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Rare particle decays hint at deviations from Standard Model predictions

Studying rare processes is part and parcel of particle physics, providing stringent tests of the Standard Model. At the recent International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), the CMS and LHCb collaborations presented their latest research into one such process: the transformation of a beauty quark into a strange quark, a muon and…

Culture

Your flu shot can’t wait

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Flu season is starting earlier than usual this year, which I know from reviewing federal data. But I also know it because I woke up with body aches and chills last night, mere days […]

Culture

AI will not determine 2027 election outcome – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that artificial intelligence (AI) will not determine the outcome of the 2027 general elections. It stressed that critical electoral decisions would remain under human control. INEC Chairman, Prof.

AI

AI tools are aiding would-be spies

AI tools are now exacerbating a largely hidden problem that frontier AI companies have been contending with for years: the risk that employees will exploit their access to spy on their employers.

Health & Medicine

Communities should do more in mental health care

Communities should do more in mental health care newspress_en Wed, 10/14/2026 - 19:10 Opinion In recent decades, many countries have made meaningful progress in developing community-based mental health services.

  • Many people with mental health conditions remain in psychiatric hospitals worldwide.
  • Sri Lanka transitioned to decentralized community services over two decades.
  • Deinstitutionalisation requires support for independent living and societal participation.
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