October 27, 2026
(NYT) – Dr. Jennifer Shuford, a respected former Texas health official, had been appointed by President Trump to help steady the agency. Dr. Jennifer Shuford, a former state health commissioner whom President Trump appointed to a top post at the … Read More
October 27, 2026
(NYT) – Netflix’s reboot of a notoriously cruel and unusual psychological study makes for unenlightening reality TV. You would think, then, that a “New Stanford Prison Experiment” would have all the appeal of “The New Donner Party Expedition.” And you … 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 15, 2026
(STAT News) – Veteran journalist’s coverage was marked by clarity and nuance at times of crisis Helen Branswell, a renowned infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials around the world with her accessible, prescient … Read More
October 13, 2026
(Wired) – Henri Kagan and Kensō Soai designed chemical reactions producing only one of the two mirror-image forms of a molecule—an important finding for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other biological substances. Some molecules are chiral, meaning a molecule has … Read More
October 13, 2026
(AFP via Yahoo!) – Bill Gates on Sunday warned that unregulated artificial intelligence poses a growing threat and predicted an escalation in AI-powered cyberattacks in the coming year. The Microsoft co-founder said the risk of AI “getting out of control” … Read More
October 13, 2026
(NBC News) – The pope said a lung nodule was detected “at a very early stage.” The Vatican didn’t say what type of lung surgery the pontiff will undergo, but that the “small, localized nodule” was found in his lung … Read More
October 12, 2026
(WSJ) – Neither a scholar nor a scientist, someone like him shouldn’t be in charge of the future of humanity. Some compare the development of AI to the development of the first atomic bomb by the Manhattan Project. But the single … Read More
October 9, 2026
(Wired) – The Center for Humane Technology helped spark a movement against excessive screen time, but internal tensions over its direction and strategy have simmered for years, sources tell WIRED. CHT’s board ultimately determined that trying to operate both as … Read More
October 7, 2026
(The Dispatch) – The church has some experience with millenarian cults. Anthropic was founded at a particular time (2021), in a particular place (San Francisco), under the influence of a particular philosophy (effective altruism). It is an ideology that is … Read More
October 1, 2026
(NYT) – In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. It appeared to Rabbi Navon that Mr. Olah and … Read More
September 30, 2026
(ABC via MSN) – The daughter of a Jehovah’s Witness who bled to death in Newcastle after refusing a blood transfusion says she is angry the faith has taken so long to tweak its doctrine to allow for blood transfusions … Read More
September 29, 2026
(AP) – The Jehovah’s Witnesses have partly eased their longstanding prohibition on the medical use of donated blood, allowing members to receive products derived from blood but maintaining a ban on transfusions of whole blood. The policy, announced Friday, is … Read More
September 29, 2026
(Wired) – One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity. The AI debate is no longer just about the technology itself, but about ideological groups and strategic narratives, and Gebru believes … Read More
September 25, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Geoffrey Hinton still believes the potential benefits of artificial intelligence outweigh its potential for destruction. Since he left Google in 2023, Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel laureate commonly recognized as the “Godfather of AI,” is perhaps best known … Read More
September 25, 2026
(CT) – It seems the more we use generative AI tools, the more we feel alone. Using a chatbot is alluring, but it’s like drinking seawater—it appears to quench our thirst but in the end makes us thirstier. Will we … Read More
September 24, 2026
(NYT) – A New York transplant surgeon’s experience waiting for a heart transplant laid bare the challenges of a system he had spent decades trying to fix. At the time of his Argentina trip, Montgomery was leading one of the … Read More
August 31, 2026
(Nature) – The country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities. Parton, who was born into a poor farming family in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, in 1946, became a singer and performer during her early childhood, … Read More
August 31, 2026
(NYT) – In an hourlong interview, he said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism. Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, is loudly warning that artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to … 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 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) – 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 17, 2026
(TIME) – Luigi Mangione on Friday pleaded guilty to both federal stalking charges against him in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting in court that he shot the healthcare executive in 2024. Mangione pleaded guilty … Read More
August 17, 2026
(AP via MSN) – Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named after him, has died. He was 83. He … Read More
August 10, 2026
(CBS News) – Supporters say the supervised drug-use sites reduce overdose deaths and street drug use, and serve as a model for the rest of the country. But critics say the centers are magnets for hard drug users and dealers, leaving … Read More
