When Medical Schools Become Less Diverse In February, Texas Tech University reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education to end the use of race in admissions to its medical school. Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans are significantly underrepresented in medical schools, Adam Harris reported in April, and eliminating the use of race in admissions has been shown to lead to a decl
Residents who passed the American Board of Radiology (ABR) Core Examination perceived the value of a range of preparation resources as higher than those who failed, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting, set for May 5-10 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
High negative predictive values (NPV) in mammography architectural distortion (AD) without ultrasonographic (US) correlate or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enhancement suggests follow-up rather than biopsy may be safely performed, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting, set for May 5-10 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Zero TE (ZTE) skull magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be a possible option for clinical use in patients with skull lesions and may be helpful in managing radiosensitive trauma patients, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting, set for May 5-10 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The upgraded picture archiving and communication system (PACS) improves over the prior system in reduced time spent searching for prior studies and total time spent reading studies, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting, set for May 5-10 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Clinicians need more education in the types of breast pain that necessitate an imaging workup and what imaging to order, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2019 Annual Meeting, set for May 5-10 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Scientists looked at brains of mice to track embryonic development of the sense of touch. They found that a "map" for the sense of touch is in place before birth. Human cerebral cortexes are similarly organized, indicating that the same process likely takes place. None Figuring out exactly how we get the sense of touch has not been conclusively understood so far, despite previous studies. A new s
Environment ministers of the G7 nations met in France Sunday, a day ahead of the release of what is expected to be another alarming report on the state of the planet.
Adam Sandler left Saturday Night Live in 1995 after a five-season run, having served as a core part of the show's early '90s cast, alongside big names such as David Spade, Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and Mike Myers. All of them went on to great success in movies and television, but their tenure at the show, which leaned on recurring characters and a loud, obnoxious strain of humor, w
You may not realize it, but not all GeForce RTX 2080 and GeForce RTX 2070 graphics cards are created equal. We are not just talking about the custom cooling solutions and PCBs (printed circuit …
As technology continues to progress, the possibility of an abundant future seems more likely. Artificial intelligence is expected to drive down the cost of labor, infrastructure, and transport. Alternative energy systems are reducing the cost of a wide variety of goods. Poverty rates are falling around the world as more people are able to make a living, and resources that were once inaccessible t
Scientists looked at brains of mice to track embryonic development of the sense of touch. They found that a "map" for the sense of touch is in place before birth. Human cerebral cortexes are similarly organized, indicating that the same process likely takes place. None Figuring out exactly how we get the sense of touch has not been conclusively understood so far, despite previous studies. A new s
A huge collaboration of scientists reports important new findings about the shape of the universe and the mysterious force that shapes it. Andrew Masterson reports.
More tourists mean more business and more climate change awareness but visiting thawing destinations can be a double-edged sword. Marcello Rossi reports.
Apple and Google Pay users in the United Kingdom can now pay their government for four services using their preferred mobile payments service. The government has started accepting the services …
Having debuted shortly after the release of Windows XP in 2001, IE6 was a mess by 2009. If a web developer accidentally used an unsupported HTML element, IE6 would probably crash and might even …
DIY Microsoft's new browser is ready to take on Chrome. Microsoft has rebuilt its Microsoft Edge browser using a different engine under the hood: Here's how to give it a try now.
A fainting episode causing traumatic nerve damage affecting his right hand could be why Leonardo da Vinci's painting skills were hampered in his late career. While the impairment affected his ability to hold palettes and brushes to paint with his right hand, he was able to continue teaching and drawing with his left hand. According to most authors, the origin of da Vinci's right hand palsy was rel
Sometimes a little gentle peer persuasion goes a long way toward correcting a large problem.That's the message from researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and seven collaborating health care organizations which report that a 'Dear Colleague' performance evaluation letter successively convinced physicians nationwide to reduce the amount of tissue they removed in a common surgical treatment for skin
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Reaching out in kindness, mindful breathing and taking time daily to note positive moments and personal strengths are all part of a program that reduces anxiety and depression. But it takes practice. (Image credit: Cornelia Li for NPR)
The hypothesis basically claims that "If the simulations which we are building are getting more and more realistic then it maybe possible to create lifelike simulation indistinguishable from reality and if it is possible to create such realistic simulations then we maybe in one as well". The problem with this claim is that the simulations are not getting realistic for the beings inside them but t
Not metaphorically but irls for sure. Nano-bots within our digestive system could possibly process, add to, or otherwise change our waste so that it's form was the most comfortable. People would pay for it if it was cheap enough. So if it ever becomes possible and affordable I'm guessing it'd happen since people tend to like spending for more comfort. lel. prob not the brightest vision of the fut
"All RRRRRRight!" It's January 2018, and Dr. Ruth is visiting the place where her fame began, roughly 40 years ago: a radio studio in New York City. This time around, though, she isn't the host of the show, dispensing advice about sex and relationships with candid words and a signature accent ("a cross between Henry Kissinger and Minnie Mouse," The Wall Street Journal put it). Now she is the gues
The seafood industry has some well-publicized problems: from overfishing to contaminants that make their way into fish. Now, a handful of startups aim to offer a "clean" alternative grown from cells. (Image credit: Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Since launch, Respawn has expelled nearly a million Apex Legends accounts for cheating. Last month, Respawns Community Manager Jay Frechette said they had banned 499,937 accounts for not playing …
Mercurial bosses in dysfunctional offices sometimes give orders that their employees just ignore—even when that dysfunctional office is the highest in the country. According to Robert Mueller's recent report, Donald Trump tried to get his staff to impede the special counsel's investigation, but figures such as Don McGahn and Rod Rosenstein protected the president—and themselves—by quietly letting
En læser undrer sig over, at vi pludselig ikke hører så meget mere om æteren DME som brændstof. Professor på DTU Mekanik fortæller om dens fordele og ulemper.
Women and mice both shift their daily schedules earlier by up to a few hours during the first trimester of their pregnancy, research finds. Disrupting this changed daily timing may put the pregnancy at risk, the study shows. "This is a very important first step in understanding what's happening in term pregnancy, and it has a potential to inform our ability to intervene and prevent preterm birth
The cannabis-derived compound is popping up in everything from mineral water to bath bombs. We ask experts and users if it actually works Aaron Horn first came across cannabidiol, or CBD, about three years ago in Glastonbury – the town, not the festival. "I found it at this amazing hemp shop, Hemp in Avalon ," recalls Horn, a musician who is now 35. "It's run by a guy called Free. His last name i
There is too little incentive for pharmaceutical companies to work on treatments for diseases of low-income countries At the end of April, health workers in Malawi, Ghana and Kenya began rolling out the first and so far only vaccine proved to protect against malaria. It's part of a World Health Organization pilot programme that could immunise more than one million children by 2023. Yet, while thi
We're besieged by people promising to improve our lot. My self-help programme is slightly different… Some of the most malevolent legacies of the Margaret Thatcher era for British society have been grievously self-evident. Some people have included the deadly sin of greed among them but I'm afraid we can't lay that one at her feet. Like its six fraternal vices, greed has always been with us. All
The reporting for this article was supported by The Masthead, The Atlantic's membership program. Learn more . MUMBAI—Vinay Sahasrabuddhe is on a mission that is at once impossibly simple and yet somehow insurmountable: He is training Indian politicians to be competent. Not just any politicians, mind you—Hindu nationalist politicians. Sahasrabuddhe, a senior official in Prime Minister Narendra Mod
Game of Thrones is in its last season, however, the fantasy series will still live on: George R.R. Martin, the creator of Game of Thrones, said that work on three new Game of […] The post …
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For weeks, some garage doors would not open and some car doors would not unlock in a Cleveland suburb. After some sleuthing, officials say they discovered the reason.
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After an explosive increase in commercial drone registrations in 2018, the Federal Aviation Administration has revised its predictions for the sector and now expects it to triple in size by …
A judge has sentenced (via Buzzfeed News) former YouTuber Austin Jones to ten years in prison after he pled guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography. YouTube removed …
Really, any day is a good day to engage in citizen science. Need some inspiration? "American Spring LIVE," aired last week on PBS NATURE and it featured lots of citizen science projects in need of your help. Catch the recorded series on Facebook! Cheers, The SciStarter Team Milkweed Tracker This time of year, caterpillar eggs are beginning to hatch. The caterpillars depend on milkweed for food as
Any time I think about the future and how to best help the world and humanity, it always goes back to the matrix. Humans spread across the world, destroying environments and wiping out species because they don't care. Maybe they care a little, just not enough to stop doing it. The more people there are, the worse this becomes as we need more space for housing, more space for farming, and more r
New smartphone apps and greater use of social media could help reduce the exploitation of traditional weavers in poor rural regions of Malaysia, new research suggests. An interdisciplinary team …
New smartphone apps and greater use of social media could help reduce the exploitation of traditional weavers in poor rural regions of Malaysia, new research suggests. An interdisciplinary team of researchers, including experts in human-computer interaction, information management, and English and creative writing, studied the supply chain of the songket fabric market in the Malaysian state of Ter
Diplomats and scientists from 132 nations wrapped up six days of negotiations in Paris Saturday over the wording of a landmark report on the dire state of Nature and its impact on humanity, a UN official told AFP.
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