GoKawiilParton helped to fund Moderna’s early-stage vaccine research, among other philanthropic projects. Plus, causes and treatments for depression, and how AI-detection tools are pushing back against slop.
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Dolly Parton on stage at The Dominion Theatre in London, United Kingdom, in 1983.Credit: Pete Still/Redferns via Getty
Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80, leaving a legacy of music, philanthropy and science. She helped to fund Moderna’s early-stage vaccine research and filmed herself being vaccinated to help dispel hesitancy. And her Imagination Library programme sends more than three million books per month to children around the world. “Today is a sad day as we mourn an exceptional artist, a true champion of kindness, and ambassador of science and public health,” says Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization.
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More than 18,000 The number of images, found in the antibody catalogues of 15 companies, that seem to have been digitally altered, according to a scientific-integrity specialist. (Nature | 9 min read)
The next in China’s series of lunar probes, Chang’e-7, has been rescheduled at the last minute until 2027. The mission aims to arrive near the south pole — a rock- and crater-strewn region known for being challenging to land on — to hunt for water ice and study moonquakes. The China Manned Space Agency did not give a reason for the delay in its single-sentence announcement on Sunday.
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