June 25, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Intercept, a new nonprofit, will focus on countering the common cold and the flu. The common cold comes for us all—often more than once a year. And there is no way to prevent it. The best … Read More
June 24, 2026
(Nature) – Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show. A study2 of physicians in Poland who specialize in endoscopy — the use of flexible probes to examine the inside of the human body … Read More
June 24, 2026
(Quanta Magazine) – Some are counting on outsourcing the analysis to artificial intelligence. Genomic “foundation models” such as Evo 2, Genos, and Google DeepMind’s AlphaGenome are trained on vast quantities of genomic data, which biologists use to make predictions about … Read More
June 24, 2026
(The Conversation) – The proliferation of AI-generated science images in public spaces is not simply a misinformation problem. As a researcher who studies visual science communication and public trust, I believe it also contributes to a crisis of trust in … Read More
June 24, 2026
(Vice) – Researchers caution it’s only one case, but the report raises questions about whether psilocybin could restore dormant brain functions. Psilocybin spent years as a maligned substance, better known for counterculture trips and moral panics. But its image has … Read More
June 24, 2026
(NYT) – The White House recently endorsed monitoring sewage for evidence of drug use. Critics fear such efforts could violate privacy and stigmatize neighborhoods. Sewage samples have been collected from high schools in Missouri and New Mexico, truck stops in … Read More
June 24, 2026
(WaPo via Yahoo!) – Despite growing evidence of potential harms, the allure of instant, comprehensive and personalized answers is too strong for many to overcome in a health care system plagued by high costs and inconsistency of access. The Post … Read More
June 24, 2026
(WSJ) – China is launching a full-scale push to roll out artificial intelligence across its economy and make this sector the foundation of its economic strategy. The text’s 17 points outline a plan to accelerate the rise of AI and … Read More
June 23, 2026
(NPR) – Two developments often get lost in the public’s perception of the abortion wars. One is that there were nearly twice as many abortions in the U.S. in 2025, compared to 2021, the year before the Supreme Court overturned … Read More
June 23, 2026
(NYT) – That drug, Trikafta, produced by Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals, has made it possible for people with cystic fibrosis to breathe easily and live longer. Vertex sells a year’s supply of it for about $346,000 in the United States. The … Read More
June 23, 2026
(BBC) – A trial examining the risks or benefits of drugs that can delay puberty for gender-questioning children will help reduce harm, according to the author of a landmark review. Dr Hilary Cass said she was “absolutely convinced that more … Read More
June 23, 2026
(Axios) – States are increasingly deploying artificial intelligence to help manage their social safety net programs and reduce worker caseloads, but advocates warn there’s little evidence of safeguards around the technology. Why it matters: AI systems can hallucinate and make … Read More
June 23, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Plenty of people are seemingly starting to feel like depleted AI babysitters. When Boston Consulting Group recently surveyed roughly 1,500 workers across several roles at major American companies, the firm found that many workers were experiencing “mental … Read More
June 23, 2026
(WSJ) – Doctors are looking for options given growing awareness of serious health risks tied to childhood obesity Now, even elementary schoolers are being put on popular weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy. By prescribing GLP-1 medications early, doctors say they … Read More
June 23, 2026
(Wired) – Trump administration officials tell WIRED that if Anthropic wants to rerelease Fable 5, it will need to ensure the model’s guardrails can’t be circumvented. Security experts say that can’t be done. Independent cybersecurity experts have increasingly taken the … Read More
June 22, 2026
(Mother Jones) – The new wave of Silicon Valley–backed gene-editing startups is straight out of “Brave New World.” And this notion of creating superbabies to stop the rise of something akin to Skynet from The Terminator is capturing the fancy—and … Read More
June 22, 2026
(Pew Research) – More Americans are using chatbots, and some are adopting AI summaries and smart speakers. But views about AI and how fast it’s advancing tilt negative – even for younger adults Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a … Read More
June 22, 2026
(The Atlantic) – A weight-loss medication eased Serena Williams’s comeback. Experts can’t agree on whether that counts as doping. Before Serena Williams picked up her racket at London’s Andy Murray Arena last week, two questions hung over her return to … Read More
June 22, 2026
(Wired) – A London clinic owner has claimed he is treating people with stage 4 cancer by sealing them into a plastic bag while they’re naked from the neck down and gassing them with chlorine dioxide. A clinic in London, … Read More
June 22, 2026
(The Atlantic) – This is health care’s Uber moment. “I get a little bit queasy about how some of these results might be used,” Adam Rodman, a lead author on the study, said at a press conference just ahead of … Read More
June 22, 2026
(Ars Technica) – The Food and Drug Administration this week cleared a second carcass-feasting fly species for use in maggot wound therapy, according to an announcement from Cuprina Holdings, a Singapore-based company that has dubbed its new therapeutic larvae MediFly … Read More
June 22, 2026
(ABC News) – An artificial intelligence (AI) model is helping some patients get diagnoses after years of unexplained illness, according to a new study. Researchers from OpenAI and Boston Children’s Hospital took the existing genetic data of 18 pediatric patients … Read More
June 22, 2026
(CNBC) – Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis called for a U.S.-led coalition to shape rules and standards around artificial intelligence at a meeting with tech leaders and heads of state, including President Donald Trump, CNBC … Read More
June 22, 2026
(Le Monde) – A model derived from Grok, the ‘Grok Gov Model,’ is being used in a US military AI-assisted targeting program, according to the Pentagon. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool Grok was used in strikes against Iran, the United … Read More
June 19, 2026
(NYT) – The United States is reliant on unpaid family caregivers, and millions of adult children are caring for parents who didn’t really care for them. In the early 2010s, a social-work researcher named Jooyoung Kong, now a professor at … Read More
