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One Bad Trial, One Big Problem: How a Flawed Study Skewed Prozac Guidance for Children
5 October, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
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4 October, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
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September 2026
How to Stay Smart in the Age of AI: The Science of Critical Thinking
Posted on 28 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
There is growing concern that AI can blunt memory and reasoning. But science shows ways to keep the brain sharp.
Earlier this year, education researcher Lixiang Yan realized that students could outsource all of their work for his university course to artificial intelligence.
Yan, who teaches at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, was using an agentic AI called Codex to set up an online course on a learning-management platform. But it quickly became clear that the adept AI could...
Will AI Really Kill Us All? The Science Behind the Hype
Posted on 27 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
Concerns that artificial intelligence might kill us all are blowing up right now following warnings from researchers and leaders at some of the world’s foremost AI companies. Speculation is rife over how legislators will act. Here’s what the fears are, who is expressing them, and what might happen next.
How Did the Latest Fears About AI Begin?
The latest wave of AI existential anxiety kicked off on 8 September, when researcher Jacob Coxon told the Wall Street Journal that he was...
Why GLP-1 Drugs Work Like Magic for Some — and Barely Work at All for Others
Posted on 26 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
The GLP-1 drugs — semaglutide, tirzepatide, and their pharmaceutical cousins — have been called transformative. Clinical trials show that most people taking them lose an average of 25% of their body weight. Real-world results follow a similar arc. But 10 to 15% of users see minimal or no weight loss at all.
Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist at the University of Toronto whose research contributed to the development of these medications, describes the situation plainly: “There is...
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The Underground Hydrogen Rush: A Cheap Green Fuel or Just a Pipe Dream?
Posted on 20 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
For most of the past century, the idea that hydrogen gas could be sitting underground in commercially viable deposits simply did not register as a possibility worth entertaining. Geologists knew the Earth produces hydrogen constantly through reactions between iron-rich rock and water, and through the splitting of water molecules by radioactive decay. They also knew that microbes eat it, that geochemical reactions consume it, and that its molecules are small enough to slip through rock...
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The Virtual Biotech: When 37,000 AI Agents Go Drug Hunting
Posted on 19 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
Drug discovery has always been a numbers game. The more hypotheses you can generate and test, the better your odds of finding something that works. What happens when you remove the practical ceiling on how many scientists can work a problem simultaneously?
A team at Stanford University, led by computer scientist James Zou, has spent the past year building an answer. They call it the Virtual Biotech — an artificial-intelligence system that replicates the organizational structure of a drug...
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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 9 October.
- Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)
- Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony
- Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U) chartered in New Haven.
- Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay.
- Benjamin Banneker black American astronomer dies.
- Joshua Stoddard of Worcester Mass. receives patent for 1st calliope
- 1st 2-way telephone conversation
- Public admitted to Washington Monument.
- Babe Ruth's 1st WS homer Only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
- Yanks sweep Cards in the world series
- 1st transcontinental flight by woman lands Laura Ingalls
- Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA
- Yanks sweep Cubs in the world series
- Yanks beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in the world series
- Gil McDougald's World Series Grand Slam Yanks beat Giants 13-1
- Pope Pius XII died 19 years after he was elevated to the papacy.
- Yanks beat Braves 4 games to 3 in the world series
- Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning - world series scoreless pitching streak Yanks beat Reds 4 games to 1
- Uganda gains independence from Britain (National Day).
- Che Guevara executed in Bolivia.
- Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits SF
- Yanks 1st AL Championship game beat Royals 4-1
- Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 5 but returned after failing to dock
- Yanks beat Royals for pennant #31
- Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st American woman to walk in space
- Senate convicted US District Judge Harry E. Claiborne making him the 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.