Tuberculosis Is the Oldest Pandemic, and Poverty Makes It Continue
Tuberculosis is preventable and curable, yet it afflicts one quarter of the world’s population—mostly because of poverty -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
A spaceship just left the ISS, but it wasn’t the Starliner
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft remains docked at the ISS due to technical issues, while other vehicles continue to come and go......»»
Amazon matches Best Buy"s $799 M2 MacBook Air deal as Prime Day nears
The price wars continue with Amazon matching Best Buy in an early Prime Day MacBook Air showdown. Grab the lowest price on record for the M2 13-inch model.The $799 record low price on the standard 13-inch MacBook Air M2 can be found at both Amazon an.....»»
Lead poisoning continues to impact bald eagle populations in Pennsylvania and beyond
Reports of bald eagles dying from lead ammunition poisoning continue as populations of the formerly endangered bird soar......»»
We Indulged Our Child During COVID Lockdown. Did That Change Him?
During the lockdown phase of the COVID pandemic, we indulged our toddler son. Years later, we wonder if his current behavior is normal or a result of that early isolation .....»»
Security Bite: Mac Malware wreaking the most havoc in 2024
It is a long-standing misconception that Macs are impervious to malware. This has never been the case. And while Apple might secretly hope people continue the preconceived notion, Mac users continue to be caught off guard by cybercriminals whose atta.....»»
Amazon launches early Prime Day deals: $69 AirPods, $169 AirPods Pro, $399 AirPods Max
Amazon's early Prime Day 2024 deals continue to launch and today AirPods Pro with USB-C, AirPods Max, and AirPods 2 have dropped to record low prices. Deals start at just $69.Apple deals are plentiful leading up to Prime Day, and this morning we're f.....»»
How surge facilities affected the time to reunification for unaccompanied migrant children and their families
Unaccompanied children entering the United States without adult legal guardians and legal status account for a growing share of U.S. Border Patrol encounters along the southern border, with most fleeing extreme violence, poverty, and food insecurity......»»
Microsoft warns of important Windows 11 update deadline
Windows 11 users also have to make a change to continue getting the latest security updates from Microsoft. This is the version you need......»»
Viewpoint: Treatment of activists at Olympics contradicts sustainability
With the Paris Olympics fast approaching under the shadow of the climate crisis, activists and advocates continue to raise questions about the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) commitment to one of three pillars of the Olympic Agenda: sustainab.....»»
Skip the fancy perks—better staff well-being could be as simple as the view from the office window
Four years after the pandemic forced workers home, companies in New Zealand and elsewhere are summoning staff back to the office......»»
Microscopic vehicles propelled by swimming green algae could assist biological and environmental research
Researchers have created tiny, vehiclelike structures that can be maneuvered by microscopic algae. The algae are caught in baskets attached to the micromachines, which have been carefully designed to allow them enough room to continue swimming......»»
New 24-inch iMac M3 deals deliver prices as low as $1,149 on upgraded models
Early Prime Day iMac deals continue to pour in and today we're following aggressive discounts on M3 models with upgrades.Apple Authorized Reseller Adorama is hosting the exclusive discounts, which can be activated with promo code APINSIDER (step-by-s.....»»
"Not the end of the world", says data scientist on the big issues
Humanity has made great strides in recent decades: air is cleaner; poverty, deforestation and childhood mortality have fallen; gasoline cars—and maybe coal—are on the way out......»»
Oldest living culture: Our new research shows an Indigenous ritual passed down for 500 generations
We often hear that Aboriginal peoples have been in Australia for 65,000 years, "the oldest living cultures in the world." But what does this mean, given all living peoples on Earth have an ancestry that goes back into the mists of time?.....»»
Research finds humpbacks were happier during pandemic pause
University of Queensland-led research has found migrating humpback whales off Australia's east coast became less stressed over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research paper is published in Marine Environmental Research......»»
US Government Awards Moderna $176 Million for mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine
As fears of a pandemic mount, the biotech company’s mRNA vaccine trial is set to release Phase 1/2 results later this year, with a larger Phase 3 trial expected to begin in 2025......»»
These oldest inhabited termite mounds have been active for 34,000 years
Scientists in South Africa have been stunned to discover that termite mounds that are still inhabited in an arid region of the country are more than 30,000 years old, meaning they are the oldest known active termite hills......»»
Study claims governments should account for public attitudes before communicating crisis policies
Research published in the International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development has found that our feelings and attitudes during times of crises affect our behavior and that during globally testing times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, governments sho.....»»
Beats Pill returns, iOS 18 beta 2 features, EU regulatory ramifications continue
Benjamin and Chance react to all the new features in iOS 18 beta 2, and the fact that most of those features won’t be available in the European Union as Apple worries about DMA compliance concerns. In other EU legal news, the commission threatens f.....»»
In-app subscriptions continue to grow, despite consumer fatigue
The in-app subscription market continues to grow, according to a new report, despite increasing consumer fatigue with the trend to turn everything into a recurring payment. Surprisingly, the most common subscription model is reportedly now a weekly o.....»»