How to Mute Your IPhone or Android During Vacations
You can silence nonessential alerts and calls on your iPhone or Android device for later but still allow designated people and apps to reach you.
Month: July 2025
Can An App Help You Tackle Jetlag? We Put Two to the Test.
Apps promising to swiftly ease jet lag have proliferated. We traveled to the other side of the globe and back to see if they made
Who is Kim Yo Jong, sister and ‘right hand’ of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un?
Kim Yo Jong has been described as a mouthpiece for her brother, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — and a potential successor.
What we know as tsunami alerts issued after Russia earthquake
The 8.8 magnitude earthquake is believed to be one of the most powerful ever recorded.
Hawaiians cram roads away from coasts as tsunami waves arrive
Following early warnings to evacuate coastal areas, thousands of Hawaiians head for higher ground – for many it isn’t the first time.
India and US set for launch of ‘first-of-its-kind’ satellite
Nasa-Isro joint mission Nisar will record the minutest of changes in the land, sea or ice sheets.
Japan’s Fukushima plant workers evacuate after tsunami warning
Wednesday’s tsunami warning is bringing back memories of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters.
New method uses exosome stiffness for lung cancer gene detection
The research team led by Senior Researchers Yoonhee Lee from the Division of Biomedical Technology and Gyogwon Koo from the Division of Intelligent Robot at
New genetic mutation linked to highly invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections
A group of researchers led by The University of Osaka have identified a novel genetic mutation in Streptococcus pyogenes, a common bacterium which causes strep
Vaping recreates 1970s smoking uptake rates in UK teens
UK teens who currently vape are as likely to take up smoking as their peers in the 1970s, despite a substantial fall in the prevalence
Listen to the Latest ‘KFF Health News Minute’
July 24 Sam Whitehead read the week’s news: Affordable Care Act health plan will likely be more expensive next year, and work requirements for Medicaid
Lawfully Present Immigrants Help Stabilize ACA Plans. Why Does the GOP Want Them Out?
If you want to create a perfect storm at Covered California and other Affordable Care Act marketplaces, all you have to do is make enrollment
A Brain-Dead Pregnant Woman Was Kept Alive in Georgia. It’s Unclear if State Law Required It.
A Georgia woman declared brain-dead and kept on life support for more than three months because she was pregnant was removed from a ventilator in
NASA Drop Test Supports Safer Air Taxi Designs
An aircraft body modeled after an air taxi with weighted test dummies inside is being prepared for a drop test by researchers at NASA’s Langley Research