Storm clouds threaten a promised AI revolution in weather prediction

“People just moan about the weather forecast and how bad it is…” Erik AJV/Alamy “It’s an absolutely unbelievable scientific achievement,” says Andrew Charlton-Perez, talking to me by video from his office at the University of Reading, UK. His colleague, Simon Driscoll at the University of Cambridge, nods enthusiastically. “There are so many different applications and…

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Maternal mental health needs more peer-reviewed research—not RFK’s journal ban

A health reporter explains why suggesting that medical research be limited, controlled, or replaced by ‘in-house’ publications is dangerous. This week, JAMA Internal Medicine published the results of a large new study that tracked mothers’ health from 2016 to 2023. It found that maternal mental health declined significantly over the past seven years. 

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bitchy | Hugh Jackman was ‘extremely disappointed’ with Deborra’s ‘betrayal’ statement

Deborra-Lee Furness filed for divorce from Hugh Jackman this week. The reporting around the divorce filing indicated that they were close to finalizing everything, which means their lawyers have probably spent months working out the money, real estate and everything else. They were together for 27-plus years and they have two adult children. One of…

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