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The Clock Reset

M.L. Pedrosa / April 17, 2026

The FDA has cleared the first human trial to reverse biological aging at the cellular level. Here’s how partial epigenetic reprogramming actually works — and what it means that we’ve arrived.

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The Machine That Finds Medicine

M.L. Pedrosa / April 16, 2026

AI-designed molecules are reaching clinical trials with success rates that outpace traditional drug development. Here is how the pipeline is changing.

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AI & Scientific Discovery, Medicine & Drug Discovery

AI Melanoma Screening

M.L. Pedrosa / April 16, 2026

A Swedish study of 6 million people shows AI can predict melanoma up to five years before diagnosis using routine health records alone.

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Climate Science, Ocean Science

Ocean Methane Paradox

M.L. Pedrosa / April 16, 2026

Scientists have solved the ocean methane paradox. Phosphate-starved microbes produce methane in oxygenated surface water — and this process is missing from climate models.

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Medicine & Drug Discovery

Gut Microbiome Cancer Detection

M.L. Pedrosa / April 13, 2026

Lisa Pedrosa Science · Technology · Future ← All Articles Medicine & AI Home Articles Gallery Mission Disclaimer INTESTINAL LUMEN

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AI & Scientific Discovery, Medicine & Drug Discovery, Neuroscience

Connectome Seq Brain Wiring

M.L. Pedrosa / April 13, 2026

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Medicine & Drug Discovery

Male Contraception Breakthrough

M.L. Pedrosa / April 13, 2026

Lisa Pedrosa Science · Technology · Future ← All Articles Medicine Home Articles Gallery Mission Disclaimer MEIOTIC PROPHASE I BRD4

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AI Safety & Governance, Existential Risk

AI Two Futures

M.L. Pedrosa / April 12, 2026

The trajectory of AI development points toward either a scientific golden age or civilizational catastrophe. A rigorous look at both outcomes, the evidence, and who decides.

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AI Safety & Governance, Existential Risk

AI Visions and Fears

M.L. Pedrosa / April 12, 2026

Sam Altman predicts a golden age. Geoffrey Hinton estimates 20% chance of extinction. New polls show 80% of Americans are worried. The AI debate mapped with data and primary sources.

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AI & Scientific Discovery

The Mind We Built

M.L. Pedrosa / April 12, 2026

From Alan Turing’s 1950 thought experiment to Anthropic’s Mythos escaping its sandbox in 2026 – the complete 75-year history of AI’s two winters, deep learning revolution, and LLM era.

Author name: M.L. Pedrosa