May 27, 2026
(AP) – Fred Kerley ran 100 meters in a pedestrian 9.97 seconds Sunday night to win the Enhanced Games in a race where the sprinters had to be placed in the starting blocks four times because of false starts and … Read More
May 27, 2026
(NYT) – I’ve seen Ebola up close. I got it while treating patients in West Africa in 2014. I know how destructive the disease can be — and how unprepared we are for its return. After the 2014 outbreak, which … Read More
May 27, 2026
(BBC) – Scientists at Oxford University are developing a new vaccine that could be ready for clinical trials within two to three months to help tackle the Ebola emergency. The outbreak, centred on the Democratic Republic of Congo, has resulted … Read More
May 27, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – As you might expect, the event is generating a mix of curiosity, excitement, and condemnation from various quarters. To me, it feels like very much a reflection of where we are today—an era of peptide-crazed looksmaxxing … Read More
May 26, 2026
(STAT News) – Advisory offers ways to reduce exposure, including bell-to-bell school bans, tech design changes Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is issuing a U.S. surgeon general’s advisory urging families, schools, and providers to reduce children’s screen time, according … Read More
May 26, 2026
(WSJ) – New studies suggest drugs like Ozempic, Zepbound might slow tumor progression and improve survival; more research needed to confirm finding A suite of four new studies suggest that people taking so-called GLP-1 drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and … Read More
May 26, 2026
(Newsweek) – Doctors decided to place her in a medically induced coma. But while the paralytic drugs worked, Millie said the sedative did not fully take effect, leaving her aware of what was happening around her despite being unable to … Read More
May 26, 2026
(AP) – People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior … Read More
May 26, 2026
(NPR) – When abortion restrictions are in the news, as they have been for several weeks, research shows that many Americans take that as a signal to stock up on abortion medications even if they’re not pregnant. Now, for the … Read More
May 26, 2026
(The Hill) – Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield said Wednesday he suspects the spreading Ebola outbreak in Africa will spread across three new countries and become a “very significant pandemic.” “I suspect this is … Read More
May 25, 2026
(Nature) – When cognitive scientist Félix Schoeller met Joshua White, the founder of a psychedelic support phone line, at a conference in 2024, they immediately hit it off. The two developed an idea for an artificial-intelligence-powered tool called Lucy, to … Read More
May 25, 2026
(The New Atlantis) – The new doped Olympics are not about what we can do but what tech titans can do to us. The boundary between the leisurely exercise of human strength for its own sake and its exercise due … Read More
May 25, 2026
(WSJ) – Artificial food dyes have long been suspected to be harmful to your health. But new research shows that some of the natural color additives being turned to as alternatives are associated with an increased risk of Type 2 … Read More
May 25, 2026
(NPR) – The COVID-19 pandemic introduced people across the U.S. to a global health emergency that they may have never imagined. That experience is coloring how some people are thinking about Ebola and hantavirus, public health and infectious disease experts … Read More
May 25, 2026
(IEEE Spectrum) – A single breakthrough AI moment in robotics may not be the answer Over the next few decades, billions of autonomous, AI-powered robots will work alongside people in factories, perform tedious tasks in warehouses, care for the elderly, … Read More
May 22, 2026
(Washington Post via Yahoo!) – So he and his colleagues recruited 94 extreme runners, ages 35 to 50. Each had completed at least five marathons or two ultras (meaning any race longer than a standard 26.2-mile marathon). The runners underwent … Read More
May 22, 2026
(Nature) – rtificial intelligence is poised to take on a more-active role in the laboratory: two new systems, described today in Nature use teams of AI agents to develop hypotheses, propose experiments and analyse data. Each system still relies on … Read More
May 22, 2026
(WSJ) – As millions flock to GLP-1s, doctors warn the drugs can cause rapid and significant muscle loss Obesity rates are falling, the volume of food consumed in America is declining and retailers report a slump in sales of plus-size … Read More
May 22, 2026
(Futurism) – “All AI scribe systems from the 20 approved vendors showed one or more inaccuracies at the procurement testing phase.” If you’ve been to a medical appointment in the past two or three years, chances are high that your … Read More
May 22, 2026
(Nature) – It’s hard to imagine that a snail could kill a person, but a particularly venomous group of marine molluscs called cone snails can. Their stings contain a cocktail of small proteins called conotoxins, some of which can block … Read More
May 21, 2026
(Cover Media via Yahoo!) – Pope Leo XIV has announced the creation of a Vatican commission dedicated to artificial intelligence and its impact on society. (Watch Here)
May 21, 2026
(Wired) – Climate change is contributing to the conditions driving a rodent boom—dubbed a ratada—in Argentina. The hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has created a global public health crisis. But the driver of it is a rodent … Read More
May 21, 2026
(After Babel) – As a social psychologist, I’m used to speaking to academic audiences, making arguments from evidence. This was different. I spoke to the graduates — members of Gen Z — to offer advice about how to flourish in … Read More
May 21, 2026
(NPR) – For years, schools nationwide have struggled with hiring and retaining special educators. In the 2024-25 school year, 45 states reported special education teacher shortages, and staff turnover is worse in schools that largely serve low-income students, like Riverview. … Read More
May 21, 2026
(KFF Health News) – Such centers are known as crisis pregnancy centers or pregnancy resource centers. They offer limited resources and medical services to pregnant women and aim to dissuade them from having abortions. Healthcare groups including the American College … Read More
