Real-world data (RWD) is transforming clinical research, augmenting existing randomized controlled trial (RCT) data to de-risk studies and improve generalizability. With regulators setting clearer ...

One ball on a Plinko board is unpredictable. Drop a thousand and they form a near-perfect bell curve—one of math’s most powerful ideas for 150+ years.

In the everyday world, governed by classical physics, the concept of equilibrium reigns. If you put a drop of ink into water, ...

Survival analysis anticipates the expected lifespans of individuals as well as the timing of other events. Learn about its pros and cons.

Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

Introduction Cigarette companies have stated their intent to transition from selling cigarettes to selling less harmful products, such as e-cigarettes. We examine trends in US cigarette marketing ...

Every day, millions of people input prompts (whether questions or instructions) into AI tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, DALL-E, or Meta AI. Recently, media coverage highlighted what seemed ...

Multifidelity optimization can inform decision-making during process development and reduce the number of experiments ...

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the effects of long-term and habitual physical activity on mortality and long-term care insurance (LTCI) certification among cancer survivors using a ...

Introduction Dyspnoea is an existentially burdensome symptom in patients with advanced and progressive diseases such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and advanced heart failure.

Polygenic indices related to the best-established social, psychological, and behavioural mortality risk phenotypes had the strongest associations with mortality.