October 22, 2026
(WSJ) – New data shows cost of family health plan grew 5%, while workers’ contributions increased by 9% Corporate America is getting hit by healthcare sticker shock—and companies are passing a greater share of the cost on to workers. The … Read More
October 22, 2026
(NYT) – Certain viruses attack bacteria and can sometimes clear antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers said they had tailored a virus to attack one patient’s illness. For the first time, scientists say they have used viruses designed by artificial intelligence to treat … Read More
October 22, 2026
(CNN) – Flu season is picking up months ahead of schedule with a mutated virus spreading in some parts of the United States, surprising some people who might not even be thinking about their annual flu shots yet. This year, … Read More
October 21, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – An exclusive interview with Nick Cammarata, the researcher whose 26,000-word viral blog post has AI safety folks celebrating. “I think I have good news about the nature of neural networks.” With those simple words of optimism, … Read More
October 21, 2026
(IB Times) – As corporate data changes hands, workers face a troubling question: Who really owns their digital footprints? Companies are increasingly licensing workplace emails, Slack messages, and internal documents to AI developers, creating a lucrative market that some employees … Read More
October 21, 2026
(The Independent) – The introduction of cryotechnology in the 1950s changed things forever In other European countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands, an estimated 60% of children born after sperm donation were conceived using Danish sperm. In Denmark itself, … Read More
October 21, 2026
(WSJ) – America’s nurses are more educated than ever and can command six-figure salaries. Most have their bachelor’s degree. Their income has boomed since the pandemic to a median $97,550 a year, and their hands-on work isn’t easily automated away. … Read More
October 21, 2026
(Wired) – It’s the latest in a growing wave of bets that AI companies are making on brain data. OpenAI’s venture capital arm as well as Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund are investing in Coherence Neuro, a startup developing a brain … Read More
October 21, 2026
(CNN) – A simple selfie could hold surprising clues to your overall health and longevity, especially among people with cancer. Researchers at Mass General Brigham in Boston have developed artificial intelligence models that they saycan predict a cancer patient’s biological … Read More
October 20, 2026
(Wired) – The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don’t yet have the data to properly decode it. These algorithms don’t worry about the complicated regulatory stuff … Read More
October 20, 2026
(Nature) – When I acquired a copy of the book A Mother’s Brain by neuroscientist Susana Carmona, I thought: at last, a book about what happens to your brain during pregnancy. I recalled how I’d realized in 1997, when I … Read More
October 20, 2026
(NYT) – More people are turning to artificial intelligence for help making personal decisions. What does that cost us? Myra Cheng, a Stanford researcher who studies computer science, told me she understood the appeal. “It’ll never judge you, and it’s … Read More
October 20, 2026
(CNBC) – Amazon, Google and other makers of voice-activated smart speakers faced similar privacy concerns when their devices first hit the market, in some cases leading to lawsuits and regulatory fines. But this new generation of AI devices is also … Read More
October 20, 2026
(Vox) – How “deadbots” might reshape grief. It’s now possible to create AI chatbots of loved ones to interact with after their death. But that raises some difficult questions, like: If you do, how might the experience shape your grief? … Read More
October 20, 2026
(WSJ) – Health trackers can now alert you to shifts you can’t feel. Doctors warn the data might give you anxiety—or a false sense of security. Nearly half of U.S. adults—over 119 million people—have high blood pressure, according to the … Read More
October 20, 2026
(BMJ) – A laboratory worker’s death from unexplained pneumonia exposes how little information is known and shared about high risk pathogen work, writes Ashish Jha This problem extends well beyond Russia. National biosafety rules and reporting systems differ across countries … Read More
October 19, 2026
(The Guardian) – Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict a cancer patient’s chances of survival from a single photograph of their face. The AI system was custom-built by experts at Mass General Brigham, a nonprofit, integrated … Read More
October 19, 2026
(WSJ) – The alarms keep patients from getting sleep and overwhelm nurses. Now, researchers are making alarms smarter and less annoying. For hospital patients, the incessant beeping and buzzing of alarms from monitors, pumps and other devices can make sleep … Read More
October 19, 2026
(Wired) – Powerful AI models continue to cause chaos, but their targets aren’t widely seeking justice. Instead, they’re being encouraged to adopt those same tools. Knowingly providing fictitious information about a crime to police is a misdemeanor in Pennsylvania, but … Read More
October 19, 2026
(The Atlantic) – The virus used to deliver healing DNA in gene therapy is under renewed scrutiny. In recent months, news came out about several distressing cases that have underscored the risks of gene therapy, which delivers DNA to a … Read More
October 19, 2026
(WSJ) – Artificial-intelligence industry’s phenomenal rate of growth means claims have potential to outpace limits on existing coverage A string of artificial-intelligence safety incidents is exposing a gaping hole for the fast-growing industry: the lack of available insurance. Rogue agents … Read More
October 16, 2026
(Mere Orthodoxy) – The advice to “use AI like a tool, not a person,” is insufficient. The very nature of the product is personal because the medium is personified. And as the latest friendship statistics keep repeating: we live in … Read More
October 16, 2026
(Washington Post) – Studies show that artificial intelligence can distort memories, raising questions about what happens when machines become keepers of the past. New research that involves perception of political events, crimes and even new movies suggests AI-generated images and … Read More
October 16, 2026
(NYT) – A Russian researcher, who died from an unknown illness, worked at a remote anti-plague facility. Few foreigners have visited these labs, which dot the former Soviet states, and are shrouded in secrecy. The institute in Irkutsk never functioned … Read More
October 16, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – One day human organs could also be banked safely for future transplantation. Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been successfully rewarmed and shown to work again … Read More
