April 23, 2026
(NBC News) – By 2035, rectal cancer death rates could exceed deaths from colon cancer, new research suggests. Deaths from rectal cancer are rising rapidly among younger adults, an alarming trend that is confounding scientists trying to understand why millennials … Read More
April 23, 2026
(The Economist) – SORRY, YOUNGER siblings. On standard measures of success, such as educational achievement and income, first-borns do better. Why? Stereotypes cast eldest children as responsible and younger ones as rebellious—but large-scale studies find no meaningful link between birth … Read More
April 22, 2026
(WSJ) – After an uproar among oncologists, the FDA last fall agreed to reconsider RP1 and selected a second panel to eliminate what it called “bias.” Dr. Prasad believed the first panel was biased because it recommended the drug. So … Read More
April 22, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – Florida’s attorney general announced a criminal investigation of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, alleging the company’s chatbot advised the man accused of killing two people in a shooting at Florida State University last year which ammunition to use … Read More
April 22, 2026
(Newsweek via MSN) – A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled Monday that the state constitution guarantees a right to abortion, striking down a decades-long ban on state Medicaid funding for abortion services in a decision that could reshape reproductive access for … Read More
April 22, 2026
(Nature) – Researchers are increasingly sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence could end humanity. But such doomsday warnings carry their own risks. Since 2022, there has been a step change in AI capabilities brought about by large language models (LLMs), … Read More
April 22, 2026
(The Hill) – With spring in full force and summer on the way, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is raising the alarm on tick bites. The agency says the bites are sending Americans to the emergency room … Read More
April 22, 2026
(Nature) – Autonomous agents aren’t just creating their own research — on the Reddit-style website Agent4Science, they’re chatting about it, too. The latest scientific social network is here — but unusually, there’s no room for human users. The Reddit-style site, … Read More
April 21, 2026
(BBC) – Tinder will let users prove they are human and not robots by bringing advanced eye-scanning technology to the app amid rising fears over AI. Users of the dating app, as well as other major platforms such as video … Read More
April 21, 2026
(The Conversation) – The first time the placebo effect really got under my skin was when I read that roughly one-third of people with irritable bowel syndrome improve on placebo treatments alone. Usually this statistic is presented as a fascinating … Read More
April 21, 2026
(Bloomberg via MSN) – Measles has been spreading in the US, reaching infection levels not seen in decades and threatening the country’s elimination status. This year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 1,748 infections as of April 17 — … Read More
April 21, 2026
(Aeon) – Neat ethical principles have nothing to say to doctors like me, faced with the brutal, bloody compromises of hospital life Other than the principles of informed consent and patient confidentiality, the field has had no impact on my … Read More
April 21, 2026
(Wired) – A longitudinal study found that loneliness is closely linked to lapses in immediate and delayed recall. Neuroscientists know that there is a link between loneliness and cognitive decline in older adults, although it is still difficult to understand … Read More
April 21, 2026
(Wired) – Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey have different visions for how to use AI for management purposes, but both imagine a system of heightened control. On April 13, the Financial Times reported that Meta is working up a photorealistic, … Read More
April 20, 2026
(Compact Magazine) – Marijuana remains the most misunderstood vice in America. Our large and growing marijuana industry depends on obscuring the well-documented connection the drug has to a wide variety of severe physical and mental health issues, as well as … Read More
April 20, 2026
(Futurism) – It just takes two sprays into the nasal cavity to make a difference. A team of scientists at Texas A&M University say they’ve developed a nasal spray that improves the working memory of older lab mice. They believe … Read More
April 20, 2026
(NYT) – Ukraine is using unmanned ground vehicles armed with bombs, guns or rockets to carry out attacks and keep its soldiers out of harm’s way. As the remotely controlled vehicles approached the enemy soldiers, an aerial drone flew in … Read More
April 20, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – But the researchers who are raising flags describe a pathway, even multiple pathways, to bringing mirror life into existence—and they say we urgently need guardrails to figure out what kinds of mirror-biology research might still be … Read More
April 20, 2026
(NBC News) – Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later. She and her husband, Ed, were on the next flight home. Nine … Read More
April 20, 2026
(BBC) – A vaccine during pregnancy which protects newborns against nasty chest infections is cutting hospital admissions of babies by more than 80%, UK health officials say. A virus, called RSV, affects many babies in the first few months of … Read More
April 17, 2026
(WSJ) – A trip to the emergency room helped me realize my generation is in trouble—and that we can’t give in to defeatism about our chronic health issues I emerged from surgery four and a half hours later with 72 … Read More
April 17, 2026
(WSJ) – The number of octogenarians is growing and they have big ideas for spending, healthcare and housing The first of the youth-obsessed baby boomers turn 80 this year, including President Trump, and they want to shake up old age. … Read More
April 17, 2026
(Reuters via MSN) – Researchers have developed a modified version of the CRISPR gene-editing tool that in early laboratory experiments suggests it may have the potential to “silence” the extra chromosome that causes Down syndrome. People with Down syndrome are … Read More
April 17, 2026
(Washington Post) – Silicon Valley’s next great leap may be built on videos of people folding laundry. Start-ups and entrepreneurs including Tesla CEO Elon Musk are trying to make robots smart enough to help with chores around the home. But … Read More
April 17, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – We don’t really understand AI’s inner workings, so we’re effectively flying blind. Most of the public conversation regarding the use of AI-driven autonomous lethal weapons centers on how much humans should remain “in the loop.” Under … Read More
