Stanford''s women''s basketball team used to be a powerhouse, making the NCAA Tournament every year for nearly 40 seasons. Under the former coach, the team won three national titles and reached the Final Four fourteen times. But since the coach retired in 2024, things have taken a sharp turn. The te
These days, AI isn’t just for telling jokes or writing essays. It’s also trying to become your personal money coach. A new tool lets ChatGPT peek at your bank accounts, credit cards, and even investment apps—but only if you want it to. Through a service called Plaid, the chatbot can pull in transact
Cancer treatment isn’t just about medicine and hospital visits—money matters too. In Pakistan, patients with stomach and bowel cancers often face another battle: financial stress. This stress, called financial toxicity, can push people to skip treatments or cut back on basic needs. A recent study lo
The Brief Addiction Monitor, or BAM, is a quick questionnaire that helps doctors keep tabs on people dealing with substance use disorders. Researchers wondered if this tool would work well outside the United States, so they translated it into Chinese and called it BAM‑Taiwan (BAM‑T). They tested
Pennsylvania takes fraud seriously, but not at the cost of making life harder for people who truly need help. The state runs one of the tightest Medicaid and benefit programs in the country—no surprise, since every dollar wasted on fraud could have fed a family or treated a patient. Instead of just
Every year, millions of waterbirds fly south along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, stopping to rest and feed in wetlands across China. These birds aren’t just travelers—they might also be carrying hidden passengers: genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Scientists studied a wetland
Legal teams often struggle to apply their hard-earned expertise consistently across every contract they review. Even the best attorneys face challenges when manually checking agreements against internal rules, because human review is slow and mistakes can slip through. A new tool aims to fix this by
Maryland is joining a growing list of places testing a simple idea: give low-income moms money with no strings attached. The state will work with the Bridge Project, a program started in 2021 that already sends cash to families in ten other cities and states. Unlike typical welfare programs, this on
A new Bitcoin fund from Morgan Stanley just wrapped up its first month without losing a single dollar. While other big Bitcoin ETFs watched investors pull out over $400 million in just two days recently, Morgan Stanley’s fund not only kept hold of its money but added another $13 million. That’s a st
Police were already on high alert when the first call came in at 10:30 p. m. on a Saturday night. Someone nearby reported hearing gunfire in North Fair Oaks, an area near San Francisco with a mix of families and quiet streets. Officers arrived to find 34-year-old Jose Gayton, a man undergoing what w
