September 5, 2025
(Wired) – Model welfare is an emerging field of research that seeks to determine whether AI is conscious and, if so, how humanity should respond. In the often strange world of AI research, some people are exploring whether the machines … Read More
September 3, 2025
(NPR) – “Action is needed, not tomorrow, but really now,” said Yap Boum of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. He’s talking about a disease that has been around for centuries — cholera — and is rearing its … Read More
September 3, 2025
(New York Times) – Memos released in recent days by the Food and Drug Administration show that the agency’s vaccine chief overruled staff scientists who favored widespread access to Covid shots, setting off a firestorm of criticism from lawmakers, state … Read More
September 3, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – More than 16 million people aged 65 and older in the U.S. live alone. That represents 28% of that age group, almost triple the share in 1950. Among the reasons: increased longevity, higher divorce rates among … Read More
September 3, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Influencers have described propranolol as a magic pill that eases nervous jitters in all kinds of settings. Prescriptions are on the rise, especially for young women. Compared to benzodiazepines, such as Xanax or Valium, propranolol is … Read More
September 3, 2025
(Rest of World) – In China and around the world, the sick and lonely turn to AI. My mother’s reliance on DeepSeek grew over the months. Even though the bot constantly reminded her to see real doctors, she began to … Read More
September 3, 2025
(404 Media) – Michigan just became the 48th state to enact a law addressing deepfakes, imposing jail time and penalties up to the felony level for people who make AI-generated nonconsensual abuse imagery of a real person. It’s now illegal … Read More
September 3, 2025
(Wired) – When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate. More than a dozen big tech companies provide five-figure subsidies to any employee who needs or wants to outsource gestational labor. A … Read More
September 3, 2025
(Wired) – Researchers are working on manipulating the digestive systems of wax worms to create a scalable way of disposing of plastic. The larvae of wax moths, commonly known as wax worms, have the ability to break down polyethylene in … Read More
September 3, 2025
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (vol. 50, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 2, 2025
(Wired) – As concerns grow about AI chatbots leading users into delusional spirals, prominent spiritual influencers are capitalizing on an emerging form of techno-spirituality. Like much of Grant’s work, his description of The Architect is difficult to parse. The general … Read More
September 2, 2025
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization has run out of critical medical supplies in Gaza that it needs to treat a surge in cases of a rare paralysis-causing syndrome in the Palestinian enclave, the U.N. agency said on Friday. There … Read More
September 2, 2025
(AP) – A New York City hospital and another city-run building were sources for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Harlem that killed seven people and sickened dozens of others, health officials announced Friday. The New York City Health … Read More
September 2, 2025
(New York Times) – Changes in screening recommendations over a decade ago may have inadvertently resulted in later diagnosis of the most common cancer in men, a new study has found. Prostate cancer diagnoses have been rising in recent years, … Read More
September 2, 2025
(NBC News) – An over-the-counter nasal spray which has been used for years as a safe and effective treatment for seasonal allergies could potentially prevent Covid infections, according to clinical trial results released Tuesday. The antihistamine azelastine works as an … Read More
September 2, 2025
(NPR) – The mobile MRI unit visits Southwest Healthcare Services, the hospital in Bowman, North Dakota, each Wednesday. Without it, the community’s 1,400 residents would have to drive 40 minutes to get to an MRI machine, an expensive piece of … Read More
September 2, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – More Americans are testing positive for fentanyl use in randomized workplace drug tests, highlighting a persistent challenge for employers. The positive rate for urine tests indicating the presence of the synthetic opioid fentanyl was 1.13% in … Read More
September 2, 2025
(NBC News) – In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong. “There’s people that are aware AI isn’t perfect, and then there’s people that come to you angry because they … Read More
September 2, 2025
(New York Times) – Draw boundaries. Protect your peace. Worry less about pleasing others. The prevailing (and best-selling) wisdom of the day encourages an inward turn. Every era molds a different version of self-realization. With each chapter in American history, … Read More
September 2, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Some therapists are using AI during therapy sessions. They’re risking their clients’ trust and privacy in the process. The large language model (LLM) boom of the past few years has had unexpected ramifications for the field … Read More
September 1, 2025
(Nature) – A map of DNA methylation changes in human organs could help researchers to discover more targets for anti-ageing therapies. The visible effects of ageing on our body are in part linked to invisible changes in gene activity. The … Read More
September 1, 2025
(New York Times) – Patients are flooding medical practices with reports of the telltale signs of Covid and questions about whether they will be able to get vaccinated. Patients are inundating some New York City medical practices with messages that … Read More
September 1, 2025
(ABC News) – New York City health officials have discovered a seventh death linked to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the ailment. The latest death was announced Thursday. Officials … Read More
September 1, 2025
(BBC) – Stethoscopes powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect three different heart conditions in seconds, researchers say. The original stethoscope, invented in 1816, allows doctors to listen to the internal sounds of a patient’s body. A British team … Read More
September 1, 2025
(Wired) – WIRED spoke with the director of the Chilean National Center for Artificial Intelligence about a large-language model aimed at helping Latin America achieve technological independence. Latam-GPT is new large language model being developed in and for Latin America. … Read More
