This As They Told Essay is based on a conversation with Dr. Stephen Chang, gastroenterologist and interim director of endoscopy at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Since the cyclospora outbreak, my family has not changed what
Demand for anything Elon Musk related is booming. The near-billionaire’s brain chip startup, Neuralink, is valued at up to $42 billion in recent secondary market transactions, according to correspondence seen by Business Insider and a person familiar with the matter. That’s a nearly five-fold increase from Neuralink’s last funding round last year, when the startup
The global economy increasingly depends on the notion that AI will be inexorably intertwined with every aspect of our lives. There are also increasing signs that consumers (or at least some consumers) don’t feel good about it at all. This can be seen most clearly in the backlash against data centers, which is gaining momentum.
The Trump administration has announced major changes to the F-1 student visa program that could reshape the way international students study and remain in the US. If the rule goes into effect, F-1 visas, which have historically allowed students to remain in the country for the duration of their academic program, would be limited to
Putting on a bathing suit in full swing in a heat wave isn’t my idea of summer fun, but I get over it when I remember how fleeting beach season is. So if I’m not in the mood for a bikini, I wear my quinceanera swimsuit. It looks normal, but it has the perfect level
Short sellers have made record bets against the US stock market, according to new analysis from S3 Partners. The financial data firm says its measure of short interest in US stocks has reached record levels. While short positions are a natural hedging strategy among bullish investors, increasing bets on a decline in US stocks align