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Archives for August 2025

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
RFK Jr.: ‘Trusting the experts is not science.’

That was the US Health Secretary’s explanation regarding the administration’s decision to cancel millions of dollars in mRNA vaccine contracts.

“You can’t control the amount of energy that everybody is getting” when giving vaccines, he said. Your guess is as good as mine.

Justine Calma
Justine Calma
What’s the point of a plastics treaty?

Plastic production, and the mountains of waste that creates, are still growing exponentially, Grist shows us in helpful, albeit eye-watering, charts. Whether things start to turn around depends on on thousands of delegates meeting in Geneva this week to try to negotiate an international plastics treaty.

RFK Jr. wants a wearable on every American — that future’s not as healthy as he thinks

I’ve lived in that future. Before my health improved, I spiraled into obsession, injury, and disordered eating.

Victoria Song
AI could turn your town nuclear

A small city in Kentucky is ground zero for plans to bring uranium enrichment back to the US so nuclear energy can power AI.

Justine Calma
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino has a new job.

After stepping down from X in July, Yaccarino is taking the CEO job at eMed Population Health, which makes a digital health platform for managing GLP-1 weight loss drugs.

Justine Calma
Justine Calma
NASA’s reportedly fast-tracking plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon.

The agency was already working on designing a reactor that might one day provide people with electricity on the moon. The Trump administration wants to try to speed things up and build a bigger reactor, Politico reports.

Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice?

Google dubbed an error from its Med-Gemini model a typo. Experts say it demonstrates the risks of AI in medicine.

Hayden Field