April 8, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – The data remains sparse: An analysis published last year found that just a tiny fraction of the more than 40,000 autism papers published between 1980 and 2021 included people over 50. But the number of … Read More
April 8, 2026
(NYT) – An analysis of hundreds of images from several studies shows how hallucinogenic drugs drive activity in various regions of the brain. Their findings, published on Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, suggest that psychedelics prompt a welter of … Read More
April 8, 2026
(NPR) – “There is a lot of fear and anxiety about AI,” says psychologist Vaile Wright, senior director of health care innovation at the American Psychological Association (APA). “And in particular fear around AI replacing jobs.” Those concerns were a … Read More
April 8, 2026
(NYT) – Eliminating outreach to people with severe mental illness set off such a cascade of bad outcomes that Idaho has scrambled to reverse the cuts. His was the first death, but not the last, among the Idahoans who lost … Read More
April 7, 2026
(NPR) – For this study, researchers surveyed 168 patients waiting to see a clinician to receive medication abortion. “If they were interested and eligible to participate in the study, they looked at a box that is kind of like a … Read More
April 7, 2026
(WSJ) – A big reason is the high prices Americans pay for surgeries and drugs Americans spend more on healthcare than anyone else in the world. Just insuring a family here costs nearly $27,000 a year, enough to buy a … Read More
April 7, 2026
(Compact Magazine) – Last April, 600 people gathered for a technology policy conference in downtown Washington, DC. The main speaker, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, laid out what he called the “San Francisco consensus”: the view that “within three to … Read More
April 7, 2026
(Florida Today) – A Florida doctor entangled in an embryo mixup lawsuit is being sued by another patient claiming he used a “severely mentally ill” woman as a surrogate. Dr. Milton McNichol, along with Fertility Center of Orlando, IVF Life, … Read More
April 7, 2026
(Science) – The ERROR project tried enticing reviewers with payments. Now, it’s launching a journal—and promising papers as rewards A project that offers researchers a cash bounty for finding mistakes in published scientific papers has run into trouble: It can’t … Read More
April 7, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Online communities focused on health anxiety—an umbrella term for excessive worrying about illness or bodily sensations—are filling up with conversations about ChatGPT and other AI tools. Some say it makes them spiral more than ever, while others … Read More
April 6, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – You can hire a death doula anytime after a terminal diagnosis, but it’s more common during hospice care, which is end-of-life care for people with a life expectancy of six months or less that focuses … Read More
April 6, 2026
(The Walrus) – There’s chaos in the waiting room. A glance at FirstNet, the app we use to track patients, shows that forty-three people have been triaged by nurses and are waiting to be seen. Nine have minor issues, such … Read More
April 6, 2026
(Law & Liberty) – Glenn Hughes’s posthumous book is a reminder of the philosophical sources for the conception of human dignity that ought to define our political tradition. Glenn “Chip” Hughes, longtime professor of philosophy at St. Mary’s University in … Read More
April 6, 2026
(Axios) – Without a federal law, surrogacy in the U.S. is governed by a patchwork of state regulations/ Why it matters: Confusing, varied local rules can determine everything from whether agreements are legally binding to who is recognized as a … Read More
April 6, 2026
(Axios) – For the first time, Medicare is covering some cannabis products under a pilot program that opens up more of the nearly $30 billion hemp industry to seniors. Why it matters: The effort is part of a White House … Read More
April 6, 2026
(Axios) – OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is doing something no tech titan has ever done: He’s publishing a detailed blueprint for how government should tax, regulate and redistribute the wealth from the very technology he’s racing to build and spread. … Read More
April 6, 2026
(WSJ) – As the AI-generated imagery and video colloquially called slop spreads across social media and video feeds, marketers are going out of their way to tell consumers they’re not to blame. For some, it’s part of a message about … Read More
April 3, 2026
(WSJ) – Drugmaker’s pill will take on a rival from Novo Nordisk in the booming multibillion-dollar obesity drug market The weight-loss pill wars start now. Eli Lilly’s once-daily pill for weight loss got approval from U.S. drug regulators Wednesday. The … Read More
April 3, 2026
(NBC News) – The Fertility Center of Orlando is shutting down several months after a couple sued it following the birth of a baby who isn’t genetically related to them. A Florida fertility center is closing several months after a … Read More
April 3, 2026
(Conversing Podcast) – We might be living through the most consequential technological moment in human history. In this episode, Greg Cootsona—theologian, pastor, and executive director of AI and Faith—joins Mark Labberton reflect on a lifetime’s convergence of work in faith, … Read More
April 3, 2026
(NDTV) – The Slack messages began arriving at 5:47 a.m. on a recent Monday. Three sales proposals had gone out the previous week, and none of the team members had scheduled follow-ups. The reminders were crisp, professional and relentless – … Read More
April 3, 2026
(WSJ) – Legislation that could be enacted this spring would pause construction of large new data centers until November 2027 Maine is poised to freeze large data-center construction, which would make it the first state to enact such a measure … Read More
April 3, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – There’s a clear demand for chatbots that provide health advice, given how hard it is for many people to access it through existing medical systems. And some research suggests that current LLMs are capable of making … Read More
April 2, 2026
(NYT) – States ranging from California to Utah are taking steps to place guardrails on the technology even after the president ordered them to stop. The battle over who should regulate A.I. is turning into an epic clash between Mr. … Read More
April 2, 2026
(Wired) – In a recent experiment, researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz asked Google’s artificial intelligence model Gemini 3 to help clear up space on a computer system. This involved deleting a bunch of stuff—including a smaller AI … Read More
