Microplastics are now so ubiquitous we're drinking, eating, and inhaling them. As a result, they're showing up in our stool, placentas, reproductive organs, and brains. Now these particles, less than 5 mm in size, have been found deep within our bones. www.sciencealert.com/microplastic...

Some AI chatbots rely on flawed research from retracted scientific papers to answer questions, according to recent studies. The findings, confirmed by MIT Technology Review, raise questions about how reliable AI tools are at evaluating scientific research…

🦟 What the "Mosquito Magnet Trial" revealed 🦟 medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09... #mosquitos

How much longer can it be before sentient machines walk among us?

🎗️MedSky🎗️ A study led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania shows that actively targeting dormant tumor cells (DTCs) lingering in the bone marrow and other parts of the body can keep patients cancer-free.

An “Immortal” Jellyfish Offers Clues into Biological Aging

"Could the deepening interdependence between humans and #AI give rise to a new kind of evolutionary individual?" Read about humans and AI as an integrated evolutionary individual subject to selection at the collective level. 🧪 #Science #ArtificialIntelligence #Evolution www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🤖 #Artificialintelligence 🤖 “Companies have built chatbots to act like caring humans, but they’ve postponed developing the standards and accountability we demand of real caregivers. The clock is now running out.”

🦠MedSky🦠 Man's COVID Infection Lasted 2 Years, Setting a New Record

I took a close look at vaccine mandates in the wake of Florida's push to do away with them. www.science.org/content/arti...

🌿MedSky🌿 “Concerns about cannabis (both recreational and medicinal) and mental illness are not new. And liberalization of cannabis policy worldwide is renewing these concerns.” ⮛

AI is always just calculating — So why don't we readily recognise this?

All of this underscores that AI in medicine, as in every field, works best when it augments the work of humans. The future of medicine is about designing tools that sharpen human judgment and amplify what we can accomplish. time.com/7315960/ai-h...

AI is always just calculating — So why don't we readily recognise this?

“OpenAI’s latest research paper diagnoses exactly why ChatGPT and other large language models can make things up — known in the world of artificial intelligence as ‘hallucination’. It also reveals why the problem may be unfixable, at least as far as consumers are concerned.” ⮛

🧫MedSky🧫 Why understanding HPV matters 🧫

7) What Makes an AI Teammate Truly Intelligent www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/in-o...

Last week, a legal battle over lab-grown meat kicked off in Texas. On September 1, a two-year ban on the technology went into effect across the state; the following day, two companies filed a lawsuit against state officials.

🧫MedSky🧫 The ground you walk on could be a goldmine of medicine. Most bacteria remain uncultured — and they may hold the key to our antibiotic crisis.

"Existing evidence also shows that azelastine is one of several drugs that can stop SARS-CoV-2 from replicating itself, halting the virus in its tracks. However it works, though, the drug is clearly effective at preventing COVID-19." www.sciencealert.com/over-the-cou...

Help! My therapist is secretly using ChatGPT

More and more people are turning to ChatGPT or other AI chatbots for advice and emotional support…. But confiding in chatbots can be risky. Many of these technologies are designed primarily to drive engagement, and may provide users with responses that are false or harmful. [Keep reading]⮛

🔹MedSky🔹 ''Choline is naturally found in foods such as eggs, meat, fish, and some beans and nuts. Boosting choline intake with supplements may offer a way for many people to reduce their risk of Alzheimer's disease.''

In a major leap for artificial intelligence (AI) and photonics, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have created optical generative models capable of producing novel images using the physics of light instead of conventional electronic computation.

Check out this case report from one of our stellar residents, Samantha Lo, about the value of multimodal imaging in assessing ventricular ectopy in the setting of MVP and MAD! #MedSky #elmhurstmedicine 🫀 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40710885/

🎗️MedSky🎗️ According to the pharmaceutical company Lilly Oncology, a phase 3 clinical trial has now confirmed that the Abemaciclib pill, sold under the brand name Verzenio, can significantly reduce the risk of relapse in some types of early breast cancer, which had spread to the lymph node.

Stunning cryo-ET from Peijun Zhang lab: Direct visualization of HIV-1 nuclear import! Hundreds of viral cores captured entering the nucleus. The NPC dilates to let the capsid through. A masterclass in correlative microscopy that makes it quantitative. A leap for structural virology! @emboreports.org

A lot of Americans don’t eat well. And they’re paying for it with their health. A diet high in sugar, sodium, and saturated fat can increase the risk of problems like diabetes, heart disease, and kidney disease, … leading causes of death in the US. This is hardly news. But this week RFK Jr., …⬎

“Proponents argue that AI will […] help us achieve technological breakthroughs leading to cleaner energy sources […]. But xAI is belching CO2 into the Memphis skies from its methane-fueled generators *right now.* Google’s electricity demand and emissions are skyrocketing *today.*”

“It’s not good for research because it’s not highly accurate. You can’t use it for writing because it’s banned—and people get zeros on papers who haven’t even used it because of AI detectors. And it seems like it’s going to take all the good jobs. One teacher told us we’re all going to be janitors.”

AI comes for the job market, security, and prosperity: The Debrief “No one my age wants AI. No one is excited about it,” [a high-school-age girl says]. “Why not?” [her father asks]. “Because it seems like all the jobs we thought we wanted to do are going to go away,” [she replies].

Xenotransplantation of pig-to-human organs takes a small step forward with the first ever lung transplant. It's not a giant leap for mankind, but it adds to momentum the field has seen over the past year. www.science.org/content/arti...

Call for applications for the ARES International Training Scholarships Programs ➣ 1 Specialized Bachelor’s Degree ➣ 10 Specialized Master’s Degrees ➣ 6 Continuing Training Courses (Short-term professional development)

I gave the police access to my DNA—and maybe some of yours

New University of Colorado Boulder-led research, published this month in the journal Nature Genetics, sheds light on why some people age better than others.

Interesting experiment www.ethicalpsychology.com/2025/08/on-c...

The findings add to a growing body of research showing that the gut microbiome — the vast community of microbes living in our digestive system — plays a crucial role in how well cancer treatments work. www.sciencenews.org/article/sucr...

🧠MedSky🧠 Could Restoring Lithium Levels Help Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?

Excellent reporting on a growing problem. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

In this article, Angela Kersenbrock & @drkastout.bsky.social make the case for community colleges being permitted to offer bachelor's degrees, which will benefit, not only students, but also the economy: buff.ly/xdNZ6tD #AcademicSky #highered

🧠MedSky🧠 'A tipping point': Expert gives update from frontiers of Alzheimer's disease research

Study from the University of Alberta has revealed that water-soluble egg yolk hydrolysates could offer a natural solution for managing osteoporosis. eurekalert.org/news-release... #AbSci #HealthScience #UAlberta #SciChat

GPT-5 is here. Now what? At long last, OpenAI has released GPT-5. The new system abandons the distinction between OpenAI’s flagship models and its o series of reasoning models, automatically routing user queries to a fast nonreasoning model or a slower reasoning version.

Over the past two centuries, vaccines have been critical for preventing infectious diseases. The WHO estimates vaccination prevent up to 5 million deaths annually from diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, influenza, measles and, more recently, COVID-19. theconversation.com/vaccines-hol...

🎓Higher Education🎓 #AcademicSky #EduSky #AcademicChatter A record number of 18-year-olds are likely to get into their first choice of university this year, the head of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) has said - even if they narrowly miss their grades.

⚕️MedSky⚕️ Researchers at the @uvmvermont.bsky.social have developed a more precise way to assess stroke risk in people with atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), a condition that affects 10.5 million Americans and is a leading cause of stroke.

COVID significantly increases risk of death from metastatic cancer. Viruses like COVID-19 and the flu could awaken dormant cancer cells that have previously spread to the lungs, triggering the growth of metastatic disease. healthimaging.com/topics/clini...

The two people shaping the future of OpenAI’s research