Coffee Break: AI Deskills Healthcare, mRNA on the Block, Three Hominins Living Together, the Workweek, and a College Essay Worth Reading
Part the First: AI and Deskilling in Healthcare. Yes, it does happen as described in the news article As AI spreads through health care, is
Exactly What Is in the Ivy League Deals with the Trump Administration – and How They Compare
Yves here. Trump is engaged in an ideological and even legitimacy war with major US universities, and has scored a lot of wins. As we
Thomas Neuburger: Our Lawless Elites
Yves here. Tom Neuburger continues his systematic coverage of how the US constitutional order is being revised to favor even more those at the top.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Trouble with ALIS
The F-35 fighter jet is the most expensive weapons program in U.S. history, but one of its biggest failures isn’t in the air — it’s
NYC Mayor Eric Adams in Cahoots With ICE? Sudden Surge in Courthouse Arrests With Failure to Act on Illegal Detentions
In an important bit of reporting, THE CITY documents how New York City now outstrips the entire nation in its rate of ICE arrests in
Beyond Carbon: The Overlooked Health Benefits of Fuel Taxation
Yves here. We’ve pointed out that poor people often suffer health care costs by virtue of where they live. Rich people do not reside hard
Coffee Break: Biotech vs. Science, NIH Under New Management, More on Malaria, Dreams of De-Extinction, and an Aside on the State of America
Part the First: Is This How to Do Science? San Diego, with the University of California-San Diego and the Scripps Research Institute leading the way,
The West’s Ethical Framework Might Not Recover After the Israeli Genocide in Gaza
The New York Times published a story showcasing a skeletal child who later died of malnutrition. A British-Israeli “journalist-investigator” accused the paper of intentionally misleading
How States Are Placing Restrictions on AI in the Absence of Strong Federal Regulation
Yves here. On the one hand, it is gratifying to see that some curbs are being put on AI, even if in a piecemeal fashion