Science & Health
From 86 new items across 15 sources in the last 24 hours, here are the 8 most widely covered.
Trump administration advances plan for peptide drugs favored by RFK Jr.
U.S. health officials are moving ahead with a plan to allow specialty pharmacies to produce certain peptides, a class of largely unregulated injections favored by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy…
Merck and Moderna have ‘lot of exploring to do’ after initial cancer vaccine success
Stephen Hoge and Dean Li, at the STAT Summit, spoke of how Merck and Moderna will pair Keytruda with personalized mRNA vaccines to target tumors.
Undeclared pharmacologically active ingredients ID'd in OTC skin products
Undeclared pharmacologically active ingredients (UPAIs) are detected in one-third of over-the-counter (OTC) skin products marketed online, according to a study published online Oct. 8 in JAMA Network Open.
Longer sleep duration linked to progression of diabetic nephropathy
For adults with type 2 diabetes, longer sleep duration is associated with an increased risk for incidence and progression of diabetic nephropathy, according to a study published online Oct. 8 in the Journal of the…
Heavy rain shuts down Istanbul, causing flooding and 3 deaths
ISTANBUL (AP) — A heavy downpour has shut down Istanbul, flooded homes and roads and killed at least three people, officials said Thursday, as rescuers evacuated hundreds of stranded people. The downpour Wednesday night…
Machines Can Crunch Numbers, but Humans Still Need to Understand Them
Summary: Recent AI breakthroughs invite the question of whether human minds are still the “ultimate resource,” as Julian Simon claimed. AI can generate answers far faster than humans can check them, but Joel Mokyr’s…
Is AI eroding PhD students’ critical thinking and analysis skills?
Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03178-w An expert panel debates the impact of artificial intelligence on doctoral programmes.
Margaret Hamilton obituary: computer scientist who pioneered software engineering and helped us get to the Moon
Nature, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03233-6 Programmer whose forward-thinking and reliable code helped to save the Apollo 11 mission.
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