Rachel Carlson

all came down to one thing.

We treat water like it's free, but we can't.

Yes, we're talking about running.

Also, why intermittent fasting might not be a good weight loss solution.

All that on this episode of Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

Okay, Mary Louise, where should we start?

Yeah, so some people might fast every other day.

Others might eat between the hours of 10 to 6, but do a 16-hour fast outside of that.

The idea is that these short periods of fasting will cause your body to start burning through stored fat reserves.

They concluded that intermittent fasting did not work for weight loss in overweight or obese adults, as compared to either traditional dietary advice or even doing nothing.

Yeah, that's exactly right.

The results of this literature review really focused in on weight loss as the standard.

But like you said, that's not the only reason people choose to try intermittent fasting.

And no matter what, Matthew told us that in medicine, very few things are risk-free.

So definitely talk to your doctor before making any big changes to your diet.

OpenAI owns ChatGPT.

They told Ritu at the time that it's redesigning its platform to be safer for minors.

One intervention some parents and others have advocated for is chatbots regularly reminding users that they're talking to an artificial intelligence agent and not a human.

Laws in California and New York require AI chatbots to send these regular reminders every three hours.

So Celeste Campos Castillo co-wrote that opinion piece in Trends in Cognitive Sciences with Linnea.