AI medical tools match or surpass doctors for advice

Two health models displayed clinical value across a range of diagnostic and treatment decisions, studies show

Why a neuroscientist worries outsourcing thinking to AI could weaken your brain's defenses against dementia

"How you use AI, not how often, will determine its impact," Vivienne Ming, a theoretical neuroscientist and AI researcher told Business Insider.

Using AI to help physicians diagnose rare genetic diseases affecting children

In an NEJM AI study, experts used an OpenAI reasoning model to reanalyze 376 previously unsolved cases and surface leads for 18 diagnoses.

Recipe: An easy, weeknight-friendly tart that’s packed with veg

Georgina Hayden’s spinach, courgette and feta galette offers the satisfaction of spanakopita — with a lot less fuss

NIH moves to reduce animal testing in research

Non-animal alternatives include "organoids" grown from patient cells and computer models and AI.

Is cold-water swimming good for you, really?

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

Good news—we have extra time before the Sun ends life on Earth

It’s a bit worrying when a scientific paper begins, “How long will life on Earth survive?” But in this case—a study by Jacob Haqq‐Misra of Blue Marble Space and Eric Wolf at the University of Colorado Boulder—the billion-plus-year timeline under consideration shouldn’t cause you too much existential panic.

Why Ebola Came Back

The outbreak in the DR Congo is unlikely to spread worldwide. But it comes at a time of cuts to health budgets and exposes a worrying lack of preparedness for ‘Disease X’

What the gym taught me about China’s relentless competition

In Beijing, the survival of the fittest is not left to chance

How AI is making health care even less affordable

For all of the ways AI could meaningfully improve patients' lives, making care more affordable isn't one of them.

Diabetes org apologizes for ejecting scientists over criticism of Trump

For days after the stunning incident, the ADA had doubled-down on the choice.

An (almost) no-equipment-needed fresh pasta

Meet busiate, a Sicilian shape that anyone can make — here with Burro’s peppery pesto