Daily Human Digest
When did our human ancestors arrive in Europe? 1.4-million-year-old artifacts made by hominids track their migration
An artifact-rich archaeological site in western Ukraine may be the oldest spot in Europe to contain evidence of early humans ...
CRISPR co-creator Jennifer Doudna on how gene editing can tackle antibiotic resistance crisis
Understanding how CRISPR could be used to tackle antibiotic resistance, we need to understand how that resistance arises in the ...
Understanding ego death: Psychedelics can be humbling for some people — but for others it inflates their egos. Why?
A commonly recounted experience with psychedelics is that it dissolves one’s ego, blurring the boundaries between ourselves and others ...
With just a sample of fluid surrounding a baby in the womb, researchers can make mini organs to test out potential medical treatments
Scientists have created miniorgans from cells floating in the fluid that surrounds a fetus in the womb—opening new area of ...
Microsoft AI image generator ‘randomly creates violent and sexual imagery,’ whistleblower alleges
Microsoft's AI text-to-image generator, Copilot Designer, appears to be heavily filtering outputs after being warned it would do so ...
In 2023, humans generated more energy-related emissions than ever before. Here’s why clean energy hydropower was the culprit
Hydropower is a staple of clean energy and it’s one of the world’s largest sources of renewable electricity ...
Ozempic for life? Weight loss drugs are meant to be used long term. What happens if you stop taking them?
Those who have used new obesity drugs like Wegovy to lose weight and improve health are wondering what happens if ...
Hairy questions: As scientists edge closer to resurrecting mammoths, a host of ethical and scientific issues arise
Colossal Biosciences, a biotechnology company based in Dallas, announced [March 6] that it has produced a line of Asian elephant ...
Scientists losing uphill battle to prevent measles spread
Measles seems poised to make a comeback in America. Two adults and two children staying at a migrant shelter in ...
What do Muslim leaders have to say about ethics of germline editing to prevent diseases?
Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin give ethical analysis of germline genome editing based on Islamic ...
Viewpoint: My scientific paper was accused of ChatGPT plagiarism. Here’s how I proved my innocence
A journal reviewer accused Lizzie Wolkovich of using ChatGPT to write a manuscript. She hadn’t — but her paper was ...
‘People are going to be better-looking, healthier and smarter – what’s not to like?’ What are the pitfalls of selecting embryos for intelligence?
The second age of eugenics: Would you select an embryo according to its chances of higher intelligence? And is that ...
Erectile dysfunction drug Viagra may help prevent brain aging
Viagra can be a wonder drug for men with erectile dysfunction, and now new research suggests it may also be ...
Gene therapy has restored hearing for a second child. Here’s why some deaf people adamantly oppose treatment
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia surgeon John Germiller was among the world's first to successfully treat a deaf child with gene ...
Did eugenicist Charles Lindbergh fake his disabled son’s ‘crime-of-the-century’ kidnapping to cover up experiments by Nazi-sympathizing scientists?
The kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s son has inspired plausible theories about what really happened ...
Sex and the brain: AI can distinguish between male and female brain MRIs with 90% accuracy
Stanford Medicine investigators reported on their development of an artificial intelligence model 90% successful at determining sex MRI scans ...
Is the conman being conned? Claiming he’s been reincarnated as the ‘new Jesus;, Joseph Mercola upends company on the advice of Bahlon, the ‘psychic’s psychic’
An “exposé” of Joe Mercola published on Natural Products Insider, a website devoted to the supplements industry [covered] a story ...
Are ‘superdodgers’ real? Is COVID seasonal? We’re finally making progress on understanding 7 of the biggest COVID mysteries
When the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, nearly everything about the novel coronavirus was ...
NewsGuard/BBC Panorama investigation: Trump campaign uses AI to generate fake images of assumptive Republican presidential nominee with Black ‘admirers’
Artificial intelligence tools have been used to generate seemingly authentic images of former U.S. President Donald Trump with Black voters ...
Should the US ban Chinese genomics companies? Fears rise about genetically-targeted ‘ethnic’ bioweapons
Intel officials have warned China is grabbing U.S. genetic info that could be used to create targeted bioweapons ...
Why is the Mayo Clinic promoting pseudoscience — ‘energy healing’ Reiki?
The Mayo Clinic is a prestigious medical institution with a deserved international reputation. It also promotes rank pseudoscience ...
The Olympics of the future: Transhumanist-supported Enhanced Games recognizes world records achieved with drug use, steroids and stimulants
Peter Thiel and two other venture capitalists, Christian Angermayer and Balaji Srinivasan, are now funding “the Olympics of the future.” ...
Viewpoint: ‘AI is already humming along in unseen and unregulated ways that touch millions of Americans who may never have heard of ChatGPT’
A growing share of businesses, schools, and medical professionals have quietly embraced generative AI, and there’s really no going back ...
Unique use of CRISPR gene editing is paving the way to treat cancer
New gene-editing approach to studying immune gene function could improve treatments for cancer, other diseases ...
7-20 years older: Cognitive fog from COVID-19 causes damage, shrinking and accelerated aging of the brain
A large and growing body of evidence amassed detailing the many ways that COVID-19 leaves an indelible mark on the ...
‘A walking experiment in hyper-vaccination’: What happened when a man chose to get 217 COVID shots in just over two years?
A 62-year-old from Magdeburg deliberately got 217 Covid-19 vaccine shots in the span of 29 months, new study states ...
Viewpoint: Revising ‘Right to Try’ laws could save children with rare diseases
A toddler is thriving after doctors in the US and Canada used a novel technique to treat her before she ...