
Artificial Intelligence Needs Both Pragmatists and Blue-Sky Visionaries
For humanity’s brightest future, the blue-sky, lofty thinkers in AI need the help of the muddy-boots pragmatists

Artificial Intelligence Needs Both Pragmatists and Blue-Sky Visionaries
For humanity’s brightest future, the blue-sky, lofty thinkers in AI need the help of the muddy-boots pragmatists

A Recent Supreme Court Ruling Will Help People In Pain
By ruling in favor of two doctors accused of running pill mills, SCOTUS is clarifying opioid prescription practices

Frank Drake’s Courageous Questions Live On
Drake’s curiosity and ambition turned the search for extraterrestrial intelligence into the scientific venture it is today

It’s Time To Rethink the Origins of Pain
Chronic pain is biochemical, but it’s also psychological, and treatment needs to address how we think and feel about it

The Number of Children Orphaned by COVID Keeps Rising
HIV has taught us how to care for children who have lost a parent, but more countries need to step up

Predatory Bacteria Are Fierce, Ballistic and Full of Potential
Bacterial predators fight like wolves, torpedoes and vampires, and they could provide the next antibiotics

A Community-Led Response Can Help Stem Racial Disparities in COVID
Pittsburgh’s Black residents are at a high risk of contracting COVID. A Black-led coalition is trying to reduce it

Doctors Need to Learn to Talk about Suicide
Medical schools have neglected suicide, one of the leading causes of death. Teaching specific skills, including empathy, can help doctors save lives

COVID Has Set Back Childhood Immunizations Worldwide
No child should have to die of a preventable disease. Getting pediatric vaccine numbers back to what they used to be will take money, time and cooperation

Monkeypox Is a Sexually Transmitted Infection, and Knowing That Can Help Protect People
In the U.S., Black and Latino men who have sex with men are most vulnerable to monkeypox

From One Dying Breath to the Next
A respiratory therapist and former Army medic shares what we need to learn from the COVID pandemic

AI Can Help Indigenous People Protect Biodiversity
Loss of wild species has reached a crisis level. Artificial intelligence can help but only if Indigenous partners have secure land rights