“I do caution parents of children with ADHD to be extra mindful about their kids’ use of social media,” says child psychiatrist Meredith Gansner. A Nature Outlook feature explores the perils of social media for children with ADHD. 🧪

Research will struggle to keep up - LLMs evolve to SMLs and tools.

People need better information processing skills. “AI sources” are just bits on the internet or curated for an SLM. These skills weren’t there before AI, and mis/disinformation is its own challenge.

Woods Hole MBL goes it alone again?

Amongst other things, this again highlights the core point about due process. It’s bad enough to be in a “show me your papers” situation, but your precious citizen/non-citizen, “legal”/“illegal” distinctions are meaningless when you can’t prove anything to authorities because they don’t give a shit.

... Lindsey’s answer is an abundance agenda plus a connection agenda: more growth where it matters, and more human‑scale power over how we live together by nurturing a flourishing of intermediary institutions in which people can do things and live lives that matter. Far from succumbing to post... 3/

From @cathygellis.bsky.social @techdirt.com: Section 230 is a good law that's at the center of protecting freedom of speech online, and we ought to go to bat to defend it.

A recently discovered brain network that links cognition and actions may have an important role in Parkinson’s disease and could improve its treatment, according to a study in Nature. go.nature.com/49VBuKI #Neuroskyence 🧪

When most people think of AI in education they probably don't think of scientific journals old enough to exist online as black and white photocopies. Here's a cover from the first volume of the Journal of AI in Education 1989/90. It contains a really signficant paper...

HCW's aren't easy to replace 🤬 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

“The Problem with Mesearch” New For The Love of Science vlog on how to strike the right balance in science between a deep connection to one’s work and objectivity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-rS...

How imperfect technologies spread

Feels strange to be promoting a book when things are the way they are but, here goes -- January 27, How To AI, my guide to AI for the rest of us -- including skeptics who want to better understand its limitations -- drops. Pre-orders: sites.prh.com/how-to-ai

I filmed this backstage at a Dead & Company show, not long after the Parkland shooting. Bob Weir had asked to meet a group of student survivors — and the care, time, and respect he showed them was unforgettable. He always showed up to inspire the next generation. Fare thee well to a true legend.

Can children still get vaccines no longer recommended by the CDC? thehill.com/policy/healt...

Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

Baaad news from Germany…

Just like personalized medicine?

In a world of payment apps and digital euros, the coin is staging a modest comeback

NEW: Powerful visuals, impactful stories. See how our photos, videos, graphics and films highlighted injustice and drove change in 2025.

Today of all days is one in which I urge everyone to be on alert for misinformation, AI-generated nonsense, and just as importantly fluent and convincing rage-bait. The skills of critical ignoring -- lateral reading, being judicious about how much / where we consume information -- matter now.

Apropos of...everything a reminder that I have a list of accounts that regularly post relaxing and random stuff. It features NO NEWS. If you're trapped scrolling and need to shift your attention to something calmer it's a good way to do it. You can also pin it to your feeds bsky.app/profile/did:...

Tenured faculty positions: #Biomedical Sciences, University of California Riverside. Seeking colleagues examining molecular mechanisms of disease who are committed to collaborative research approaches, and expert in their disease models #facultyjobs #medsky #academicsky aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02207

"What is most striking about this 30-year record of medical misconduct is that it has continued unabated through so many administrations. The response is always the same: Deny wrongdoing, stonewall reporters, punish dissenters and wait for it all to blow over." www.startribune.com/umn-professo...

Sen. Blumenthal making a very good point.

Anthropic glazed journalists as “one of the best red teams”? Claudius the vending machine manager bought fish 🐠 Did it thought it was an albino alligator? www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

Kudos to those early “bloggers” (journalists)

Everyday could be Veterans Day. Thank you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWBC...

🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 Early Edition jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

In the first of six primers on biology, we demystify the simple science of cells and DNA. Brush up your knowledge here

A Swiftian proposal - and where are those Lilliputians?

Changes at NIH Give Political Appointees Greater Power To Fund or Block Research - KFF Health News kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Comment period is OPEN! Express your thoughts about rescinding the Roadless Rule! Note 1: MORE forest fires start near roads, bc the #1 cause of forest fires is humans Note 2: clear cutting and logging generally actually reduce forest resilience to fire apple.news/AC1r2TR7fQlG...

Shingles vaccine linked to lower heart attack risk The absolute rate difference ranged from 1.2 to 2.2 fewer events per 1,000 person-years among all vaccinated adults. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

Some of the AI-generated celebrity content was particularly risqué.” Well that’s an understatement — but I guess if you’re at a loss for words, lean on French?

"A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

If you have published anything, please consider doing this. The window is closing and you should get your details registered now for a chance at a settlement. The form works wherever in the world you are based.

The Revolution Wind farm was slated to start sending power to homes and businesses in Rhode Island and Connecticut starting next year.

Grateful to our leaders here in Minnesota and across the country who are following the science, presenting evidence-based data, and communicating transparently on vaccine safety and effectiveness with the American people. www.startribune.com/u-led-vaccin...

They will make recycling electronics much more efficient

Dr. Annie Trinh & I just published an article on the importance of challenging reward structures & organizational cultures that promote stem cell hyperbole. The piece draws upon prior work by @caulfieldtim.bsky.social, @aregenberg.bsky.social, @isscr.org, & others. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We just learned about a 3rd dimension of how Covid can affect our arteries. erictopol.substack.com/p/covid-and-...

2 bits of data from new Economist/YouGov poll..... 13% support for cutting research funding to universities. 24% among Republicans. Polling on this continues to be catastrophic for the Rs, suggests Dems should be learning far harder into standing up for science and our universities. 1/

I cannot get over this saga. www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/p...

I wrote a whole book about this. This is not me cynically trying to plug a book, it's me saying "this is why you should listen to me on this topic." I set out to write a book about tech but discovered the real driver of change was labor relations. Go figure. www.harpercollins.com/products/arr...

2). Generative AI companies consistently misrepresent what generative AI is, how it works, what it is capable of, how it was made (i.e., trained), and what it costs to operate. Obviously, the first item stems from the second - particularly on the part of consumers/users. However...

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it