Meta says Instagram will notify parents in selected countries if teens repeatedly search for suicide or self-harm terms; the change begins next week for Teen Accounts in the UK, US, Australia and Canada and is drawing criticism from the Molly Rose Foundation.
Punch, an orphaned Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo, has become a viral sensation after clutching an IKEA stuffed orangutan as a comfort object; researchers note his behavior echoes decades of primate attachment studies.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo modified Clostridium sporogenes to tolerate oxygen and paired that change with a quorum-sensing switch so the trait activates only after bacteria accumulate inside a tumor; they plan pre-clinical tests to combine both features.
Camden County health officials reported that a resident was diagnosed with active tuberculosis after seeking care in mid-February; the patient was isolated and began treatment, and county officials are working with the state to identify possible exposures.
Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus began screening children's literacy at age 3 during pediatric visits, launching the program in 2022 and conducting more than 2,400 screenings; coordinators create personalized plans, hand out literacy kits and follow up with families.
Reports note Ausar Thompson has 144 'stocks' this season (101 steals, 43 blocks) and the Pistons are 21-4 when he plays at least 27 minutes.
A nearly complete, well-preserved skeleton of a crow-sized alvarezsaur, Alnashetri cerropoliciensis, was found in sandstone at La Buitrera in northern Patagonia and published in Nature; the specimen was a small female that died at about age four and was rapidly buried by a sand dune.
Meta says Instagram will notify parents who use supervision tools if a teen repeatedly searches for terms related to suicide or self-harm; the alerts begin next week and will first roll out in the U.S., the U.K., Australia and Canada.
A Swedish study of nearly 2.8 million people over 35 years found boys under 10 were three to four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls, yet by adulthood the diagnostic gap largely disappeared, suggesting many autistic girls are missed in childhood.
Meta says Instagram will begin rolling out alerts next week in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada to notify parents if teenagers repeatedly search for terms related to suicide or self-harm, and the company said it will collect feedback as it refines how alerts are triggered.
