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One Bad Trial, One Big Problem: How a Flawed Study Skewed Prozac Guidance for Children
One Bad Trial, One Big Problem: How a Flawed Study Skewed Prozac Guidance for Children

5 October, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

A single small clinical trial from 2006 may...

Can Pancreatic Cancer Be Stopped in Its Tracks? A Radical Tactic Raises Hopes
Can Pancreatic Cancer Be Stopped in Its Tracks? A Radical Tactic Raises Hopes

4 October, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

With prospects for new treatments at an...

When AI Paints the Picture: The Microscopy Image Controversy Shaking Science
When AI Paints the Picture: The Microscopy Image Controversy Shaking Science

2 October, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

A prize-winning video of lung tissue has...

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AI-Detection Tools Have Made a Major Leap Forward — But Can They Be Trusted?

AI-Detection Tools Have Made a Major Leap Forward — But Can They Be Trusted?

Posted on 31 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

When Daniel Evanko asked a scientist whether they had used artificial intelligence to write their peer-review report, he didn’t expect a confession. Most researchers don’t reveal AI help, says Evanko, who is the director of journal operations at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). But this time was different. “Wow, you guys are good!” the reviewer wrote back, admitting he had used a large language model (LLM) after running out of time. Evanko had a secret weapon: a...
Who Is Responsible When AI Helps to Write Science?

Who Is Responsible When AI Helps to Write Science?

Posted on 2 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

Generative AI is now embedded in the daily workflow of research. It summarizes literature, drafts sections, sharpens arguments, and increasingly shapes the conceptual framing of papers. Yet publishing norms have not kept pace. The question that remains unanswered is not whether AI is being used — it clearly is — but who is accountable for what it produces. Authorship was never just a credit mechanism. It is an accountability structure: a signal to the community that a named scholar stands...

Today In History

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 18 October.

  1. Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes outlaws Protestantism.
  2. Boundary between Md & Pa the Mason Dixon line agreed upon.
  3. English astronomer J.K Hind discovers Flor his second asteroid
  4. US took formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million)
  5. Columbia Princeton Rutgers & Yale set rules for collegiate football
  6. 1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY).
  7. American flag raised in Puerto Rico
  8. Mata Hari was shot as a spy by French firing squad
  9. British Broadcasting Corporation established
  10. Inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange N.J. at age 84.
  11. Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia during World War II.
  12. Connie Mack announced retirement as manager of the Phila Athletics
  13. Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times.
  14. Dr. Watson of US & Drs. Crick & Wilkins of Britain win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA
  15. Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released
  16. Soviet Venera 4 becomes the 1st probe to send data back from Venus
  17. Robert Beaman of US broad jumps a record 8.90 m.
  18. US Olympic Committee suspended Tommie Smith & John Carlos for giving `black power' salute as a protest during victory ceremony
  19. Federal govt bans use of artificial sweeteners known as cyclamates
  20. Soyuz 8 returns to Earth
  21. Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record
  22. 1st Islander 0-0 tie-Kings at Nassau-25th time shutout-Resch's 15th
  23. Yanks beat Dodgers 8-4 for 21st world championship 1st in 15 years
  24. Former 1st lady Bess Truman died in Independence Mo. at age 97