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August 20, 2025

America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs

(New York Times) – The Department of Health and Human Services recently announced it would wind down 22 mRNA vaccine development projects under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, halting nearly $500 million in investments. This decision … Read More

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August 20, 2025

One neurosurgeon, 8 million patients

(NPR) – “Without it, he will have a devastating end of life,” says Dr. Marco Lee, past president of the Western Neurosurgical Society. “When your breathing starts to go, it’s like this constant feeling of drowning.” That would have been … Read More

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August 20, 2025

5th Legionnaires’ disease death in NYC outbreak, health officials say

(CBS New York via MSN) – A fifth person has died from the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem, New York City’s health department said Monday. So far, there have been 108 confirmed cases of the potentially deadly form of pneumonia in Central … Read More

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August 20, 2025

‘Being short is a curse’: the men paying thousands to get their legs broken – and lengthened

(The Guardian) – It looks like medieval torture, from the metal rods inserted into sawn bones to the months of agonising recovery. But to some, travelling to Turkey to gain a few inches is a (very high) price worth paying … Read More

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August 18, 2025

EHR Notes Reveal Potential Racial Bias in Doctors’ Perception of Patient Credibility

(HealthDay News) – Clinician documentation undermining patient credibility may disproportionately undermine Black individuals An analysis of more than 13 million electronic health record (EHR) notes shows potential racial bias in how doctors document patient trustworthiness, according to a study published … Read More

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August 18, 2025

Anthropic has new rules for a more dangerous AI landscape

(The Verge) – The AI startup’s new policy now specifically bans using Claude to help develop biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear weapons. Anthropic has updated the usage policy for its Claude AI chatbot in response to growing concerns about safety. … Read More

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August 18, 2025

A New Reality for Terminal Cancer: Longer Lives, With Chronic Uncertainty

(Wall Street Journal) – Orilio is part of a new era of cancer treatment challenging the idea of what it means to have and survive cancer. A small but growing population is living longer with incurable or advanced cancer, navigating … Read More

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August 18, 2025

Anthropic says some Claude models can now end ‘harmful or abusive’ conversations

(Tech Crunch) – Anthropic has announced new capabilities that will allow some of its newest, largest models to end conversations in what the company describes as “rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive user interactions.” Strikingly, Anthropic says it’s … Read More

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August 18, 2025

A New Edition of Journal of Bioethical Inquiry Is Now Available

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (vol. 22, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:

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August 18, 2025

The surprising way rising CO2 could supercharge space storms

Rising CO₂ levels will make the upper atmosphere colder and thinner, altering how geomagnetic storms impact satellites. Future storms could cause sharper density spikes despite lower overall density, increasing drag-related challenges.

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August 18, 2025

Scientists just found a hidden factor behind Earth’s methane surge

Roughly two-thirds of all atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, comes from methanogens. Tracking down which methanogens in which environment produce methane with a specific isotope signature is difficult, however. UC Berkeley researchers have for the first time CRISPRed the key enzyme involved in microbial methane production to understand the unique isotopic fingerprints of different environments to better understand Earth's methane budget.

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August 18, 2025

Scientists uncover the lost shelduck that chose walking over flight

Scientists have uncovered an extinct shelduck from the Chatham Islands that evolved shorter wings and stronger legs, adapting to a predator-free, windy environment. It vanished before the 19th century, likely due to hunting and predation.

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August 18, 2025

NASA’s PREFIRE satellites reveal a secret glow escaping from our planet

With its two tiny CubeSats, NASA’s PREFIRE mission is capturing invisible heat escaping from Earth, offering clues to how ice, clouds, and storms influence the climate system. The insights could lead to better weather forecasts and a deeper understanding of global change.

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August 18, 2025

A record-breaking antenna just deployed in space. Here’s what it will see

NASA and ISRO s NISAR satellite has just reached a major milestone: the successful deployment of its enormous 39-foot antenna reflector in orbit. Folded up like an umbrella during launch, the reflector is now fully extended and ready to support NISAR s groundbreaking radar systems. This record-breaking satellite will monitor everything from shifting ice sheets and glaciers to the subtle movement of land caused by earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides.

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August 17, 2025

Why a Michigan man waited over a month in the hospital for stroke rehab

(NBC News) – His doctors recommended that he start an intensive rehab program within days of his stroke. “Almost immediately they started telling me that the No. 1 most important thing now is to as quickly as possible get me … Read More

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