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Drug Discovery News is asking why regulatory screening tends to happen only after a formulation or 'recipe' has already been completed. The piece explores why safety and compliance checks are positioned late in product development rather than earlier, a sequencing that can mean costly redesigns when problems surface. Readers in drug development and food science circles are debating whether earlier screening would save time and money.

Dr Gaurav Batra, Principal Consultant Neurosurgeon at Yashoda Medicity in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, spoke to HT Lifestyle about whether excessive smartphone use could contribute to health problems. He addressed concerns including fragmented attention, disturbed sleep and recurrent headaches, adding medical perspective to the growing public debate over heavy screen time and its effects on daily wellbeing.

German broadcaster Martina Eßer has presented her last show on WDR, bidding farewell to viewers, as reported by the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. The Cologne-based public broadcaster is a fixture of regional television in North Rhine-Westphalia, so the departure of a familiar host has drawn attention from local audiences reflecting on her time on screen.

Medical device industry commentary highlights the regulatory challenges emerging as artificial intelligence moves from software applications into surgical robotics. The piece examines how existing approval frameworks, built for static devices, must adapt to AI-driven systems that learn and change over time. It reflects a broader debate among regulators, manufacturers and clinicians over how to ensure patient safety without slowing innovation in autonomous and semi-autonomous surgical technology.

A new study has found that the amount of time young children spend looking at screens affects their development as strongly as major risk factors such as growing up in poverty or being born prematurely. Researchers say high screen use is linked with poorer developmental outcomes, putting it in the same category as serious social and health disadvantages. The findings are prompting fresh debate among parents and experts about how much screen time is safe for young children.

A writer reflects on time spent wandering through Tokyo, arguing that people put great effort into erasing the medium between themselves and what they see: the frame, the filter, the screen. The cleaner the image, the less we notice we are watching, the reflection suggests, and Tokyo in the rain made that mediation impossible to forget. The note touches on photography, attention and how a view becomes something more than an image when weather and place intrude.

The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has launched Wonkathon 2026, posing a central question about education policy: what rules should govern the use of digital technology in schools, and which authorities—federal, state, or local—should set them. The education think tank is inviting policy thinkers to weigh in on how devices, apps, and digital learning tools should be regulated in classrooms.

A newly formed parent group in the Park Hill school district is advocating for reduced use of technology in classrooms. The effort, reported by the Kansas City Star, adds to a wider national debate among parents and educators over how much screen time and digital learning belongs in schools.

Psychology Today has published a piece arguing that children need parents who 'look up' — a call for adults to lift their gaze away from screens and daily distraction and give children fuller attention. The article frames parental presence and attentive engagement as central to children's emotional development and behaviour, prompting discussion about smartphone use and distraction in modern family life.

The Los Angeles Times has published a guide to sports bars across Southern California where fans can watch their college football teams. The roundup points viewers to venues catering to followers of specific schools, helping transplanted fans and locals find their team's games on screen during the college football season.