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Editor's note
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Modern medicine is sometimes criticized for lacking a human touch, but there are times when we actually need more automation, writes Thomas Hooven of Columbia University Medical Center. Hooven, a neonatologist, explains how automated oxygen monitors for premature newborns could be the difference between life and death, saving the 30 critical seconds that it might take a nurse to respond to a struggling infant. Airplanes can land themselves
in a dense fog, writes Hooven, so why can’t we allow automated devices to protect patients? The answer may surprise you.
Lee Blaney and his students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County have detected traces of sunscreens and birth control hormones in shellfish from waters around Baltimore. Other studies have found similar substances in waters as remote as Antarctica — evidence that pharmaceuticals and personal care products are a significant new class of water pollutants that could threaten the environment and human health.
The Supreme Court regained its conservative tilt earlier this month after Neil Gorsuch took the Constitutional Oath as the 113th justice. What will this mean for worker rights? Legal scholar Michele Gilman examines his record and asks where Gorsuch could tip the balance.
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Lynne Anderson
Senior Editor, Health & Medicine
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From closed-loop ventilators to smarter vital sign monitors, automation has untapped potential to improve medical outcomes.
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Thomas Hooven, Columbia University Medical Center
In planes, trains and cars, we increasingly entrust our lives to automated safety systems. It's time for medical technology to catch up.
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Science + Technology
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Leah Ceccarelli, University of Washington
If you've only ever paired the idea of "rhetoric" with "empty," think again. Rhetoricians of science have concrete techniques to share with researchers to help them communicate their scientific work.
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Devin Terhune, Goldsmiths, University of London; Steven Jay Lynn, Binghamton University, State University of New York
A review of studies in psychology and neuroscience shows we are well on the way to understanding what goes on in our brains when we are hypnotised.
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From Our International Editions
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Beatrice Mabilon-Bonfils, Université de Cergy-Pontoise
In the French graphic-novel series La Présidente, François Durpaire, Laurent Muller and Farid Boudjellal imagine what might happen if Marine Le Pen wins the presidential election.
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Brian Levy, University of Cape Town
On both economic and political dimensions South Africa potentially has a long way further to fall from its current messy institutional realities.
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Naroa Etxebarria, University of Canberra
Celebrity fitness gurus tell us to turn up the heat in the gym to see immediate results. But the science of how we use energy in our bodies shows a long-term view is the best approach.
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Cynthia Fu, University of East London
Talking therapy or antidepressants? An MRI scan could reveal what would work for you.
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