November 25, 2024
(The Guardian) – Of the 85,000 women killed by men in 2023, 60% died at the hands of a partner or family member, new UN figures show An estimated 140 women and girls across the world die at the hands … Read More
November 25, 2024
(New York Times) – Two couples in California discovered they were raising each other’s genetic children. Should they switch their girls? Alexander would convince himself that everything was fine, only to be walloped once again by the suspicion that May … Read More
November 25, 2024
(New York Times) – The number of deaths caused by alcohol-related diseases more than doubled among Americans between 1999 and 2020, according to new research. Alcohol was involved in nearly 50,000 deaths among adults ages 25 to 85 in 2020, … Read More
November 25, 2024
(ProPublica) – The 35-year-old’s death was preventable, according to more than a dozen doctors who reviewed a detailed summary of her case for ProPublica. Some said it raises serious questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to diverge from … Read More
November 22, 2024
(Associated Press) – Four cities, spanning Portland suburbs and rural and coastal towns, added new voter-approved prohibitions for the federally illegal compound in the Nov. 5 election. A dozen other communities that approved two-year moratoriums in 2022, when a majority … Read More
November 22, 2024
(Wired) – Amnesty International has issued a report charting the supply chains and human rights due diligence policies of 13 major EV manufacturers. The results are a world away from the clean, safe future that electric vehicles promise. The race … Read More
November 22, 2024
(Plough) – A husband caring for a loved one with dementia finds dark valleys, but also limitless spiritual resources. Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, in How We Die, describes the experience of dementia caregivers as “spiritually exhausting.” At times, that was my … Read More
November 22, 2024
(MIT Technology Review) – Around 135 transplants have been performed, but it’s probably too soon to offer the procedure to trans women. A decade on, over 135 uterus transplants have been performed globally, resulting in the births of over 50 … Read More
November 21, 2024
(Associated Press) – Yorktown isn’t alone. The decision to add fluoride to drinking water rests with state and local officials, and fights are cropping up nationwide. Communities in Florida, Texas, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming and elsewhere have debated the idea in … Read More
November 21, 2024
(New York Times) – Experts are puzzling over which interventions are saving lives. The evolving illicit supply itself may hold important clues. After years of relentless rises in overdose deaths, the United States has seen a remarkable reversal. For seven … Read More
November 21, 2024
(NPR) – Nearly 15 years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Georgia for unnecessarily segregating people with developmental disabilities and mental illness. The state settled the case and agreed to a massive overhaul of the services it offers to … Read More
November 21, 2024
(Wired) – Chinese black market operators are openly recruiting government agency insiders, paying them for access to surveillance data and then reselling it online—no questions asked. China has long been a billion-plus-person experiment in total state surveillance, with virtually no … Read More
November 21, 2024
(CNBC) – Famed computer scientist Yoshua Bengio — an artificial intelligence pioneer — has warned of the nascent technology’s potential negative effects on society and called for more research to mitigate its risks. Bengio, a professor at the University of … Read More
November 21, 2024
(Associated Press via MSN) – The right-to-die activist behind a new “suicide capsule” says he rejects “absurd” allegations that the U.S. woman who was said to be its first user may have actually been strangled. Philip Nitschke of advocacy group … Read More
November 21, 2024
(MIT Technology Review) – A two-hour interview is enough to accurately capture your values and preferences, according to new research from Stanford and Google DeepMind. Imagine sitting down with an AI model for a spoken two-hour interview. A friendly voice … Read More
November 21, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it requested information on so-called forever chemicals found in some seafood, to understand their risks better. The FDA is looking for data on how PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl … Read More
November 20, 2024
(ProPublica) – For years, it was a mystery: Seemingly out of the blue, therapists would feel like they’d tripped some invisible wire and become a target of UnitedHealth Group. A company representative with the Orwellian title “care advocate” would call … Read More
November 20, 2024
(The Guardian) – Doctors are pushing the limits of science and human biology to save more extremely premature babies than ever before. But when so few survive, are we putting them through needless suffering? When babies are born on the … Read More
November 20, 2024
(Wired) – Tailing a robotaxi for hours and hours is weird. And revelatory. And jealousy-inducing. But a driverless world is coming for all of us. So close the door and buckle up. Autonomous cars—one of the canonical sci-fi conveniences—were the … Read More
November 20, 2024
(Nature) – A strain of avian influenza is showing signs of adaptation to human hosts, but there is no evidence that it can transmit from person to person. In a children’s hospital in Vancouver, Canada, a teenager is in critical … Read More
November 20, 2024
(New York Times) – Her fight for disability rights included founding a group called Not Dead Yet, which protested the work of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and others. Diane Coleman, a fierce advocate for disability rights who took on Dr. Jack … Read More
November 20, 2024
(KFF Health News) – Checking the “donor” box on a driver’s license application, people may picture their heart, kidneys, or other organs saving another person’s life should the worst happen. They are less likely to consider that tissues — corneas, … Read More
November 20, 2024
(The New Yorker) – From the “cozy gaming” trend to a new generation of A.I. companions, our devices are trying to swath us in a digital and physical cocoon. Coziness is achieved not only through what’s on our screens but … Read More
November 19, 2024
(New York Times) – As revolutionary new weight-loss drugs turn consumers off ultraprocessed foods, the industry is on the hunt for new products. For decades, Big Food has been marketing products to people who can’t stop eating, and now, suddenly, … Read More
November 19, 2024
(National Academies) – Over the past several decades, more than half of all U.S. states have legalized cannabis for adult and/or medical use, but it remains illegal at the federal level. The public health consequences of cannabis policy changes have … Read More
