Daily Human Digest
Every day, the staff of the Genetic Literacy Project scours the Web for stories on a range of human genetics issues, including gene editing, regulations and bioethics, gene therapy, epigenetics, personal genomics, evolution, ancestry and artificial intelligence. We publish excerpts of those stories and encourage our readers to visit the original publications for the complete stories.
Conspiracy peddlers have been around for centuries. What’s behind their recent surge in popularity?
QAnon’s mutation from a conspiracy theory on an internet message board into a movement with the characteristics of a cult ...
Rightfully concerned your dog could die of rabies? Many vaccine-suspicious pet owners follow RFK, Jr.’s guidance, increasingly reject life-protecting jabs
For most of her career, vaccination was a routine, unremarkable part of Dr. McGuire’s work as a small animal veterinarian ...
Viewpoint: The ‘massive anti-vax, anti-public health propaganda machine’ promoting RFK. Jr. and his band of HHS grifters
It’s a great time to be a MAHA-pilled anti-vaxxer, because there are so many fun conferences to attend. ... The ...
A journey for one Muslim creationist to embrace evidence-based science and evolution
Ella al-Shamahi is a palaeoanthropologist and evolutionary biologist who grew up as a creationist. ... [She] thought she'd be able to ...
Here is the origin of the term AGI—Artificial General Intelligence
[Artificial] general intelligence, or AGI, [is] the stage at which computers can match or surpass human intelligence. ... Prognosticators say ...
Viewpoint: Ways that HHS Secretary Kennedy lied when he pledged his commitment to ‘gold standard science’
Under the reign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ... thousands of people have lost their jobs, the organization’s policies have been hijacked by allies ...
‘Biotech Barbie’ Manhattan Project: Will CRISPR babies escape the shadow of He Jiankui?
Cathy Tie left university to found her first biotechnology company at the age of 18. In the 11 years since, ...
Tom Brady paid $50,000 to clone his beloved dog. The same procedure can help revive endangered, inbred species
[We] heard that Tom Brady had his dog cloned. The former quarterback revealed that his Junie is actually a clone ...
AI poised to revolutionize app dating: Here’s how it may work
After swiping aimlessly for years on dating apps like Hinge and Tinder, Emma Inge ... decided to try something different ...
With Republican popularity sagging, RFK, Jr.’s MAHA movement may provide a boost for Trump
MAHA leaders are set to use their agenda to shore up support for the GOP among independent voters who might ...
Animal rights advocates align with RFK, Jr.’s attempt to phase out animal testing in favor of high-tech, human-based alternatives
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s making animal welfare a component of his Make America Healthy Again mission. The health secretary has ...
RFK, Jr. endorses expedited approvals for gene editing therapy
A top United States regulator plans to unveil a faster approach to approving custom gene-editing treatments, a move designed to ...
Viewpoint: ‘God is an antivaxxer’—Don’t let the MAHA movement’s claims of being evidence-based fool you. It’s now full-on anti-vax
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likes to say that he is not anti-vaccine, he is “pro-safety.” But when 1,000 ...
‘Beat the Chinese’: President irked as U.S. race to the moon falters
Secretary of Transportation and [acting NASA administrator Sean] Duffy said SpaceX has fallen behind in its efforts to develop the ...
Losing jobs, increasing efficiency and profitability: Amazon jumps rivals in embracing warehouse robots
Artificial intelligence that makes humans more efficient and robots that make them less necessary: That’s the future Amazon is building in its ...
Texas escalates legal attacks against Tylenol maker, asks judge to stop advertising (accurately) that the pain killer is safe
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a federal judge to issue a restraining order against the makers of Tylenol ...
‘Defective and inherently dangerous’: ChatGPT facing multiple wrongful death and mental health breakdown lawsuits
Four wrongful death lawsuits were filed against OpenAI ..., as well as cases from three people who say the company’s ...
One shot to lower risk of heart attacks? Early-stage CRISPR therapy safely cut “bad” cholesterol and triglycerides by more than 50% patients
In a 15-patient, Phase 1 one, first-in-human trial, a one-time, CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing therapy safely reduced LDL cholesterol and triglycerides in ...
DNA pioneer James Watson’s remarkable—and controversial—career
Discovering the structure of ... DNA was a breakthrough that would help open the way to a revolution in medicine, ...
Viewpoint: No, we should not follow RFK, Jr.’s recommendation and quickly phase out biomedical research animal testing
In recent months, the Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health have announced new initiatives to reduce and replace animal ...
Would humans re-evolve if we went extinct?
To recreate an extinct species exactly, evolution would have to reproduce not just its traits but its entire genetic code ...
‘The science is almost non-existent’: Latest longevity fad: N.A.D. supplements. Here’s an explainer
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, or N.A.D.+, is a molecule found in all cells that’s essential for repairing damage, generating energy and ...
The public health establishment takes on the insurrectionist MAHA movement and searches for common ground
Dr. Georges Benjamin has seen many infectious disease outbreaks and bioterrorism threats in the near-25 years he's led the American ...
Curing Alzheimer’s: Unwinding mystery of the 76-year-old man with a disease that (until now) always caused dementia by 50
Mr. Whitney, 76, is a scientific unicorn with potential to provide answers about one of the world’s most devastating diseases ...
Viewpoint: Beware the cancer quacks: Here’s why ‘functional-medicine-doctor-practicing-without-a-license’ Casey Means is a disaster choice for surgeon general
It appears that our next U.S. Surgeon General will be Casey Means, who labels herself a “functional medicine” doctor. Or ...
Miracle mineral? Magnesium is the hottest-selling supplement. Does it work? Can it be dangerous?
In the fast-moving world of supplements, it's magnesium's time to shine. And the industry is booming. The global magnesium market ...
Viewpoint: The science behind seasonal affective disorder
Although seasonal affective disorder (Sad) was only formally recognised by psychiatrists in the 1980s, the link between the seasons, mood ...
