May 13, 2026
(NYT) – Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, a sprawling research effort is a top priority. Working behind the scenes, Mr. Kennedy … Read More
May 12, 2026
(Science) – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has already suspended Ralph Baric, a tenured professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, from receiving further … Read More
May 12, 2026
(Axios) – Nurses are using AI less frequently than physicians, and many feel like they’re being excluded from decision-making, according to survey data from scientific publisher Elsevier shown first to Axios. Why it matters: Nurses are often where the rubber … Read More
May 12, 2026
(AP) – “It’s too morally problematic,” Gordon thought. “I don’t know where you draw the line.” In 2018, his wife pushed him to change how he practiced. They both believed in the sanctity of embryos as part of their Christian … Read More
May 12, 2026
(NYT) – There’s no question that another pandemic will strike, but no one knows when or which virus will be the cause. What we can determine with pretty good clarity is how ready we’ll be, how well we’re constructing obstacles … Read More
May 12, 2026
(Gizmodo) – Here’s a long excerpt from the government’s announcement, dated May 5, 2026: “Today, the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology announced new agreements with Google DeepMind, … Read More
May 12, 2026
(NYT) – The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug. The attempted attack represents “a taste of what’s to come,” one expert said. A criminal hacking group recently … Read More
May 12, 2026
(News-Medical) – A new study presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15 May) shows that a 1% reduction in annual working hours is associated with a 0.16% decrease in obesity rates across OECD … Read More
May 11, 2026
(NBC News) – The deadly cruise ship outbreak of hantavirus, a rare, rodent-borne illness, may have evoked some memories of the early days of COVID-19 — but infectious disease specialists and public health officials say there are clear differences in this case … Read More
May 11, 2026
(Daily Mail) – There’s nothing quite as contagious as a yawn – and it turns out even babies in the womb aren’t immune. Experts have discovered foetuses ‘catch’ yawns from their mothers and have been seen slowly opening and closing … Read More
May 11, 2026
(NYT) – That interstitial spaces exist in and under the skin and between and around the body’s organs had been observed going back more than a century, but they were assumed to exist in isolation from one another, like a … Read More
May 11, 2026
(Wired) – For screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables. In eight months, I’ve done 20 of these soul-crushing contracts for five different platforms. It’s bad. I work as an AI trainer. I … Read More
May 11, 2026
(Bloomberg) – South Korea’s military is exploring a strategic partnership with Hyundai Motor Co. to potentially deploy robotics to the front lines as Seoul accelerates investment in AI-powered, unmanned systems to tackle a deepening troop shortage.The defense ministry told Bloomberg … Read More
May 11, 2026
(NYT) – As it adapts to the artificial intelligence era, the company is pushing many of its 78,000 workers to use the technology, and preparing to lay some of them off. In an internal post last month, Meta told its … Read More
May 11, 2026
(Wired) – These cuddly, connected companions could disrupt everything from make-believe to bedtime stories. No wonder some lawmakers want them banned. Consumer groups argue that AI toys, in the form of soft teddy bears, bunnies, sunflowers, creatures, and kid-friendly “robots,” … Read More
May 11, 2026
(WSJ) – The April call, which followed a White House briefing that played a role in sparking Vance’s concern over the latest AI model capabilities, set in motion a chaotic administration response to Mythos that threatens to increase government oversight … Read More
May 11, 2026
(AP) – Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise. The health emergency aboard the ship that’s moored across the ocean comes … Read More
May 8, 2026
(Washington Post via Yahoo!) – They arrive in cheerful bottles with names that sound like promises – Daily Brain Boost, Brain Drive, Brain guard+. And Americans, in turn, spend billions of dollars each year chasing the idea of a sharper … Read More
May 8, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Tech advances not only made IVF safer and more effective; they fundamentally changed the way we think about our reproduction. In recent years, we’ve had reports of babies born with DNA from three people, babies born … Read More
May 8, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Richard Dawkins caught hell on social media for suggesting it does. Richard Dawkins, perhaps the world’s most prominent advocate for irreligiosity, has become besotted with the godlike power of a chatbot. According to his recent essay for … Read More
May 8, 2026
(NYT) – This is not simply a matter of affordability, the buzzword so often invoked to explain why people are choosing to have smaller families. Government support for parents can help, but overall, people are having fewer children both in … Read More
May 8, 2026
(The Guardian) – World is approaching point where no one can shut down a rogue AI, says director of body behind research It’s the stuff of science fiction cinema, or particularly breathless AI company blogposts: new research finds recent AI … Read More
May 8, 2026
(WSJ) – New study shows many of the influencers sharing health advice online are coaches or entrepreneurs A new study of health and wellness influencers found that nearly as many say they are coaches or entrepreneurs as say they are … Read More
May 8, 2026
(WSJ) – Drug companies like Eli Lilly and Roche are racing to build supercomputers to help fix the 90% failure rate in drug development Drug companies have been talking about the potential for AI to supercharge drug development for years, … Read More
May 7, 2026
(AFP via Yahoo!) – As evening falls in Fiji’s capital, a steady stream of people approaches a makeshift clinic that is a first line of defence against one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemics. In the South Pacific nation — … Read More
