We’ve all heard that ‘patience is a virtue,’ but is impatience a health risk? In A Nutshell Scientists identified 11 genetic regions linked to delay discounting (the tendency to choose immediate ...

The gambling industry saw record revenues for the fourth straight year, just shy of $72 billion. The rise in sports betting apps and online casinos has also led to an increase in the number of people ...

Julie Deslippe receives funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund and is a Rutherford Dicovery Fellow funded to do Plant Ecology research in Tongariro National Park. Te Herenga Waka — ...

Risk factors are things that raise your chances of getting a disease. There are different types of risk factors such as genetic, biological, lifestyle and exposure. For each person, a mix of these ...

OpenAI has upgraded the potential biological risk level for its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, implementing additional safeguards as a “precautionary approach.” The AI firm on Thursday ...

For decades, Americans have been told a simple story about addiction: taking drugs damages the brain—and the earlier in life children start using substances, the more likely they are to progress ...

Biological risk consultants forecast the impacts and opportunities of epidemics. Officially, Conor Browne is a biorisk consultant. Based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he has advanced degrees in ...

An OpenAI executive responsible for artificial intelligence safety has warned that the next generation of the company’s large language models could be used to facilitate the development of deadly ...

PALERMO, Italy — Screen time isn’t the villain. New international research suggests parents have been fighting the wrong battle entirely. After following over 400 teenagers for seven months, ...