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Scientists have discovered that creatine may strengthen one of the immune system's most important cancer-fighting pathways by energizing dendritic cells that activate killer T cells. The promising results could eventually help make immunotherapy more effective, but they have not yet been tested in human patients.

What’s this idea (book, meme, song, TV show, marketing campaign) for? Perhaps you want to reach the largest number of people. Or make the most sales. Or generate the most word of mouth. Or be notorious. Or change part of the culture. Or get good reviews. Or have people actually finish your book. You might […]

Alfred Hitchcock was not American, as even casual viewers of his television show could tell right away. He may have exaggerated his Englishness, but like more than a few high-profile outsiders, he also used his cultural position to render the United States all the more vividly in his work. Growing up, he amassed enough second-hand […]

The question worth asking is not whether Americans are overmedicated, writes Victor Petreca, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. “It is which Americans, with which medications, in which settings and with how much genuine choice and agency.”

Plus, a staging of 'Julius Caesar' and the Somerville International Film Festival.

Today, we're releasing the second season of the Now Go Build documentary series. Five episodes featuring technology leaders from around the world solving the hardest problems in healthcare and education.

Brian Kendall was 16 when Brooklyn detectives arrested him for a fatal shooting outside a Flatbush video game parlor, despite eyewitnesses describing an older, heavier gunman and telling police the teenager wasn’t the shooter. Thirty-eight years later — after his murder conviction was overturned when prosecutors concluded he was “likely innocent” — Kendall is suing […]

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Local lawmakers called for the city and state to compensate hungry New Yorkers who have had their SNAP benefits stolen after an article in The City Reporter detailed the prevalence of the food benefits scheme.  Citing The City Reporter’s article, legislators noted how California had successfully reduced the crime and demanded information on what the […]

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For weeks, Donald Trump’s fury has been growing at Republicans for failing to pass voter suppression legislation, demanding that they end the filibuster to do so. In a late-night tirade, he urged them to attach the SAVE Act to a must-pass defense spending bill,...

Intermittent fasting helped people lose as much weight as calorie restriction, but without the same feeling of constantly controlling their food intake. Researchers say that difference could make fasting a more sustainable option for people who struggle with traditional diets.

It’s a good bet that your first box of crayons or watercolors was a simple affair of six or so colors… just like the palette belonging to Amenemopet, vizier to Pharaoh Amenhotep III (c.1391 — c.1354 BC), a pleasure-loving patron of the arts whose rule coincided with a period of great prosperity. Amenemopet’s well-used artist’s palette, […]

Zeke Emanuel has spent decades studying medicine, healthcare policy, and human behavior. In this conversation, he challenges popular wellness trends and argues that living well depends less on hacks and supplements and more on relationships, exercise, sleep, mental sharpness...

In Ankara, Türkiye, for a two-day summit of the countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), President Donald J.

DNA from a 5,000-year-old French megalithic tomb reveals that the people buried before and after a population collapse were genetically unrelated, pointing to a major migration after a devastating crisis. The shift coincided with new social traditions and the disappearance of the communities that built Europe's giant stone monuments.

The "Choosin' Texas" singer revealed that a quick haircut before a show didn’t go how she planned — but it ended up sticking in a big way. Continue reading…

Ariel Rider has officially opened pre-orders for its new MUDD 72V, a high-performance two-wheeler that blurs the line between electric bikes (in the loosely defined sense) and lightweight electric motorcycles. In fact, the company itself is careful to market it as a “high-performance PPB (private property bike)” intended for off-road and closed-course use.

"HalluSquatting" weaponizes LLMs' inability to say "I don't know."

Ignudo, 1509 #michelangelo #highrenaissance

The Chess Players, 1911 #marcelduchamp #cubism

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 Sometimes Claude's judgement sucks, and that's why Jive coding usually produces a dashboard app. A different piece of software will drive it in a different direction. That's what I meant by AI-izing, in an earlier post.# I used to be a single-thread ...