August 21, 2026
(BBC) – Some of the most prescribed medications, including those used to treat depression, ADHD and high blood pressure, can increase the risk of dehydration and other heat-related conditions. Many types of drugs used to treat mental health conditions, including … Read More
August 20, 2026
(Wired) – From granola to guacamole, a wide variety of foods have been recalled lately over salmonella risks. Experts say common-sense precautions go a long way. Just as the US’s explosive diarrhea situation is starting to improve, there seem to … Read More
August 20, 2026
(NYT) – The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users. OpenAI announced on Tuesday “ChatGPT for Teens,” a new mode in which the chatbot automatically limits some conversations to … Read More
August 20, 2026
(Reuters) – A former adviser to infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the COVID-19 pandemic. David Morens, who had worked … Read More
August 20, 2026
(Reuters) – Karen Morad went blind five years ago, yet on holiday in Kenya in June, the 16-year-old Cairo schoolgirl felt like she could suddenly see again thanks to an app developed by her brother that described the safari in … Read More
August 20, 2026
(Nature) – Proponents argue that the current system creates a false sense of precision, but critics fear that the change could increase political interference. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has proposed overhauling how it decides which research projects … Read More
August 20, 2026
(NYT) – Wispr Flow is supposed to make writing effortless and magical. So I “wrote” this column with it. I’m looking at the paragraphs above and I’m really itching to edit them. A lot of these sentences are bad. But … Read More
August 20, 2026
(NYT) – To meet the growing needs of his congregation, Justin Lester created an A.I. duplicate of himself. Every day he sees more people using it. Lester pulled up a video of the newest member of his congregation as a … Read More
August 20, 2026
(Science) – New study is among the first to quantify and explain slavery’s influence in contemporary U.S. health disparities Black people in the U.S. are already well-known to have a lower life expectancy at birth than white people, but the … Read More
August 19, 2026
(WSJ) – Moderna got a shot in the arm Wednesday after reporting that its personalized melanoma vaccine succeeded, in a large late-stage trial, at preventing cancer from coming back in high-risk patients. Investors cheered, as the company’s stock soared 177%. … Read More
August 19, 2026
(WSJ) – Results from a Merck-Moderna partnership validate years of research into a new approach to cancer treatment An experimental mRNA-based vaccine succeeded in preventing cancer from coming back or spreading in a study of high-risk melanoma patients, Moderna and … Read More
August 19, 2026
(WSJ) – In some markets, the retailer’s insurance products will integrate pharmacy, vision and hearing benefits The warehouse chain plans a limited rollout of Costco-branded Medicare plans, working with SCAN Group, a nonprofit insurer. Nationally, Medicare is a more than … Read More
August 19, 2026
(Independent) – AI has been used to uncover microscopic patterns within breast cancer tumours by scientists A newly developed artificial intelligence platform is uncovering previously unseen microscopic patterns within breast cancer tumours, allowing medical professionals to better forecast the progression … Read More
August 19, 2026
(Futurism) – “If writing is thinking, then any part of the struggle that is outsourced to technology amounts to relinquishing some freedom to perceive.” Students across the country are using AI models to complete assignments and write entire essays. Some … Read More
August 19, 2026
(KERA) – The child was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome — a rare congenital heart defect where the left side of the heart doesn’t develop fully about 20 weeks into the pregnancy. After learning about the diagnosis, the couple … Read More
August 19, 2026
(NYT) – All of this was done outside high containment, two rungs short of the sort of precautions reserved for the deadliest pathogens. Leading virologists rang the alarm, saying that the level of safety was inadequate for a new virus … Read More
August 19, 2026
(NYT) – The tech mogul is trying to design the blueprint for defying death. For my final episode as host of “Interesting Times,” I wanted a fitting finale — a conversation that encapsulates the ambition of this show: examining how … Read More
August 19, 2026
(Wired) – People with schizophrenia face a perfect storm of dangers on a hotter planet. The root cause of these deaths isn’t just the stigma, social isolation, and lack of decent housing that often accompany life with schizophrenia; nor is … Read More
August 18, 2026
(The Conversation) – My research suggests that this framing misses what is actually happening. I conducted 68 in-depth interviews with adults who went no-contact with a parent, sibling, grandparent or other relative. (All participant names, including Luna’s, are pseudonyms used … Read More
August 18, 2026
(Wired) – Researchers found that a metabolite produced by gut bacteria can weaken the barrier that protects the brain and promote changes associated with the cognitive disease. For years, scientists have known that the gut microbiome of people with Alzheimer’s … Read More
August 18, 2026
(NYT) – A June heat wave in Belgium and neighboring countries exposed a lethal lack of readiness. That’s a risk as another wave hits Europe. Seniors died in stifling apartments. Emergency calls were left on hold. Doctors treated an onslaught … Read More
August 18, 2026
(Wired) – Z.ai’s latest AI model release could help companies secure their systems—or find its way into the hands of hackers. It’s now even easier to find—and exploit—vulnerabilities in computer systems using AI. Last Friday, the Chinese AI company Z.ai … Read More
August 18, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Technology may shape how and what we learn, but the act of learning itself is deeply human. Children still learn long division even though calculators exist, and many people continue to study languages even as AI translation … Read More
August 18, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – When we set out to talk to kids about artificial intelligence, we thought we knew what we’d hear. We expected some to tell us they were using it to cheat a little, the way Millennials and … Read More
August 18, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Sitting in Xander’s room watching Moxie and Xander talk, I too could believe in the potential Scassellati sees. But Xander isn’t getting the therapy Moxie was initially meant to deliver, and though we didn’t know it … Read More
