June 1, 2026
(Men’s Health) – YES, YOU CAN take drugs to build more muscle and weight room strength. But if you want to actually do athletic things with all that muscle and strength—if you want to sprint and swim faster and barbell … Read More
June 1, 2026
(New Scientist) – Embryo organoids made from stem cells are enabling scientists to recreate early pregnancy in the lab, unlocking treatments for infertility, miscarriage and pre-eclampsia The very first days of pregnancy have long been an enigma. Scientists are unable … Read More
June 1, 2026
(Newsweek) – Researchers who spoke to the Washington Post examined how GLP-1s affect the brain. They found evidence that the drugs could influence neural pathways that affect attention, reward, addiction and cognition. The new findings show that the potential benefits … Read More
June 1, 2026
(NYT) – As predictive medicine advances, legal scholars warn that decades-old federal guidelines could set up a potential clash between your genes and your job. Imagine this scenario: At a routine visit, your doctor administers a new genetic test that … Read More
June 1, 2026
(Nature) – Cellular-ageing clocks based on gene activity could be more sensitive than previous measures. A powerful molecular clock calibrated using data on gene activity from thousands of individuals can predict biological ageing in rodents, monkeys and humans — and … Read More
June 1, 2026
(Nature) – Researchers hope to build a facility with thousands of robots capable of performing experiments independently by 2040. In a biology laboratory in Tokyo, ten robots conduct experiments, using their two arms to handle liquids, grow cells on plates … Read More
June 1, 2026
(NYT) – Yet legalizing medical aid in dying, or MAID, has been and remains a long, contentious process. Catholic leadership and many disability organizations staunchly oppose it. (Pope Leo XIV personally asked Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker not to sign the … Read More
May 29, 2026
(NYT) – Pope Leo XIV’s spiritual message on artificial intelligence arrived as Silicon Valley’s A.I. enthusiasts pursue their own spirituality through technology. Many of the founders and important researchers at Anthropic and OpenAI joined the earliest gatherings at A.G.I. House. … Read More
May 29, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – As a deadly outbreak of Ebola spreads through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, one conspiracy theory is that nonprofit workers brought the disease to get more money. Another is that the outbreak has been … Read More
May 29, 2026
(Plough) – It is not a question of when “artificial intelligence” will develop consciousness, because there is no such thing as artificial intelligence. What we call AI is the extremely fast simulation of decision-making processes, generating results from the multitude … Read More
May 29, 2026
(NYT) – I am a physician who runs her state’s health agency. I had good insurance, paid leave and a fluency with institutions most new mothers should never need. What I did not have was a single provider who could … Read More
May 29, 2026
(NYT) – The types of Ebola and hantavirus worrying officials are very different from the species identified decades ago, raising new questions about how to respond. In both cases, the news has been not only frightening but also confusing, even … Read More
May 29, 2026
(The Atlantic) – My generation—which is to say, the pillbox generation—came of age during the 1990s. The number of adults who were taking five or more prescription drugs doubled in that decade; the use of medications for depression and cholesterol … Read More
May 29, 2026
(The Free Press) – ‘I don’t want my little girl to die,’ Cissy Dekker said about her 19-year-old daughter, Iris. ‘But out of love, I also don’t want this life for her.’ The symptoms began early in Iris’s adolescence. In … Read More
May 28, 2026
(STAT News) – Let’s stop mourning the end of the ivory tower and start celebrating what comes next A few years ago, my lab published a study comparing memory complaints across racial groups. We matched participants on age, IQ, socioeconomic … Read More
May 28, 2026
(TechCrunch) – CEOs “play with AI,” develop a prototype, or generate a contract, to use Levie’s examples, and then make the leap to believing agents can do the work. But these top-level executives aren’t the people who have to review … Read More
May 28, 2026
(Gizmodo) – Human reproduction beyond Earth is no longer reserved for science fiction. China launched embryo-like structures made from living human stem cells to its Tiangong space station for a first-of-its-kind experiment. The artificial embryos flew on board the Tianzhou-10 … Read More
May 28, 2026
(WSJ) – The Trump administration is expected to deploy U.S. public-health officers to Kenya to staff a potential quarantine facility there amid the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to people familiar with the matter. The people … Read More
May 28, 2026
(WSJ) – The job for some can be unpredictable and lonely. But for others, it offers travel, friendship, and a whiff of glamour. Nursing is hardly known as a glamorous profession. Long shifts, late nights and demanding patients take their … Read More
May 27, 2026
(Wired) – In Magnifica Humanitas, the Pope decries the concentration of technological power in a few global players. An algorithm decides what we see, another filters what we read, and still others enter into the processes that govern work, information, … Read More
May 27, 2026
(WSJ) – Employers are clamoring for workers who can do doctor-like work but who are trained faster and can cost them less These days, heading to the doctor’s office often doesn’t involve a doctor. At least not directly. Instead, nurse … Read More
May 27, 2026
(Wired) – Over the past year or so, more and more people have looked at me with great pity. Surely a fact-checker at a magazine isn’t long for this AI-upgraded world. Call me foolish, but I’m not that worried. Very … Read More
May 27, 2026
(National Post) – In a second case, the same doctor failed to administer one of three drugs used in assisted deaths and the patient resumed spontaneously breathing after being pronounced dead As first reported Monday by the The Globe and … Read More
May 27, 2026
(Vatican News) – Marking the 135th anniversary of Rerum novarum, Pope Leo XIV releases his first encyclical, entitled ‘Magnifica humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence.’ He appeals for the safeguarding of humanity, promotion of … Read More
May 27, 2026
(The New Atlantis) – Since the beginning of his papacy a year ago, Pope Leo XIV has held out the promise of offering the world some much-needed wisdom on living well with technology. His very choice of name hearkened back … Read More
