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Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Horses 'mane' inspiration for new generation of social robots

Interactive robots should not just be passive companions, but active partners -- like therapy horses who respond to human emotion -- say researchers.

RFK Jr. says annual COVID-19 shots no longer advised for healthy children and pregnant women – a public health expert explains the new guidance

On May 27, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer include the COVID-19 vaccine on the list of immunizations it recommends ^[1] for healthy children and pregnant women.

The announcement, made in a video posted on the social platform X ^[2], comes on the heels of another announcement, made on May 20, in which the Food and Drug...

Bed bugs are most likely the first human pest, new research shows

Researchers compared the whole genome sequence of two genetically distinct lineages of bed bug, and their findings indicate bed bugs may well be the first true urban pest.

Nearly five million seized seahorses just 'tip of the iceberg' in global wildlife smuggling

Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, according to a new study that warns the scale of the trade is far larger than current data suggest. The study analyzed online seizure records from 2010 to 2021 and found smuggling incidents in 62 countries, with dried seahorses, widely used in traditional medicine, most commonly intercepted at airports in passenger baggage or shipped in sea cargo.

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