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Science and Technology

Wearables Track Parkinson’s Better Than Human Observation, Study Finds

Sophie Caldwell

The NewsAn Oxford University researcher and her team showed that digital wearable devices can track the progression of Parkinson’s disease in an individual more effectively than human clinical observation can,…

Social Responsibility

‘You just feel hopeless’: Twenty years after St. Joe’s historic hoops run, an absence haunts the team

Sophie Caldwell

Editor’s note: This story addresses mental health and addiction and may be difficult to read or emotionally upsetting. AVALON, N.J. — Phil Martelli eases back into his chair and sighs. He has…

Health

Younger Women Get Lung Cancer at Higher Rates Than Men

Sophie Caldwell

Over the last several decades, the rates of new cases of lung cancer have fallen in the United States. There were roughly 65 new cases of lung cancer for every…

Social Responsibility

Despite Cheating Fears, Schools Repeal ChatGPT Bans

Sophie Caldwell

For decades, Walla Walla High School in the wheat basket of Washington State has maintained an old red wooden barn on campus where students learn a venerable farming skill: how…

Science and Technology

Experts Worry as Facial Recognition Comes to Airports and Cruises

Sophie Caldwell

If biometric data is stolen or misused, travelers don’t have much recourse, said Alex Alben, who teaches privacy, data and cybersecurity at the University of California Los Angeles and University…