Polygenic Risk Scores: What They Can Tell You, and Why They Fall Short for Individuals
Polygenic risk scores rank people by inherited risk, not by fate. A myth-versus-fact guide to what the evidence supports, with ancestry gaps and the catalog…
Peter Kalafatis
DEWALT DCD771C2 Review: Cheap Entry to 20V MAX, Older Motor
A plain, light, inexpensive 20V MAX drill kit that homeowners like and reviewers say has been overtaken by brushless models. Here is what the published…
Elgato Stream Deck MK2 Review: A Fine First Macro Pad
The Stream Deck MK.2 is a 15-key macro pad that reviewers like for streamers and remote workers. It has cramped labels, a light stand and…
How Data Storage Evolved: Punch Cards to Cloud and Beyond
Punched cards, drums, hard disks, floppies, flash, tape and the cloud: how each stage worked, what replaced it, and what experimental DNA storage promises.
Personalized Gene Editing After Baby KJ: From One Patient to a Possible Pathway
A timeline of personalized gene editing: baby KJ’s custom base editor, the FDA’s plausible mechanism draft guidance, and the prime editing platform that followed.
Inelastic Dark Matter in Electron Pairs: What CMS Searched For and Found
CMS searched for inelastic dark matter decaying into soft electron pairs far from the collision point. It found no excess, and the method itself is…
Jimothy the Raccoon: Why a Short-Spined Seattle Raccoon Took Over the Summer
A rare spinal condition, a neighborhood video and a city proclamation: what we know about Jimothy, the Seattle raccoon the internet adopted.
Inside Smile: The Lobster-Eye X-Ray Camera and Aurora Imager Built to Map Earth’s Magnetic Shield
ESA and CAS’s Smile spacecraft just released its first ultraviolet aurora footage. Here is how its four instruments, lobster-eye X-ray optics, and 121,000 km orbit…
TikTok Symphony Seedance 2.5 Raises AI Ad Limits
TikTok Symphony Seedance 2.5 is the pairing TikTok announced on August 3, 2026, when it integrated ByteDance’s newest AI video model, Dreamina Seedance 2.5, into…
Can You Copyright AI-Generated Art? What US Law Says After the Supreme Court Passed
A prompt alone does not earn a US copyright. Human edits, selection and original inputs can. What courts and the Copyright Office have settled, and…