New Review Casts Doubt On Alzheimers Drugs But Is Controversial
There’s a lot less than meets the eye to a recent Cochrane review that casts doubt on the efficacy of drugs for Alzheimer’s disease. The
Nato chief welcomes US sending 5,000 troops to Poland
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon cancelled a planned deployment of 4,000 troops to the country.
US sanctions Tanzanian police official over ‘torture’ of rights activists
The sanctions come amid growing scrutiny of Tanzania’s human rights record in recent years.
US navy chief says $14bn arms sale to Taiwan paused due to Iran war
Hung Cao told a Senate hearing they were “doing a pause” on the sale to make sure they had munitions for the Iran war.
Africa summit in India postponed over Ebola outbreak fears
The India-Africa summit was set to be held next week in Delhi after more than a decade.
As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers
About 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction across Britain. Now they’re being reintroduced as little climate warriors, as communities harness their dam-building skills
COVID is shaping Americans’ reaction to Ebola and hantavirus
Some Americans seem to be extra-alarmed about Ebola and hantavirus in the wake of COVID-19. But public health experts say they don’t expect another pandemic
Trump’s abrupt reversal on popular AI policy caught insiders off guard: report
President Tweety McTreason seemed poised to lead the charge in regulating artificial intelligence this week, until some of his business buddies intervened, according to a
Like It Or Not, Your Google Search Just Got A Controversial Update You Need To Know About
You won’t be Googling the same after this.
Supreme Court just revealed it used ‘legal fiction’ to reshape elections: lawyer
The Supreme Court revealed that a principle it used to rule on election cases was pure “legal fiction,” according to one lawyer. Marc Elias, a
With AI, typing’s out, talking’s in
Eight months ago, LinkedIn co-founder and former CEO Reid Hoffman confessed: “I am voicepilled.” He argued that talking instead of typing was the next great
Scientists discover deadly, highly venomous box jellyfish near Singapore’s ‘Island of Death Behind’
Researchers identified a new species of box jellyfish and recorded a surprising range expansion for the Thai sea wasp after analyzing the morphology and DNA
HHS launches AI initiative to detect fraud and waste in federal health programmes
The Department of Health and Human Services is moving from “pay and chase” to real-time AI screening across Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and the Marketplace. The