Some women are quitting hormonal birth control, even though they're not ready for pregnancy. Doctors warn some may be swayed by misleading medical claims online.

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For decades, the responsibility for contraception has fallen mostly on women, who have had access to over 20 FDA-approved methods. Meanwhile, men have only had two options: condoms or vasectomies, ...

Google latest Frontier Safety Framework explores AI risk. It identifies three risk categories for AI. Despite risks, regulation remains slow. One of the great ironies of the ongoing AI boom has been ...

One percent might not seem like a lot, but in human evolution, it’s all that genetically separates humans from chimpanzees. Scientists have long pondered how a 1% genetic difference could be so ...

As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women with messages about the pill, many are questioning what they’ve long been told. As social media and wellness podcasters bombard young women ...

Between the intense downpours and flood warnings and the severe heat threats the Missouri region had a few weeks ago, many St. Louisans are probably wishing they could alter the weather. October is ...

In June, headlines read like science fiction: AI models “blackmailing” engineers and “sabotaging” shutdown commands. Simulations of these events did occur in highly contrived testing scenarios ...

According to posts on TikTok, hormonal birth control can cause a nearly unlimited list of ailments: Depression, irreversible infertility, acne, destruction of the gut biome, weight gain, balding, and ...

Hurricanes are humanity’s reminder of the uncontrollable, chaotic power of Earth’s weather. Milton’s powerful push toward Florida just days after Helene devastated large parts of the Southeast likely ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

A birth control pill designed for men that temporarily pauses the production of sperm, with no hormones required, has passed its first safety trial. The landmark birth control pill is spurring ...