What in the World
Doctors are warning that some cancers are becoming more common in people in their 20s
WHO chief lands in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, epicenter of Ebola, as outbreak outpaces response
The head of the World Health Organization has arrived in eastern Congo’s Bunia, where a rare type of Ebola is spreading faster than the response
Paper argued it’s ‘morally obligatory’ to engineer ticks to spread alpha-gal syndrome … as a philosophical exercise
The philosophy paper appeared in Bioethics, a journal that explores urgent ethical questions in biomedical and life sciences.
Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of vaccine opponents
Stanley Plotkin, 93, was instrumental in developing a number of vaccines over the course of his career. He recently said that he’s “beginning to regret
Environmentalists turn out in force to oppose Trump coal ash rollbacks
At a virtual public comment hearing hosted by the US Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, a long line of environmental advocates voiced strong opposition to
Your power bank is probably overheating. But don’t worry, TORRAS fixed that.
Fast charging has a heat problem. You’ve felt it before: your phone gets hot while navigating in the car, your MagSafe battery pack turns into
Ex-DeepMind researchers raised $50M to build AI that figures out which scientific questions are worth asking
London-based AI lab Inherent emerged from stealth on Wednesday with a $50 million seed round co-led by Index Ventures and Radical Ventures. Nvidia’s venture arm
Violence against foreign-owned shops in South Africa
Foreign workers in South Africa are again facing violence and protests by anti-immigrant groups.
WHO chief visits Bunia, epicentre of the Ebola outbreak
WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is visiting Bunia in the DRC, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak.
The Iran war is dividing Muslims in the Philippines
Divisive foreign political narratives are being wrongly cast as religious discourse within our Muslim communities.
Chinese tourists are choosing Canada — again
The “people-to-people” ties between Canada and China are seeing a surge as geopolitical relations between the two countries warm up. As China lifts restrictions on
Truck carrying returning refugees crashes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 22
KABUL, Afghanistan — A truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from neighboring Pakistan overturned on a highway in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 22
Spain is legalizing half a million immigrants, a very different policy from the U.S.
BARCELONA, Spain — Nariola Romo, 34, and her family immigrated to Spain from Colombia, but that wasn’t their initial plan.
Vance admonished by West Wing insiders as questions linger about his future: NYT
Vice President JD Vance remains on shaky ground as the heir to Tweety McTreason’s MAGA kingdom, with the president continually polling anyone within earshot about