Imagine your brain is a city, and suddenly, its own defense system turns against it. That's what happens in autoimmune encephalitis (AE). Usually, your immune system protects you, but in AE, it mistakenly attacks parts of your brain, causing weird symptoms like personality changes, memory loss, seiz
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a common procedure to remove the gallbladder. Normally, surgeons use electrocautery, but ultrasonic dissection might be a better option. Electrocautery uses heat to cut and cauterize tissues, while ultrasonic dissection uses vibrations. For planned surgeries, ultrason
Samantha Harvey, who recently won the Booker Prize for her novel Orbital, admits she never expected to write a book set in space. Yet, here she is, with a compelling tale of six astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Harvey, far from an adventurer, was drawn to the idea after stumb
Apple has recently pushed out new firmware updates for its AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4. These updates, version 7B21 for the Pro 2 and 7B20 for the AirPods 4, are expected to tackle bugs and enhance features. Interestingly, the AirPods Pro 2 have gained some new health-related features like Hearing A
Last week, a NASA photo of astronaut Sunita Williams, 59, raised concerns. She looked thin and her cheeks were sunken. But Williams, who's currently on a mission, says there's no need to worry. During a chat with the New England Sports Network Clubhouse Kids Show, she explained her appearance is due
Childhood trauma can mess up how our body deals with stress. This is what affects our long-term well-being. Most studies look at just one part of our nervous system's reaction to stress, the sympathetic part or the parasympathetic part, which are like two important roads in our body. But we are miss
TV personality Holly Madison recently opened up about her autism diagnosis, sharing her struggles to find medical help and her journey to self-understanding. Last year, the former Playboy House Bunny revealed she had been diagnosed with autism after a lifetime of difficulty with social interactions.
Imagine a screen that can stretch like elastic! LG has just unveiled a display that can do just that. This isn't the first time we've seen stretchable screens, but LG's latest creation can bend by an impressive 50%. This is a big deal because the more a display can stretch, the more uses it can have
When China became a communist country in 1949, something special happened. All its different ethnic groups joined together on a single path, known as socialism. This wasn't something that had happened in thousands of years! The Communist Party of China (CPC) figured out a unique way to handle this -
Detecting 3D objects from a single camera is tough, especially when the weather isn't perfect. Most current methods work great on clear days but struggle with fog. That's where MonoWAD comes in. It's a clever system that can handle different weather conditions. MonoWAD has two parts: a weather code
