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Improve balance and coordination by doing this at-home mobility test, recommended by a doctor

Improve balance and coordination by doing this at-home mobility test, recommended by a doctor

Published by Jenni Sidey

One of the biggest concerns of my older personal training clients is falling. Age-related muscle loss, known as sarcopenia, along with a natural decline in bone density puts seniors more at risk of falls and injuries. But there is something you can do about it. No matter your age, adding regular balance drills to your week can make a difference—and it’s easier to improve than you might think. I spoke to Dr Rahul Shah, board-certified orthopedic spine and neck surgeon at Premier Orthopaedic Associates, who said the one-legged sock-and-shoe test is a good place to start. Latest Videos From You may like This simple at-home mobility and stability assessment involves standing on one leg while, you guessed it, putting on your socks and shoes. Sometimes called the old man test, it’s used by healthcare professionals to monitor balance, hip mobility and core strength for people of any age. “The benefits of this functional movement is improving balance and coordination when standing on one leg. Its mastery will help to prevent falls and/or improve bracing when …

Higher-Ed Decries Federal ‘Earnings Test’ That Could Decimate Arts Education

Higher-Ed Decries Federal ‘Earnings Test’ That Could Decimate Arts Education

Published by Jenni Sidey

The Department of Education has proposed a new “accountability” system that would judge higher-education programs largely by graduates’ earnings, prompting concern from liberal arts institutions and education advocates who argue that this is a test that music, visual arts, and filmmaking programs would, by their nature, be likely to fail. The proposed guidelines, known as the Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability rule, are intended to provide students with information about the costs and economic prospects of their intended degree programs while, as the name implies, holding those programs accountable for their graduates’ outcomes. The framework would apply across higher education, and programs whose graduates fail to meet its earnings benchmark in two out of three years could lose eligibility for federal student loans.  Related Articles The consequences for students enrolled at the time of such a ruling remain uncertain, but critics warn they could be forced to transfer to other programs, institutions, or fields of study. Over time, critics add, the system could threaten the viability of smaller academic departments and …

Mercedes CLA EV delivers nearly 400 miles range in real-world test

Mercedes CLA EV delivers nearly 400 miles range in real-world test

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The Mercedes-Benz CLA EV 350 has an EPA-estimated driving range of 312 miles, but in the real world, it drove close to 400 miles on a single charge. Mercedes CLA EV beats EPA range during real-world test Mercedes calls it the “one-liter car” of the electric age for a reason. The 2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA EV is one of the longest-range EVs in the US, offering a blend of efficiency, luxury, and performance at a reasonable price. It’s available in two variations: A 250+ rear-wheel-drive (RWD) and the more powerful 350 4MATIC all-wheel-drive (AWD) model. Powered by an 85 kWh battery pack, the 2026 Mercedes CLA EV 350 4MATIC and 250+ have EPA-estimated driving ranges of 312 miles and 374 miles, respectively. Advertisement – scroll for more content While 300 miles is more than enough for an average week (or two) commute in the US, the electric sedan can drive much further than its official EPA range ratings imply. During Edmunds recent EV Range Test, the 2026 Mercedes CLA 350 EV drove 385 miles on a …

Yes, poppy seeds can make you fail a drug test

Yes, poppy seeds can make you fail a drug test

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. The opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) has a weird double life. The plant’s seeds give a tasty, nutty flavor to bagels, breads, and cakes in bakeries around the world. But the plant’s seed pods also give the class A drug heroin its numbing and euphoric effects.  That’s because the seed pods exude a milky substance called latex, which is rich in natural chemicals called opiates, such as morphine. Dried-out poppy latex is called opium, and the chemicals it contains can be used as medical-grade painkillers or processed to make street drugs like heroin.  This doesn’t mean that your next deli bagel is going to send you into a stupor, because processed poppy seeds are carefully washed of any residual latex. But the washing process …

I set 10 honesty traps for Claude Opus 4.8 – and a legal test broke it

I set 10 honesty traps for Claude Opus 4.8 – and a legal test broke it

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David Gewirtz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Claude Opus 4.8 handled uncertainty better than 4.7. Multiple AIs helped cross-check the test results. Even honest AIs can still rationalize bad assumptions. Last week, Anthropic released its latest frontier large language model, Claude Opus 4.8. One of the signature features of this new release is that it is more honest and “has noticeably better judgment” than previous releases. Also: Anthropic launches Opus 4.8, with honesty as its killer feature But is that true? In this article, we put this claim to the test.  Before I take you through the whole testing process and some detailed results, let me bottom-line it for you. In some ways, Opus 4.8 is better than the previous Opus 4.7 model. Opus 4.7 itself is quite capable. However, I found a whopping judgment error in Opus 4.8, proving that Anthropic still has a way to go before we can completely trust Claude’s judgment. Creating the tests I used OpenAI’s ChatGPT Codex to help construct the …

A Viral YouTube Show About an Unhinged AI Is Hitting Theaters. It’s a Big Test for Hollywood

A Viral YouTube Show About an Unhinged AI Is Hitting Theaters. It’s a Big Test for Hollywood

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The fandom of The Amazing Digital Circus has had a rough few weeks on the internet. Ever since Glitch Productions, the independent animation studio behind the web series, announced in early April that the finale would be released in theaters rather than on YouTube, fans have been simultaneously speculating about how the show might end and avoiding anyone claiming to have details about the final episode, whether they’re real or not. “We’re looking for new mods to help us with spoilers,” reads the pinned post at the top of r/tadc, a popular Amazing Digital Circus subreddit. “Subreddit update: Leaks and controversies,” reads another. Below, a sea of memes, fan art, and restless anticipation. The Amazing Digital Circus has been building toward this since Glitch posted the first episode in late 2023. An animated series about six people trapped in a virtual world overseen by an AI ringmaster with a god complex, its characters—all cartoonish avatars who can’t remember their real-world names—struggle to form bonds in their absurd circumstances. Under its wry humor is a story …

Breakthrough gene test could help many women with breast cancer avoid chemotherapy

Breakthrough gene test could help many women with breast cancer avoid chemotherapy

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Breast cancer treatment has come a long way, but one of the hardest questions has always been: who really needs chemotherapy, and who can safely do without it? Chemotherapy saves lives, but it also comes with serious side-effects and long‑term risks. A new study, presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago, shows that a DNA‑based test of the tumour can help two‑thirds of certain breast cancer patients safely avoid chemotherapy without significantly compromising their long-term outcomes. Here’s what you need to know. What is the new genetic test for breast cancer? The new approach uses a genetic test to measure the activity of a set of cancer-related genes in the tumour. Instead of just looking at the cancer under a microscope, the test looks inside the cancer cells and measures how strongly certain genes are switched …

Therapy Is Not a Pill, So Why Do We Test It Like One?

Therapy Is Not a Pill, So Why Do We Test It Like One?

Published by Jenni Sidey

How many therapies can you think of, off the top of your head? Psychoanalysis probably, but you might also have heard of existential, humanistic, integrative, creative, and body therapies. And then there’s the therapies you might not have heard of like family constellations, internal family systems, transactional analysis, and gestalt therapy. But if you’ve tried to get therapy recently, particularly through a public healthcare system like the National Health Service in the UK or via Medicare in Australia, there’s a good chance you would only have been offered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. That’s also what you’re most likely to have been recommended if you tried to access therapy through private health insurance or an Employee Assistance Program. I believe Cognitive Behavioural Therapy’s prevalence is not due to it being uncontroversially better than other therapies. Instead, it’s a complicated story about how we evaluate whether something works, what it even means to say it ‘works’, how medical research is funded and how decisions about which interventions to fund are made. It’s a story about Randomised Controlled Trials …

Trump says cognitive test proves “extreme intelligence,” doctors disagree

Trump says cognitive test proves “extreme intelligence,” doctors disagree

Published by Sam Flores

President Donald Trump is again highlighting his performance on a cognitive screening exam as evidence of what he called “extreme intelligence,” following the release of a White House medical summary of his latest physical. The condensed memo of the exam, issued by the White House physician after Trump’s annual examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, states that his cognitive function, assessed using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), was “within normal limits” with a score of 30 out of 30. “President Trump remains in excellent health.” pic.twitter.com/2VRiDJvINO — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 30, 2026 Trump, however, framed the result differently in a Truth Social post, writing that he “scored a perfect 30 out of 30, considered ‘extreme intelligence,’” and calling for future presidential and vice-presidential candidates to undergo similar “high difficulty” testing. The MoCA is a widely used cognitive screening tool designed to assess memory, attention, language, visuospatial skills and other areas of cognitive function. Medical experts say it is intended to identify potential signs of cognitive impairment and determine whether further evaluation may …

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during engine-firing test in Florida

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during engine-firing test in Florida

Published by Sam Flores

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