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Obsessive compulsive disorder has many unknowns, including what causes it, why symptoms can differ so much between people, how medication and therapy for it actually work, and why treatment is effective for some people and not for others. In our newly published research, my colleagues and I made a step toward unraveling some of these mysteries by shedding light on the genetics of OCD.Obsessive compulsive disorder is one of the most impairing illnesses worldwide. Affecting about 1 in 50 people globally, OCD is among the top 10 causes of years lost to disability, leading to harmful effects on a person’s…

Elon Musk’s xAI has made an older version of its AI model Grok — specifically, the model weights used to shape Grok 2.5 —  available on the open source platform Hugging Face. “The @xAI Grok 2.5 model, which was our best model last year, is now open source,” Musk wrote on X. He added that Grok 3 “will be made open source in about 6 months.” AI engineer Tim Kellogg described the Grok license as “custom with some anti-competitive terms.” Grok, which is prominently featured on X (which in turn recently merged with xAI), has created considerable controversy this year,…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Blaney parked his car against the high-banked outside wall at Daytona International Speedway and floored it, spinning his rear tires and sending plumes of smoke into the grandstands as fireworks lit up the sky.It was a unusual celebration for the Team Penske star — he doesn’t usually do celebratory burnouts — and it might be the first of many down the stretch this year.Blaney closed NASCAR’s regular season with a flurry, winning at Daytona and moving into fourth place in the Cup Series points heading into the playoffs. He will open the postseason next…

Carson Wentz is back in the NFL and Sam Howell is on the move again.The Minnesota Vikings have signed Wentz to back up quarterback J.J. McCarthy and traded Howell to the Philadelphia Eagles.The reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles are sending a 2026 fifth-round pick and 2027 seventh-rounder to Minnesota for Howell and a 2027 sixth-rounder.Wentz, who spent last season backing up Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City, was the No. 2 overall pick by the Eagles in 2016. He finished third in NFL MVP voting the following season but tore his ACL in December and watched Nick Foles lead Philadelphia to…

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova made clear they didn’t love the idea of starting a Grand Slam tournament on a Sunday instead of a Monday when the French Open was the first to do it nearly 20 years ago and they were on the schedule for the new, earlier Day 1.Now that the trend has reached the U.S. Open this year, not every current player is exactly a proponent of the switch, either — even if the crowds were gathering on-site Sunday morning before the start of competition.“I hate the Sunday start,” said Jordan Thompson, an…

ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will be at the opening round of the high-charged Ryder Cup next month in New York, and he thinks U.S. captain Keegan Bradley should be playing.Trump posted on his social media site Saturday night he would be there on Friday, Sept. 26, for the start of three-day matches between the United States and Europe. He said he was invited by the PGA Tour, which does not run the event.A PGA of America spokesperson did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press seeking comment.Already the most raucous event in golf, this…

Few people know more about the best way to clean your mouth than Dagmar Else Slot and Fridus van der Weijden. This Dutch dental duo has authored more than 100 research papers together, and now they’re attempting something especially ambitious: writing the definitive guide to cleaning your teeth and gums.Slot, a dental hygienist, and van der Weijden, a dentist, have made this guide their life’s mission. They’ve been at it for 15 years, and they’re not done yet.Dagmar Else Slot and Fridus van der Weijden have authored more than 100 research papers on oral health and the best ways to…

To say Ancestry’s database is vast would be an understatement.”We’ve collected over 65 billion records across 80-plus countries,” Sriram Thiagarajan, the company’s chief technology officer and executive vice president of product and technology, told Business Insider. “Just to give a scale, that’s about 10,000 terabytes of data on our platform that we use to provide discoveries to our users.”The Utah-based genealogy company, founded in 1983, collects records to help people unearth their family roots.Those records include birth, death, marriage, census, military, land, immigration, and newspapers. Ancestry, which also offers consumer DNA test kits, collaborates with institutions like the National Archives…

Musk said the bid was about returning OpenAI to an “open-source, safety-focused force for good.”Altman dismissed the proposal, saying, “The company is not for sale, neither is the mission.””No thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want,” he posted on X, referring to Musk’s social media platform.Altman later spoke on Musk specifically, saying, “I don’t think he’s a happy person.””Probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity,” Altman told Bloomberg TV. “I feel for the guy. I really do. Actually, I don’t think he’s a happy person. I do feel for him.”Altman believes…

Hello, health enthusiasts! My name is Kaitlin, and I’m sharing the best wellness tips from around the internet this week.You’ve no doubt heard that the Mediterranean diet is one of the best eating plans you can follow, thanks to nutrient-rich options like olive oil, wild-caught salmon, nuts and seasonal veggies. But with grocery prices sky-high at the moment, many people may think the diet is financially out of reach. (After all, salmon and walnuts are not cheap!) This week, dietitian and Yahoo contributor Lauren Manaker wrote about the cost of the Mediterranean diet for Yahoo and shared some pointers on…