecular Psychiatry, suggests
TECHNOLOGY
The Pentagon’s plan to defend the U.S. homeland from cruise missiles is starting to take shape after a prolonged period of development because until recently, the threat was perceived as a more distant regional one, a senior Air Force official said. North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.
NEWS
Astronomers have detected an unusual radio signal from a far-off galaxy, according to MIT officials. The signal is a fast radio burst, an intensely strong burst of radio waves, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said in a statement. Usually, the mysterious signals last for a few milliseconds at most. But
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired his top security chief and prosecutor. "Today I made a decision to remove the Prosecutor General from office and to dismiss the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine," Zelensky said in his nightly video address, CNN reported. Zelenskyy questioned their leadership qualities
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used mobile location data to track people’s movements on a much larger scale than previously known, according to new documents unearthed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). It’s no secret that U.S. government agencies have been obtaining and using location
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In an announcement that had to come from a big tech company sometime this decade, Samsung says it wants to “copy and paste” the human brain onto “neuromorphic” computer chips. The attempt at taking our precious wetware and transferring it to hardware seems to have an unspecified timeline. But if
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U.S. consumer prices in June accelerated at the fastest annual pace since November 1981. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI) reflected a year-over-year increase of 9.1% last month, up from the prior 40-year high of 8.6% in May. Economists were expecting June'
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A former CIA software engineer was convicted Wednesday of federal charges accusing him of the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history. Joshua Schulte, who chose to defend himself at a New York City retrial, had told jurors in closing arguments that the CIA and FBI made him a
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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol promised on Wednesday that reserve forces for cyber warfare would be established to better respond to growing cyber threats. Yoon made the remark during a ceremony commemorating the 11th Information Security Day, which was established by law in 2012 to improve the protection of personal
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"At this time we are not in a position to make public comments on potential investigative actions," Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said. The Secret Service said Monday it's "aware" of a potential hack of an iCloud owned by Hunter Biden, the son of
VIDEOS
Ray McGovern's presentation on the history leading up to the Ukraine-Russia war helps to understand Russia's position on the special intervention in Ukraine.
NEWS
IQ scores have been steadily falling for the past few decades, and environmental factors are to blame, a new study says. The research suggests that genes aren’t what’s driving the decline in IQ scores, according to the study, published Monday. Norwegian researchers analyzed the IQ scores of Norwegian