Oral Sex Stoking Throat Cancer ‘Epidemic’ in UK and US(independent.co.uk)

60 points by DocFeind 3 years ago | 38 comments

Boeing Passenger Jet Nearly Crashes Because of Known Software Bug(independent.co.uk)

119 points by xrayarx 2 years ago | 47 comments

Sailors on USS Lincoln outside Iran are exhausted and suffering from poor morale(independent.co.uk)

17 points by speckx 2 months ago | 4 comments

Tina Turner has died(independent.co.uk)

106 points by jacquesm 3 years ago | 14 comments

New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Instead of Bible(independent.co.uk)

347 points by BerislavLopac 3 years ago | 218 comments

Independent news article reporting that Makenzie Lystrup, new director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, took her oath on Carl Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot' instead of a Bible.

Deaf girl is cured in world first gene therapy trial(independent.co.uk)

597 points by belter 2 years ago | 276 comments

Independent news article reporting that 18-month-old Opal Sandy, born deaf from auditory neuropathy, had her hearing restored in a world-first gene therapy trial.

Jake Seliger has died(marginalrevolution.com)

908 points by A_D_E_P_T 2 years ago | 189 comments

Alex Tabarrok's Marginal Revolution post remembering writer Jake Seliger after his death from cancer, noting his advocacy for faster drug development.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Mark Zuckerberg says social media is over(newyorker.com)

468 points by FinnLobsien 1 year ago | 801 comments

New Yorker column by Kyle Chayka on Mark Zuckerberg's testimony at Meta's antitrust trial arguing that social media platforms are no longer what they used to be.

Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure(statnews.com)

474 points by leeny 2 years ago | 204 comments

STAT News article reporting scientists documenting the first transmitted Alzheimer's cases, linked to past treatment with cadaver-derived human growth hormone.

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator(nytimes.com)

558 points by jfirebaugh 6 months ago | 692 comments

New York Times article in which a reporter investigates the identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, pointing toward Adam Back; the capture shows a captcha page.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.