Two former Meta safety researchers told a US Senate committee on Tuesday that the social media giant covered up potential harms to children stemming from its virtual reality (VR) products. “Meta has chosen to ignore the problems they created and bury evidence of users’ negative experiences,” said Jason Sattizahn. The hearing comes a day after the Washington Post reported the …
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A new hybrid fire ant is marching across the United States, and scientists say it can handle nearly any weather conditions or terrain that it encounters in the country. Dubbed the “Frankenstein ant” by local residents, the invasive species is a cross between the red imported fire ant and the black imported fire ant and has now taken root in …
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. I was standing in the emergency department at 11 p.m. under dingy hospital fluorescent lighting. My recommendation for the child I was evaluating was clear. They were ill, and they needed surgery. It was my clinical opinion, and scientific …
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This is the second in a series of three articles for the IAI by Dr Welch on screening. Read the first article, “We are overcounting cancer cases by vast amounts,” here. When leading physician and health policy researcher H. Gilbert Welch reviewed 30 years of data from a landmark cancer screening trial, he was stunned: screening hadn’t helped people live longer. …
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