October 2, 2025
(New York Times) – Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause. Now Ms. … Read More
October 2, 2025
(KFF Health News) – KFF Health News reviewed 1,200 Colorado cases in which judges, over a two-year period from Feb. 1, 2022, through Feb. 1, 2024, gave permission to garnish wages over unpaid bills. At least 30% of the cases … Read More
October 2, 2025
(5280 via Longreads) – More Americans are seeking expanded end-of-life options, and interest in Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) is increasing, with the practice now legal in 11 states. In Colorado, about 1,100 people have used MAID, and recent state … Read More
October 2, 2025
(Wired) – A Harvard Business School study shows that several AI companions use various tricks to keep a conversation from ending. Julian De Freitas, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, led a study of what happens when … Read More
October 2, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – A team at Microsoft says it used artificial intelligence to discover a “zero day” vulnerability in the biosecurity systems used to prevent the misuse of DNA. These screening systems are designed to stop people from purchasing … Read More
October 2, 2025
(Futurism) – As AI bots like ChatGPT become inextricably tangled with people’s private and public lives, it’s causing unpredictable new crises. One of these collision points is in romantic relationships, where an uncanny dynamic is unfolding across the world: one … Read More
October 2, 2025
(New York Magazine) – As much as half of all spinal fusions don’t alleviate pain — why do doctors perform so many? Since it entered its first boom in the early 1990s, the field of spine surgery, and specifically spinal-fusion … Read More
October 1, 2025
(Rest of World) – Government support and tech companies’ drive for profit fuel a rush to integrate AI tools, from robot tutors to chatbots, in education and caretaking. From robot toys to homework-grading systems, AI tools are flooding classrooms and … Read More
October 1, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Yoshua Bengio worries about AI’s capacity to deceive users in pursuit of its own goals. ‘The scenario in “2001: A Space Odyssey” is exactly like this,’ he says A little over two years ago, AI pioneer … Read More
October 1, 2025
(Axios via MSN) – President Trump signed an order Tuesday directing his administration to invest $50 million in AI-driven pediatric cancer research. Why it matters: The move is part of a broader embrace of artificial intelligence across federal agencies but … Read More
October 1, 2025
(NPR) – “These bots can mimic empathy, say ‘I care about you,’ even ‘I love you,’” she says. “That creates a false sense of intimacy. People can develop powerful attachments — and the bots don’t have the ethical training or … Read More
September 30, 2025
(NBC News) – Of the eight fastest-rising cancers examined by researchers, only two showed increases in deaths. New cases of cancer have been rising among younger people, worrying patients and doctors about causes. A new study suggests increasing numbers of … Read More
September 30, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Cosmetic surgery chains across the country are attracting patients by promising “minimally invasive” operations to reshape their bodies or get rid of stubborn fat — even helping arrange outside financing for people who can’t pay up … Read More
September 30, 2025
(CNN) – Scientists have used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs capable of producing early embryos, an advance that could expand possibilities for fertility treatment, according to new research. The proof-of-concept study, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, … Read More
September 30, 2025
(STAT News) – The menopause market has proved so successful that companies are increasingly pushing products aimed at younger women too Strange things can start happening to women as they enter middle age. Lying in bed night after night, Andrea … Read More
September 30, 2025
(Politico) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation law on Monday that will force major AI companies to reveal their safety protocols — marking the end of a lobbying battle with big tech companies like ChatGPT maker OpenAI and … Read More
September 30, 2025
(New York Times) – Robert Munsch wrote “The Paper Bag Princess,” “Love You Forever” and other classics by performing them over and over for kids. But his stories are slipping away. After 50 years of publishing, Munsch told me, his … Read More
September 30, 2025
(Wired) – The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI’s latest video generation model. OpenAI is preparing to launch a stand-alone app for its video generation AI model Sora 2, WIRED has learned. The … Read More
September 29, 2025
(After Babel) – Your life is my background noise Marketing your memories also desecrates them. You hand over your hope, your hurt, your life to be consumed, reducing it to reality TV. Your precious memories are my mindless entertainment. Your … Read More
September 29, 2025
(Discover) – The vaccine is a modified version of the COVID-19 mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccines. To create the allergy vaccine, researchers adjusted the mRNA message: instead of producing spike proteins like in the COVID-19 vaccine, the allergy vaccine instructs cells … Read More
September 29, 2025
(NPR) – “They were relatively young, thin and kind of undernourished looking,” says Boyne. Normally, that would point to Type 1 diabetes, where individuals are unable to make their own insulin and can become underweight. But these 13 patients never … Read More
September 29, 2025
(Medscape) – First came the college data: An MIT team reported in June that when students used ChatGPT to write essays, they incurred cognitive debt and “users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels” causing a “likely decrease in … Read More
September 29, 2025
(Aeon) – Countless species are dying from human-induced environmental change. Should we use genetic technology to alter and save them? It wasn’t our intention that humanity would become the planet’s greatest evolutionary force; yet the fact that we are confronts … Read More
September 29, 2025
(Wired) – OpenAI’s review process for teenage ChatGPT users who are flagged for suicidal ideation includes human moderators. Parents can expect an alert about alarming prompts within hours. Starting today, OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT safety tools intended for parents … Read More
September 29, 2025
(Wired) – Serena Williams, Elon Musk and Whoopi Goldberg have all spoken about using weight-loss injections. Some are now prescribed by the NHS, including Wegovy and Mounjaro, generating scores of headlines. Really, this should have made it a great leveller. … Read More
