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Biological age tests promise to show how fast you are ageing. We examine what epigenetic clocks, blood proteomics and AI models can and cannot tell you, and how reliable the numbers are.
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Informed consent was designed for human clinicians. New 2025 and 2026 evidence shows what AI consent forms leave out, what patients want to hear, and what could fix it.
Can AI Predict the Next Dengue Outbreak Before It Strikes?
How machine learning dengue outbreak prediction works, where it beats older methods, where it fails, and what the evidence from Brazil, Vietnam and Bangladesh says.
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AI-designed plastic-eating enzymes now break down PET in hours in the lab, yet the first industrial plant is on hold. A balanced look at what the evidence shows.
Inside the AI Labs Where Digital Scientists Argue, Test and Discover
Multi-agent AI labs split research into specialist roles that debate, design and test. See how Co-Scientist, the Virtual Lab and AI Scientist work, and where they fail.
Sewage as an Early Warning System: Can AI Spot the Next Outbreak?
Wastewater surveillance can flag outbreaks days before hospitals do. Here is what AI adds, where it fails, and what the evidence really shows.
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AI triage is spreading through emergency departments faster than the trials. We weigh the evidence on machine learning, sepsis alerts, stroke software and large language models in hospital triage.
