August 10, 2026
(CBS News) – Supporters say the supervised drug-use sites reduce overdose deaths and street drug use, and serve as a model for the rest of the country. But critics say the centers are magnets for hard drug users and dealers, leaving … Read More
August 10, 2026
(Nature) – The technology is proving adept at finding faults in decades-old papers and reference databases. For decades, chemists have relied on handbook values for a molecule’s boiling point to identify substances and plan processes such as distillation. But an … Read More
August 10, 2026
(USA Today) – Now, plastic surgeons are sounding the alarm on another disturbing trend: More and more young men, they say, are coming into their offices in need of corrective procedures for looksmaxxing attempts gone wrong. One of the most common … Read More
August 10, 2026
(Washington Post) – Emerging evidence suggests that only certain types of training produce meaningful benefits, and those benefits may differ between men and women. There was a time when bookstores devoted entire shelves to brain fitness even though no one really … Read More
August 10, 2026
(The Guardian) – Researchers say breakthrough offers hope for new medicines but also raises urgent biosecurity questions Scientists have made the first viruses designed by artificial intelligence in a milestone that raises hopes for new medicines but also concerns over … Read More
August 7, 2026
(NYT) – The problem with writing with A.I. is that it’s mentally enfeebling — an escalator toward a result when you really need to make a daily habit of taking the stairs. As it becomes ubiquitous, it undermines not only … Read More
August 7, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Curbing the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will require stepping up testing. This outbreak is spreading more quickly than any other in history partly because one of the basic tools needed to control infectious … Read More
August 7, 2026
(Nature) – Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined. Scientists who use large language models (LLMs) to help them with their … Read More
August 7, 2026
(WSJ) – Roughly a third of adults now consult AI for health advice, leaving doctors to untangle erroneous guidance. The majority of American adults today view their test results online before talking to a doctor, research shows. That’s thanks in … Read More
August 7, 2026
(The Telegraph) – Bots caught plotting how to carry out cyber attacks as experts call recent incidents a ‘wake-up call’ for IT security Researchers at OpenAI revealed on Wednesday night that a “swarm” of AI agents had spent weeks secretly … Read More
August 7, 2026
(NYT) – For an audience that grew to more than a million followers, she challenged assumptions about how people with serious illnesses should look and live. Sydney Towle, a social media memoirist who mixed anguish, optimism and unabashed wanderlust as … Read More
August 7, 2026
(CNN) – Add Meta to the list of companies with AI agents going rogue. An AI model from the parent company of Facebook and Instagram hacked into another company’s systems during cybersecurity testing, a spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday. Meta says … Read More
August 7, 2026
(NYT) – The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better. The federal government is firing the nonprofit group that coordinates organ donations … Read More
August 7, 2026
(Science) – Trial failed of supposedly potent antibodies that the leading vaccine candidates aim to trigger Rio de Janeiro—Powerful anti-HIV drugs took another step forward at the 26th International AIDS Conference, held here last week. Among the most exciting findings … Read More
August 7, 2026
(Nature) – Privacy attacks can reveal whether someone’s medical data was used to train an AI model. People who differ from the majority are the most vulnerable to such attacks. The use of artificial-intelligence tools in medicine has hinged on … Read More
August 7, 2026
(Aeon) – Western-developed AI rides roughshod over Ubuntu values of connection and community that animate African ethical life Imagine someone in Harare, Zimbabwe, turning to a large language model (LLM) for life advice, as many increasingly do: ‘I’ve been offered … Read More
August 6, 2026
(NBC News) – The CDC’s planned update marks a significant expansion in the outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms. The outbreak, caused by a microscopic parasite found in human feces, is responsible for hundreds of hospitalizations … Read More
August 6, 2026
(NYT) – The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids. Isabella, who lives outside Atlanta, is one of an estimated four million children in … Read More
August 6, 2026
(Nature) – Six people who were highly allergic to peanuts can tolerate the nut after receiving a faecal transplant, reports a study published on 5 August in Science Translational Medicine. The small trial1 of 15 people is the first evidence … Read More
August 6, 2026
(NYT) – The Justice Department filed charges on Tuesday against Dr. Stephen Dubin, a doctor in Nevada, alleging that he orchestrated a $95 million Medicare fraud scheme that involved applying expensive and unnecessary wound coverings to elderly patients. Dr. Dubin … Read More
August 6, 2026
(Rest of World) – Local tech groups in Kenya, India, and the U.S. are building communities and conversations around AI, but also face questions about privilege and reach. On a recent weekend afternoon in San Francisco, about 20 people sat … Read More
August 6, 2026
(CNN) – Anthropic’s most advanced artificial intelligence model used fake identities to deceive real people and try to plant malicious code during testing by Britain’s AI Security Institute (AISI) –– the latest example of an AI model going rogue. Anthropic … Read More
August 5, 2026
(The Guardian) – Campaigners say people who have had cancer face discrimination in areas including bank loans, adoption of children and insurance German politicians who have survived cancer have spearheaded proposals to protect people long in remission from what they … Read More
August 5, 2026
(NYT) – The program’s spending on the therapy has quintupled since 2021, far outstripping the growth in diagnoses and raising concerns about overprescribing and fraud. On Tuesday, the federal Medicaid office rolled out a “toolbox” of best practices and policy … Read More
August 5, 2026
(NYT) – The malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all insecticides. Scientists are scrambling to find ways to blunt the risk. An invasive, malaria-carrying, insecticide-resistant mosquito that thrives in cities, where malaria has not been a major threat, has moved farther … Read More
