Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to bridge the gap.

A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled that California’s restrictions on openly carrying ...

Ancient Mesopotamian temple bureaucracies pardoned debt every Jubilee, freed slaves, so no oligarch could accumulate more ...

California students will see fewer cellphones and more gender-neutral bathrooms, as well as other new laws related to ...

Sometimes the smartest answer isn’t the most technical one. This collection highlights ingenious fixes that cut through ...

Objectives This study aimed to identify the predictors of burnout, anxiety and depression among healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design A secondary quantitative analysis of data ...

The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...

Damba, D. , Silumesii, L. and Damba, W. (2025) Factors Influencing Antiretroviral Therapy Completion among HIV-Positive ...

Objectives Although menstrual cups have a long history and numerous benefits, many women of reproductive age remain unaware. This study assessed the knowledge, attitude and use regarding menstrual ...

A Gulfport ghost Christmas. It's no Hallmark movie, but then again, what really is? Merry Christmas from McBay and McBay.

Objectives In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), severe exacerbations (ECOPDs) impose significant morbidity and mortality. Current guidelines emphasise using ECOPD history to ...

Whereas most prokaryotes rely on binary fission for propagation, many species use alternative mechanisms, which include multiple offspring formation and budding, to reproduce. In some bacterial ...