November 3, 2025
(New York Times) – Online harassers are generating images and sounds that simulate their victims in violent situations. There was the picture of herself hanging from a noose, dead. And another of herself ablaze, screaming. The posts were part of … Read More
November 3, 2025
(Nature) – In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefited one child. Now researchers plan to launch a clinical trial of the approach. Late last year, dozens of researchers spanning thousands of miles banded together in a race to … Read More
November 3, 2025
(WSJ) – A new sporting competition is enticing athletes to openly use performance-enhancing drugs and break records with million-dollar paychecks. Is it a grotesque spectacle or pushing the boundaries of human achievement? With investors that include venture capitalist Peter Thiel … Read More
November 3, 2025
(WSJ) – It was so much easier to have a conversation with a chatbot than a human being. But the more I talked to AI, the less I talked to everybody else. Talking to an AI every day satisfied my … Read More
October 31, 2025
(New York Times) – The lawsuit follows claims by President Trump that linked acetaminophen taken by pregnant women to autism, a connection that is unproven. The Texas lawsuit claims that the companies knowingly withheld evidence from consumers about Tylenol’s links … Read More
October 31, 2025
(Knowable Magazine) – Anyone with a computer has been asked to “select every image containing a traffic light” or “type the letters shown below” to prove that they are human. While these log-in hurdles — called reCAPTCHA tests — may … Read More
October 31, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – A West Coast biotech entrepreneur says he’s secured $30 million to form a public-benefit company to study how to safely create genetically edited babies, marking the largest known investment into the taboo technology. The new company, … Read More
October 31, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Preventing the common cold is extremely tricky—but not impossible. We all got our flu jabs a month ago. Why couldn’t we get a vaccine to protect us against the common cold, too? Scientists have been working … Read More
October 31, 2025
(The New Republic) – In a pop-up city off the coast of Honduras, longevity startups are trying to fast-track anti-aging drugs. Is this the future of medical research? In July 2024, I flew to a pop-up city named Vitalia that … Read More
October 31, 2025
(New York Times) – Why are so many families in Lehigh Valley losing custody of their children? When Neary investigated the doctor’s past, she found a history of similar complaints spanning three decades and multiple states. Her reporting examined court … Read More
October 31, 2025
(WSJ) – 1X’s Neo wants to be your housekeeper. First, it needs to be controlled by a human in your home. Cool with you? Neo’s creator, 1X Technologies, is making the Rosie-the-Robot dream: some of the first humanoid housekeepers. Starting … Read More
October 31, 2025
(The Guardian) – Lawyer says ‘difficult to understand’ rules on storage consent led to confusion and left clients ‘in limbo’ A group of at least 15 fertility patients are taking legal action to prevent their frozen embryos being destroyed as … Read More
October 30, 2025
(AP) – Judges around the world are dealing with a growing problem: legal briefs that were generated with the help of artificial intelligence and submitted with errors such as citations to cases that don’t exist, according to attorneys and court … Read More
October 30, 2025
(New York Times) – Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty. Confronted with allegations that they had cheated in an introductory … Read More
October 30, 2025
(ABC News) – Younger generations of Americans are increasingly citing climate change as making them reticent to have children, according to several studies. They are worried about bringing children into a world with increasing and more intense extreme weather events, … Read More
October 30, 2025
(Washington Post) – A study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed more than 18,100 births in Massachusetts of children born to women who contracted the virus starting in the early months of the pandemic through some of 2021. … Read More
October 30, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Maine Family Planning’s closures are among the first visible signs of what health leaders call the biggest setback to reproductive care in half a century. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population … Read More
October 30, 2025
(UPI) – As medical concerns mount over chronic pain among young smartphone users dubbed “tech neck,” experts are calling for new measures to counteract the phenomenon, which they warn can potentially lead to early-onset spinal problems. The warnings come as … Read More
October 30, 2025
(Straight Arrow News) – In total, the scientists reviewed 46 studies. Of those, 27 studies reported that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was related to an increased risk of a child developing autism and ADHD. Nine studies found no association, while … Read More
October 30, 2025
(Undark) – Cannabidiol is sold as safe, but animal studies show that it can interfere with adolescent brain development. Usually derived from the hemp plant, CBD is pitched as a calming remedy with none of the stigma of marijuana. Even … Read More
October 29, 2025
(Gizmodo) – If gluten’s hard on you, but not because of celiac disease, you’re in good company, according to new research. Research out today finds that a substantial portion of people have a sensitivity to gluten or wheat but don’t … Read More
October 29, 2025
(NPR) – Shame is a common and highly uncomfortable human emotion. In the years since, Bynum has become a leading voice among clinicians and researchers who argue that the intense crucible of medical training can amplify shame in future doctors. … Read More
October 29, 2025
(NPR) – In April, the future was looking bleak for an experimental Alzheimer’s drug called valiltramiprosate, or ALZ-801. Researchers had just released topline results of a study of more than 300 people age 50 or older, who were genetically predisposed … Read More
October 29, 2025
(NPR) – Teens who start using cannabis before age 15 are more likely to use the drug often later in their lives. They are also more likely to develop mental and physical health problems in young adulthood compared to their … Read More
October 29, 2025
(New York Times) – The hospital had served as the last refuge for many starving or injured civilians in El Fasher, a major battleground in Darfur recently seized by the Rapid Support Forces. The World Health Organization said it had … Read More
