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獨家報導：Cambridge 研究發現，社會環境壓力可能會影響身體在懷孕期間健康運作的能力。 研究發現，種族主義和匱乏造成的壓力，可能解釋了為何黑人女性在分娩過程中死亡的機率較高。 研究人員回顧了 44 項現有研究，探討了與妊娠結果惡化相關的三項生理途徑：氧化壓力、發炎以及子宮胎盤血管阻力，並發現黑人女性在這三項指標上的數值均較高。閱讀更多...

• Taylor Swift 於 4 月 28 日提交了新的商標申請，旨在 AI 生成內容激增的背景下保護她的聲音與形象。 • 此舉使 Swift 成為最新一位應對娛樂產業中 AI deepfake（深偽技術）風險的名人。 • 這些商標旨在數位威脅日益增加的環境中，為她的個人品牌提供保護。

Residents must sign in and out at a security gate, and vehicles and bags are routinely searchedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHundreds of evacuees from remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory have been housed behind temporary fences and denied visitors after being forced to evacuate their homes in the most vicious wet season on record.In March, the Daly River in the NT reached a record peak of 23.93 metres, forcing families from Palumpa and Nauiyu to flee for the second time in four weeks. Continue reading...

Tech giant accused of ‘cynical attempt to bust the union’ in decision to shutter location in Towson, MarylandWorkers at the first Apple store to unionize in the US are pushing back against the company’s decision to shut down the store by June, alleging the company’s decision is rooted in “a cynical attempt to bust the union”.On Monday, the union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Apple, alleging unionized employees at the store in Towson, Maryland, are being denied transfer rights and other rights compared with workers at non-unionized stores. The union is also alleging retaliation for being unionized. Continue reading...

Shooting reveals how political violence has become feature of American life on a night dedicated to press freedomAhead of this year’s White House correspondents’ dinner, conversations centered on the role of the media and freedom of the press as journalists prepared to dine with the president.Instead of a speech stacked with heated barbs against the media, the event ended like many in the US do: with gun violence. Continue reading...

Researchers find ‘alarming’ effect on fertility across global species from simultaneous exposuresSimultaneous exposure to toxic chemicals and climate change’s impacts likely generates an additive or synergistic effect that increases reproductive harm, and may contribute to the broad global drop in fertility, new peer-reviewed research finds.The review of scientific literature considers how endocrine-disrupting chemicals, often found in plastic, coupled with climate change’s effects, such as heat stress, are each linked to reductions in fertility and fecundity across global species – including in humans, wildlife and invertebrates. Continue reading...