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Teens Are Using Chatbots as Therapists. That’s Alarming.
(New York Times) – Marketed as conversational agents, chatbots are becoming de facto digital therapists for many teens, for whom this technology now feels...
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Scientists perform the first pig-to-human lung transplant
(Science News) – Scientists have, for the first time, transplanted a genetically engineered pig lung into a human. The lung tissue remained alive for...
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The Hidden Ingredients Behind AI’s Creativity
(Wired) – Image generators are designed to mimic their training data, so where does their apparent creativity come from? A recent study suggests that...
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Silicon Valley Launches Pro-AI PACs to Defend Industry in Midterm Elections
(Wall Street Journal) – Silicon Valley is putting more than $100 million into a network of political-action committees and organizations to advocate against strict...
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Eli Lilly’s obesity pill remains a viable rival to Novo’s oral Wegovy despite data that underwhelmed investors
(NBC News) – Eli Lilly’s stock is still recovering after the drugmaker released trial data earlier this month on its closely watched obesity pill...
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A New Edition of Research Ethics is Now Available
Research Ethics (vol. 21, no. 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
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AI May Soon Detect Laryngeal Cancer Just by Listening to Your Voice
(Discover) – Everyone’s voice is unique. Because of our individual nuances in anatomy, it’s as distinguishable as a fingerprint. While those differences help us...
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GPT‑5 Pro is brilliant, but it’s still nowhere near real AGI, says one of the professors who coined the term
(Techradar) – GPT‑5 Pro impresses with its complex, layered response to prompts. The crown jewel of the GPT-5 rollout this month even made OpenAI...
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The trauma of illness can last long after the body has healed
(STAT News) – I’ve seen it as a psychologist — and experienced it as a patient Even through Zoom, I could tell she was...
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The brain’s map of the body is surprisingly stable — even after a limb is lost
(Nature) – Study challenges the textbook idea that the brain region that processes body sensations reorganizes itself after limb amputation. A brain-imaging study of...
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Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war
(The Guardian) – Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have...
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Famine Is Now Gripping Parts of Gaza, Says Global Body
(Wall Street Journal) – Official designation by leading food-security experts adds to pressure on Israel International food-security experts said a famine has taken hold...
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The Fitbit App Is Turning Into an AI-Powered Personal Health Coach
(Wired) – Built with Gemini, Google’s AI health coach will be everything but a doctor. Fitbit’s smartphone app has undergone several redesigns over the...
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I gave the police access to my DNA—and maybe some of yours
(MIT Technology Review) – My relatives didn’t get a vote when I added my genetic profile to a crime-fighting database. In 2018, police in...
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Scientists Just Caught Human Embryo Implantation on Camera
(Wired) – Scientists recorded in 3D and in real time the exact moment a human embryo implanted itself in an artificial uterus, opening new...