Chris Potter

AI can be a useful tool for established scientists and clinicians who already have background knowledge and experience. However its availablity to students is reducing their learning and skill formation and will make them worse doctors and scientists in the long run....

Scientists face a lot of tough questions regarding the role of AI in future research and its potential benefits and detriments.

"A recent study of 26,000 Chinese secondary-school students found that A.I. adoption led to an 18 percent increase in homework scores, but a 20 percent decline in scores on secure exams. "

Judge Luttig has a warning....

We need to get a handle on AI ....NOW.

This museum is using 3D tech to bring dinosaurs back to life before visitors' eyes

"Indonesia has the highest level of microplastic ingestion in the world, according to a study from Cornell University, which was published in 2024...."

Meditation and sleep are not necessarily compatible...

"The Pentagon and the National Institutes of Health agreement to collaborate on biodefense and pandemic preparedness could allow the Defense Department to go around Congress and gain access to billions of dollars meant for infectious disease research."

The cost of running a clinical trial in the United States has climbed steeply since 2017, and for some complex therapies the cost can reach several million dollars per patient...

"The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America simultaneously issued guidelines recommending Americans continue to get immunized."

As millions of children around the country start another school year, they’ll be more vulnerable to infectious disease than kids have been in decades, @katherinejwu.com reports.

"We now know harmful “forever chemicals” are likely in the bodies of most people on earth. Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret. One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long."

This is likely why Republicans keep hawking data centers when they're deeply unpopular with actual voters. The money demands they do.

1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed." @propublica.org has the details 👇

"We have arrived in a new age of disorder. We must prepare ourselves, which begins with being honest about the seriousness of the moment we’re in, and accepting that our fragile system is faltering."

🌡️ Heat is already costing the world money Modelling crop and labour losses from extreme heat puts the hit to world GDP at about 1% by 2100 under current trends, rising to 3% in the tropics. 🔗 doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae9627 #Climate #Economy #Heat #Science 🧪

Many parents jump to intervene when their kids struggle—but this can deprive children of the chance to develop a crucial skill, Russell Shaw wrote in February. theatln.tc/m95gDg6J

Dear Canada, The sane Americans know it's "Lake Ontario". Regardless of what the mango colored manchild calls it. /facepalm

Big tech is trying to influence education from elementary school and high school to college

“In July, the EPA omitted microplastics from the draft list of unregulated pollutants that water utilities must monitor over the next five years, which will be finalized this month." Article: zurl.co/9THIj

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-Year-Old Mia Heller From Virginia, USA, Invents a Water Filter That Eliminates 96% of Microplastics From Drinking Water

We don't have to accept living this way....

Travel this summer could get real fun.... DHS is threatening to cut federal screening staff for international passengers and cargo at airports in cities with “sanctuary” policies. This would trigger flight cancellations at airports in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other major cities....

Ok...this is scary stuff... And so why isnt our "bought and paid for" congress moving to regulate AI? Oh...right....

"Bread and circuses"...

Tossing away our future while adding 1.5 trillion for the military ..pretty soon there will be nothing left to defend. This moron cant be out of office soon enough.

In an era of cringe and outrage filling the news...stories like this...stories of tradition and community and craft.... make me smile.

"This article reviews recent studies suggesting that reliance on GenAI can produce a form of “cognitive surrender,” reducing mental effort and weakening creativity, memory, information processing, problem solving, and critical thinking."

MAGAs "culture of life"...

Yep...

Best government money can buy...... NOTHING will improve until the "Corporations are people" and "money is free speech" issues get fixed.

It only took them 15 years to come up with a plan....

A reminder to Netflix and Warner Bros./Disney. The Trump Administration accepts multiple forms of payment including cash, credit card, or crypto. 😉 Rumor has it "inaugural peace prizes" will also be viewed favorably...

In the past decade, the U.S. National Institutes of Health awarded top scientists $9 billion in competitive grants each year, to find cures for diseases and improve public health. Starting in January, the Trump administration will stall that funding.

They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.

Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

As Usual the Trumpy's are trying to manipulate (aka distort) the truth to fit their narrative to justify their actions. thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.

RFK Jr. and the Trump administration are preparing to do exactly what many of us feared they would. Next week, they are planning to present data that have been misused or manipulated to make it *appear* that COVID19 vaccines caused the deaths of 25 children.

In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.

WOW...Measles outbreak anyone?

Climate scientists find errors in a new DOE climate report www.npr.org/2025/09/02/n...

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