June 20, 2025
(TechCrunch) – Several weeks after Anthropic released research claiming that its Claude Opus 4 AI model resorted to blackmailing engineers who tried to turn the model off in controlled test scenarios, the company is out with new research suggesting the … Read More
June 20, 2025
(CNET) – Pope Leo XIV, who took over leadership of the Catholic Church in May, is revealing one area that he’ll be focusing on: artificial intelligence. The Pope has called for tech companies to develop a “superior ethical criterion” against which … Read More
June 20, 2025
(NPR) – In the United States, caregiving is largely a private matter rather than a public concern. Americans caring for elderly or disabled adults cobble together help from nonprofits, community groups, church, friends and family — and even though there … Read More
June 20, 2025
(TIME) – Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston area—into three groups, and asked them to … Read More
June 20, 2025
(The Guardian) – Terminally ill people in England and Wales are to be given the right to an assisted death in a historic societal shift that will transform end-of-life care. After months of argument, MPs narrowly voted in favour of … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Science) – Developing lenacapavir, the drug newly approved to protect against HIV for six months in one shot, took basic science, sophisticated chemistry, and perseverance The approval caps a tortuous, 2-decade-long scientific journey for Gilead Sciences, a pharma company specializing … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Los Angeles Times) – Across the region, once-busy parks, shops and businesses have emptied as undocumented residents and their families hole up at home in fear. As rumors of immigration arrests have swirled around clinics and hospitals, many patients are … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Major insurers will pledge to smooth and speed ‘prior authorization,’ in a new industry initiative Following the backlash that hit health insurers after the killing of a top executive last year, the industry will pledge steps … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Ibogaine has been touted for its potential to erase years of addiction and withdrawal in one session. Banned in the U.S., the drug is prompting Americans to cross borders for treatment. Desperate to break free from … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Associated Press) – The resulting film, “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” is an intimate look at her life: Growing up in a hearing family; winning the best actress Oscar at 21 for her first movie role in “Children of a … Read More
June 20, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Caloric restriction (reducing your intake of calories) and intermittent fasting (switching between fasting and eating normally on a fixed schedule) can help with weight loss. But they may also offer protection against some health conditions. And some … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Shipments have propelled Ireland, a country of 5.4 million, to the second-largest goods-trade imbalance with the U.S., behind China Planes have been jetting from Ireland to the U.S. this year carrying something more valuable than gold: … Read More
June 20, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 20, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 19, 2025
(Fox News) – The potential risk of cannabis use has been in the spotlight following recent research pointing toward negative health effects. This includes a new meta-analysis by French researchers, published in the journal Heart, which reviewed multiple studies to … Read More
June 19, 2025
(Aeon) – Our crisis of work and technology is one in which too many people feel that nobody sees them as a fellow human being Instead, pundits and policymakers are applying the word ‘loneliness’ to address a real and growing … Read More
June 19, 2025
(New York Times) – Modern miners are contracting it at younger ages and at rates not seen since the 1970s. For 20th-century miners, it could take decades to develop severe black lung. For men of Aundra Brock’s generation, just a … Read More
June 19, 2025
(AP) – The Dutch government advised parents on Tuesday not to have children under 15 use social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram, citing psychological and physical problems among children using them, including panic attacks, depression and difficulties sleeping. … Read More
June 19, 2025
(CBS News) – At least 3% of measles cases confirmed so far this year have been in people who received two doses of the measles vaccine, meaning they were fully vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. About … Read More
June 19, 2025
(Reuters) – The U.S. government is expected to eliminate from its dietary guidelines the long-standing recommendation that adults limit alcohol consumption to one or two drinks per day, according to three sources familiar with the matter, in what could be … Read More
June 19, 2025
(NPR) – A new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The study, published in JAMA on Wednesday, looked at data on more than … Read More
June 19, 2025
(Christianity Today) – A computer’s praise or petition sounds a lot like our human Christianese. That doesn’t make them equivalent. At a recent Gospel Coalition conference, celebrity pastor John Piper told his audience about a task he had given ChatGPT: … Read More
June 19, 2025
(Wired) – A growing body of research attempts to put a number on energy use and AI—even as the companies behind the most popular models keep their carbon emissions a secret. As AI takes over our lives, it’s also promising … Read More
June 19, 2025
(Nature) – Research is revealing the cellular mechanisms that link mental well-being and longevity. There might be a paradox in the biology of ageing. As humans grow older, their metabolisms tend to slow, they lose muscle mass and they burn … Read More
June 19, 2025
(AP via MSN) – Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, according to a new federal report published Wednesday, with white people accounting for the vast majority of the deaths. From 2003 to 2023, death rates from falls … Read More
June 18, 2025
(Axios) – The White House immigration crackdown is hitting the long-term healthcare industry, as nursing homes and care providers lose foreign-born employees and struggle to hire. Why it matters: These folks care for the disabled and for the country’s fast-growing … Read More
