AI Glasses Help Blind Veterans Finish the Army Ten-Miler
Three blind U.S. Army veterans finished the Army Ten-Miler through heavy rain in Washington on October 11, 2026, aided by AI glasses that narrated the course aloud and…
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Science reporting, research updates, and technology student journalism from The Thompson Tribune.
November 3, 2026
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AI Spots Pain on Mouse Faces That Lab Checks Missed
A camera box built at the Swiss university ETH Zurich caught pain in mice after brain surgery even though routine lab checks rated every animal as healthy, a…
Brain Monitoring Moves From the Hospital Cap to the Everyday Earbud
Between September 15 and September 17, 2026, three research teams pushed brain monitoring out of the hospital and into the ear, unveiling a new electrode material, a brainwave…
Dog Brains Can Tell a Scared Face From a Sad One, Scans Show
Pet dogs' brains respond to a frightened face differently than to a sad or angry one, a Cell Press study published August 7, 2026, found, the first evidence…
How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Education as The New Study Partner
Thirty years ago, studying meant flipping through pages of textbooks, writing whole essays by hand, and waiting for teachers to explain difficult concepts. But now, students have a…
Ancient DNA Reveals Close Kin Marriage and Family Sacrifice in Silla Tombs
DNA from 78 skeletons at a 1,500-year-old Korean cemetery traces marriages between close relatives and whole families buried as sacrifices, cracking open a social order scholars once read…
Meta’s Brain Typing System Can Read Thoughts
brain-reading system now types 61 percent of a person's words correctly from thought alone, seven times better than earlier non-surgical tools, yet it still trails the brain…
South Korea Clears Path to Recycle Liposuction Fat Into Regenerative Medicine
South Korea has cleared the way to recycle the roughly 30 tons of body fat removed through liposuction each year, converting medical waste that clinics once incinerated into…
Manhattan Veterans Lab Pivots From Prosthetic Mobility to Athletic Performance
A New York veterans' lab that once measured whether amputees could walk again now sharpens their golf swings and marathon strides, pivoting prosthetic research from basic mobility toward…
IMAX Cracks the Noise Problem That Long Barred Dialogue, Clearing Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’
IMAX engineers have muffled the roar that long barred their cameras from quiet dialogue, clearing Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey to become the first feature shot entirely in the…
