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The “Gift” That Keeps on Giving
The Matilda Effect- How Women’s Discoveries Are Written Out
There is a moment in 2001: A Space Odyssey when HAL, the shipboard computer presence, turns on its human counterparts to save itself. 
One of the more difficult lessons for me to learn as a writer is that even when I do my best to communicate my thoughts, my readers often experience them differently than I intended.
An Instagram post called “Dab the Tip” went berserk after some guy named Chris Petrone suggested that men should dab after urinating to prevent certain infections, best n
Five years after the pandemic drove medicine online, the evaluation of telehealth is more nuanced than either its supporters or critics acknowledge. Online consultations are a tool, not a revolution.
Much has been said, and rightly so, about generative AI’s tendency to hallucinate—its ability to confidently mislead.
HHS recently published its new competencies for nutrition education within medical education.