June 13, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – While there’s a sprawling patchwork of ideas and philosophies powering these visions, three features play a central role, says Adam Becker, a science writer and astrophysicist: an unshakable certainty that technology can solve any problem, a … Read More
June 13, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 2, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 12, 2025
(CNN) – A tiny creature with frilly gills, a polite smile and glowing green skin just gave scientists a major clue to solve one of biology’s biggest mysteries: limb regeneration. Aquatic salamanders called axolotls are known for their unusual ability … Read More
June 12, 2025
(Sam Altman’s Blog) – We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started. Humanity is close to building digital superintelligence, and at least so far it’s much less weird than it seems like it should be. Robots are not … Read More
June 12, 2025
(The Washington Post) – Since 2000, the rate of new cancer diagnoses for people ages 15 to 49 has climbed by 10 percent. This year, more than 200,000 people in that age group will be newly diagnosed with cancer. They … Read More
June 12, 2025
(Wired) – House Democrats sent letters to the potential buyers of the genetic testing company, asking how they plan to protect customer genetic data under a change of ownership. Signed by 20 other Democratic members of Congress, the letters—which can … Read More
June 12, 2025
(ABC News) – The Supreme Court sided with a teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy on Thursday in a unanimous ruling that could make it easier for families like hers to go to court over access to education. … Read More
June 12, 2025
(The Hill) – Nimbus is a descendant of the Omicron variant of the virus and was first identified in late January. Its spike mutations appear to make it more transmissible than other COVID-19 variants, according to the WHO. Spike mutations … Read More
June 12, 2025
(The Telegraph) – Flush and bone rituals proposed as a new, ‘gentler’ funerary method People could soon be able to choose to be boiled and flushed down the drain instead of cremated or buried. A consultation on funerary methods by … Read More
June 12, 2025
(Politico) – Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reinstating more than 400 people who had received layoff notices, according to … Read More
June 12, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – People are replacing Google search with artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, a major shift that has unleashed a new kind of bot loose on the web. To offer users a tidy AI summary instead of … Read More
June 12, 2025
(404 Media) – Last month, I wrote an article about how schools were not prepared for ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, based on thousands of pages of public records I obtained from when ChatGPT was first released. As part … Read More
June 12, 2025
(Business Insider) – Meta’s stand-alone AI app launched in late April, and like many people, my first thought was, “Huh?” After trying it out a little, my next thought was, “Oh no.” A few weeks later, after the initial surge … Read More
June 12, 2025
(Texas Tribune) – As Texas sets to crack down on the recreational use of cannabis, state leaders are opting to invest $50 million in another plant with purported medicinal benefits – a psychedelic called ibogaine. For several years, people have … Read More
June 12, 2025
(Axios) – The U.S. death rate from alcohol-related liver disease roughly doubled over two decades and was exacerbated by the pandemic, with women, young adults and Indigenous people experiencing the sharpest rise, a study in JAMA Network Open found. Why … Read More
June 11, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – The Dutch city thought it could break a decade-long trend of implementing discriminatory algorithms. Its failure raises the question: can these programs ever be fair? Amsterdam indeed thought it was on the right track. City officials … Read More
June 11, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Despite incomplete evidence, longevity enthusiasts are experimenting with SGLT2 inhibitors in their quest to live healthier for longer Some health-obsessed Americans believe the next antiaging therapeutic already exists—in the medicine cabinets of millions of diabetes patients. … Read More
June 11, 2025
(CBS Detroit via MSN) – A third Chinese national is accused of smuggling biological materials into the U.S. for work at a University of Michigan laboratory. Chengxuan Han, of the People’s Republic of China, is charged with smuggling goods into … Read More
June 11, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Gov. Kathy Hochul can veto a law with few safeguards and no waiting period. New York’s Legislature embraces every progressive cause, and the latest is making it easier for people to kill themselves. The state Senate … Read More
June 11, 2025
(UPI) – A suspected link between childhood trauma and the risk of developing endometriosis in later life was strengthened Wednesday with the publication of study that showed a greater chance of the condition among women with histories of difficult childhoods. … Read More
June 11, 2025
(BBC) – Women who tracked their menstrual cycle using smartphone apps have been warned about the privacy and safety risks of doing so. A report from the University of Cambridge’s Minderoo Centre said the apps were a “gold mine” for … Read More
June 11, 2025
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to “radically increase efficiency” in deciding whether to approve new drugs and devices, one of several top priorities laid out in an article published Tuesday … Read More
June 11, 2025
(Rest of World) – At overburdened clinics, pharmacists use AI to catch dangerous errors. It’s frontier tech meets frontier medicine — with global implications. Pharmacists in Brazil began testing the technology earlier this year. Its initial success suggests it could … Read More
June 11, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Physical stability—i.e., the ability to avoid tipping over—is the No. 1 safety concern identified by a group exploring new standards for humanoid robots. The IEEE Humanoid Study Group argues that humanoids differ from other robots, like … Read More
June 11, 2025
(Futurism) – “What these bots are saying is worsening delusions, and it’s causing enormous harm.” As we reported this story, more and more similar accounts kept pouring in from the concerned friends and family of people suffering terrifying breakdowns after … Read More
