December 17, 2025
(The Free Press) – Under the proposed New York bill, terminally ill adults with a prognosis of six months or less to live would be able to access a prescribed, self-administered life-ending medication. Supporters argue that this is a compassionate … Read More
November 20, 2025
(Chicago Public Media) – Governor Pritzker’s signature would make Illinois the first Midwestern state to legalize prescriptions of life-ending medication for terminally ill patients. Terminally ill residents with a prognosis of six months to live could get physician prescribed drugs … Read More
November 12, 2025
(Wired) – The provision, tucked into the spending bill that could end the US government shutdown, would ban intoxicating hemp-derived THC products, including gummies and drinks. A provision in the federal spending bill that could end the US government shutdown … Read More
November 7, 2025
(Wired Videos) – The ability to communicate with the dead. Immortality. Conquering death and breaking down the impenetrable barrier between the living and departed: it’s something humans have long strived for. Are advancements in technology bringing us closer to 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
September 15, 2025
(Aeon) – The biomedical animator Drew Barry is known for his dazzling visualisations of biological processes that unfold on microscopic scales. As enlightening as it is arresting, his imagery straddles the line between science and art, as seen in his … Read More
August 21, 2025
(NPR) – As more states adopt laws allowing terminally ill patients to end their own lives, some groups representing disabled people are suing to stop them. In June, New York became the 11th state to pass legislation allowing terminally ill … Read More
August 7, 2025
(CBS Evening News) – A chatbot is a computer program that uses artificial intelligence to simulate human conversation. For the lonely, a chatbot can be a companion, as Meg Oliver reports in tonight’s “Eye on America.”
July 23, 2025
(PAMAS) – Progressives Against Medical Assisted Suicide presents “Thoughts on Medical Assisted Suicide,” available to watch (below) from July 23-30 in honor of the 35th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. (Watch Here)
July 10, 2025
(New York Times) – After hearing the first season of “The Retrievals,” a podcast that explored how women’s pain is often minimized and dismissed, hundreds of listeners wrote to the host, Susan Burton, to share their own stories of inadequately … Read More
June 20, 2025
(NPR) – In the United States, caregiving is largely a private matter rather than a public concern. Americans caring for elderly or disabled adults cobble together help from nonprofits, community groups, church, friends and family — and even though there … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Ibogaine has been touted for its potential to erase years of addiction and withdrawal in one session. Banned in the U.S., the drug is prompting Americans to cross borders for treatment. Desperate to break free from … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Associated Press) – The resulting film, “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” is an intimate look at her life: Growing up in a hearing family; winning the best actress Oscar at 21 for her first movie role in “Children of a … Read More
June 12, 2025
(The Washington Post) – Since 2000, the rate of new cancer diagnoses for people ages 15 to 49 has climbed by 10 percent. This year, more than 200,000 people in that age group will be newly diagnosed with cancer. They … Read More
May 29, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – We tried to direct an AI film with Veo and Runway. The tools are magic. The process is madness. Welcome to the premiere of “My Robot & Me.” Please silence your phones, chew your popcorn quietly … Read More
May 28, 2025
(NPR) – A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer, obesity, autism, bipolar disorder, even celiac disease. These conditions are informed by many genetic variants and environmental factors … Read More
May 20, 2025
(New York Times) – Ross Douthat: How fast is the artificial intelligence revolution really happening? What would machine superintelligence really mean for ordinary human beings? When will Skynet be fully operational? Are human beings destined to merge with some kind … Read More
May 19, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The underlying architecture of AI models can simulate intelligence by memorizing endless lists of rules. But our tech columnist Christopher Mims says “thinking” is way more complicated than that. Plus, personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen answers … Read More
March 24, 2025
(NPR) – Investigating one of the deadliest moments of the war in Gaza. On Oct. 7, 2023, the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel, killing nearly 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage, according to Israeli government figures. In response, Israel launched … Read More
March 20, 2025
(The Economist) – Our podcast on science and technology. Scientists’ understanding of the disease has long been incomplete. Now an old idea is gaining traction Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 30 million people around the world and there is no … Read More
March 17, 2025
(NPR) – America is a deeply spiritual nation. Over 70% of us say that we feel spiritual in some way. But – at the same time – we’re getting less religious. So for people who are spiritual-but-not-religious – what’s replacing … Read More
March 13, 2025
(New York Times) – Covid-19 broke the charts. Decades from now, the pandemic will be visible in the historical data of nearly anything measurable today: an unmistakable spike, dip or jolt that officially began for Americans five years ago this … Read More
February 26, 2025
(ABC News) – Audience disinterest has characterized many, though not all, of the films about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and the output has pretty much dried up over the years. “My Dead Friend Zoe” feels like it was made … Read More
February 11, 2025
(New Yorker) – In Victoria Warmerdam’s short film, a series of failed CAPTCHA tests plunges a woman into a strange new reality. “I’m Not a Robot” opens on a tranquil workplace scene. Women sit at tables in an open-plan office, tapping away … Read More
December 27, 2024
(The Washington Post) – Overdose deaths have reached record levels in the United States in recent years. Despite signs of decline, the number of people dying nationwide from overdoses has eclipsed 100,000 annually between 2020 and 2023, according to national … Read More
