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Today's papers

· Edition No. 4

Medicine & Biology Lead Credibility: Promising abstract only

Malaria in Somalia shows early signs of dodging tests and a key drug

Malaria parasites in Somalia carry gene changes that can hide them from the finger-prick tests used to spot the disease. Testing 159 confirmed infections, scientists found one parasite with a change linked to resistance against artemisinin, the main malaria medicine.

Today's Pick AI & Computer Science Credibility: Promising

A flood of AI-written novels is quietly shrinking what human authors earn

Cheap AI-written novels now fill 1 in 5 self-published genre e-books on Amazon. As the catalog grew 38 times bigger while sales grew only about 9 times, the money each book earns fell — even for books with no AI text at all.

Medicine & Biology

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    Everyday food may be a major hidden source of lead poisoning worldwide

    Researchers estimate that the food people eat could account for roughly 40 to 50 percent of the lead in their bodies globally. Vegetables and grains carried the most, and children in poorer countries took in about three times more lead than children in richer ones.
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    A big England study finds the shingles vaccine did not lower dementia

    Researchers checked millions of English hospital records after a 2013 shingles vaccine rollout. People eligible for the vaccine got shingles less often, but showed no drop in dementia diagnoses.

AI & Computer Science

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    Top AI models fail a simple looking test that people solve easily

    Researchers built puzzles that need careful, repeated looking: counting scattered fields, tracing a tangled rope, matching shapes. The best AI model solved only 10.6% of them, while three human testers averaged 96.1%.

Psychology & Neuroscience

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    Some faces and places stick in memory — and they fade away more slowly too

    Researchers found that images people usually remember well are learned faster and then forgotten more slowly than easily-forgotten images. Across three experiments with faces and scenes, the same pattern appeared every time.