November 11, 2026
(WBUR) – Millions are turning to AI chatbots for friendship, romance and even therapy. It’s easy to understand the convenience of AI companionship. But what are we sacrificing in exchange for that comfort? Guests Sherry Turkle, professor of the Social … Read More
November 11, 2026
(The Atlantic) – The more I probed what constant monitoring is doing to kids, the more I also started to wonder what it is doing to parents, on the other end of the umbilical cord. Our phones promise us a … Read More
November 11, 2026
(Wired) – The young girl’s parents allege that she used Gemini via her school Chromebook to plan her suicide, but the school’s monitoring systems didn’t know until it was almost too late. A 13-year-old girl spent three months using her … Read More
November 5, 2026
(NYT) – Gov. Kathy Hochul said that the infant’s death, in Lewis County, reflected eroding vaccination levels. The state is experiencing a significant outbreak of the viral illness. A 7-month-old, unvaccinated child in New York’s North Country died after contracting … Read More
November 3, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Babies are catching measles in utero for the first time in decades. In Pennsylvania, at least 1,398 people have been infected with measles this year, according to recent estimates from the state health department; the Amish community, … Read More
November 3, 2026
(CNET) – Dating and AI companion apps have new age gate restrictions, while apps that share your location will have to disclose it. Falling in love with artificial intelligence raises a lot of questions about loneliness, human connection and what … Read More
November 2, 2026
(Nature) – Faulty neurons can contribute to various neurological conditions, but researchers have uncovered a system that might clean them up. Around the time of birth, the developing human brain mysteriously tidies up by purging itself of a vast number … Read More
October 28, 2026
(KHOU via MSN) – The clinic provides medical care to patients who previously received gender-transition care. It offers detransition-related medical care to patients through age 21 and detransition-related obstetric and gynecologic care to patients older than 21, according to Paxton’s … Read More
October 26, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Lawmakers are passing industry-backed bills to guard against the worst outcomes, rather than addressing more common problems. We have historically allowed the debate over technology to be defined by the worst thing a product might do, … Read More
October 9, 2026
(KPBS) – “It was around the clock. So 50 to 100 seizures a day, all day, all night.” Dalby was eventually diagnosed, when he was almost 5, with a rare genetic form of epilepsy caused by a mutation in the … Read More
October 9, 2026
(WSJ) – Instant gratification from short video clips makes it hard for people—particularly kids—to understand how the present affects the future, says study These videos, in particular, activate the reward circuitry of the brain with their novel, engaging and effortless … Read More
October 8, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Joana did not know it then, but Freddy’s death would be linked to dozens of cases of unexplained catastrophic brain damage after routine anesthesia, all in children or young adults. Several, like Freddy, died. Others became permanently … Read More
October 8, 2026
(NYT) – By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us. Amid all the uncertainty, there’s one fact that everyone can agree on. In each … Read More
October 8, 2026
(Futurism) – Why shell out for the mundane headshots by a school photographer when you could supercharge your kids’ portrait with the power of AI? That’s a calculation more and more parents are making these days, choosing to tap into … Read More
October 7, 2026
(WSJ) – A Chinese-born couple who paid a nationwide web of surrogates to bear close to two dozen children for them were arrested Tuesday in what Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman called an “unprecedented case of child abuse.” … Read More
September 30, 2026
(IEEE Spectrum) – Online child safety deserves more nuanced policy Within weeks of Australia’s similar ban, the country’s eSafety Commissioner reported that platforms had restricted access to 4.7 million under-16 accounts. Two months later, though, one in five Australian teenagers … Read More
September 22, 2026
(WFAA) – The decision clears the way for the 1-month-old’s biological parents to relocate him from Dallas to Los Angeles, where the couple lives, to seek treatment there. The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a surrogate’s attempt to keep the … Read More
September 21, 2026
(Gizmodo) – Scientists are developing new forms of CAR T cell therapy that may finally be able to treat solid tumors. An experimental treatment may have just given a 3-year-old boy with advanced liver cancer a new lease on life. … Read More
September 21, 2026
(NL Times) – The doctor who performed the Netherlands’ first case of euthanasia on a child under 12 did so with due care, the supervising committee concluded after investigating. The patient, a child of nearly 2 years who suffered from … Read More
September 14, 2026
(The Guardian) – California governor hails ‘nation-leading’ legislation banning addictive features for users under 16 California has adopted what Gavin Newsom described as “nation-leading” legislation that bans addictive social media features for young users, regulates companion chatbots and implements new … Read More
September 11, 2026
(The Atlantic) – The harms of chatbots are clear enough to do something about them now. The social-media industry is having a moment of reckoning. By agreeing to pay up to $17.1 billion to 47 states, the District of Columbia, … Read More
September 4, 2026
(Ars Technica) – About 1 in 500 babies in the Old Order Amish population of Pennsylvania is born with the condition. Infants with the disorder only survive for about six months. Diamontoni confirmed to Lancaster Online that while microcephaly was … Read More
September 4, 2026
(NYT) – A new policy announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using artificial intelligence, but stops short of a moratorium. When New York City public schoolchildren return to the classroom next week, younger students will be … Read More
September 4, 2026
(Wired) – With the risk of infection rising, parents and their children are trying to navigate how to safely be out in public as school starts back up. As students head back to school, parents have all the usual worries … Read More
September 3, 2026
(NYT) – Dayna Mooney chose alternative remedies over the recommendations of her son’s doctors. Was that her right as a parent or a threat to his care? Two weeks earlier, a judge had issued a court order for Presten, who … Read More
