Haiti faces sexual violence and abuse crisis as gang violence spreads, MSF says
Haiti has been plagued by worsening gang violence since the 2021 assassination of its then-President Jovenel Moïse with gangs controlling around 90% of the capital.
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Antitrust crackdowns may reduce corporate know-how
Interlocking directorates—the practice of the same director sitting on the boards of competing companies—have long been identified with backroom deals and corporate collusion. In 1914,...
Men are embracing beauty culture — many of them just refuse to call it that
Just weeks after the premiere of popular gay hockey romance series Heated Rivalry, star Hudson Williams’ extensive skincare routine has gone viral. In a now-viral...
Software
Medicine & Health
Process Zero II will let you do a little processing, if you want
Pick your vibe. Popular iPhone camera app Halide is debuting a major update today: Halide Mark III. It's been years in the making, and it'll...
Software
Technology
Bari Weiss stumbles amid CBS takeover; here’s how she can get it right
CBS News became CBS News by earning trust over time, not chasing relevance overnight. Reinvention is necessary. Compromise on core principles isn’t.
Trump Is Getting His Weaker Dollar After All
That may not be a good thing.
EU defends measures to close ‘loopholes’ in carbon border tax
The EU defends temporary carbon border tax exemption for fertilisers for farmers — while tightening the levy on steel and aluminium-heavy products.
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Roadkill is a surprising and untapped source for scientists
Roadkill isn’t the most pleasant of subjects. As much as people try to avoid it (and not contribute to it), the untimely animal deaths are...
Biology
Technology
Google begins rolling out Chrome's "Auto Browse" AI agent today
Google began stuffing Gemini into its dominant Chrome browser several months ago, and today the AI is expanding its capabilities considerably. Google says the chatbot...
Robotics
Technology
The magnetic 'birdsong' of the smallest planet
BepiColombo is slowly uncovering more and more fun facts about Mercury as it continues its preliminary mission. One of the more interesting things found so...
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Extracellular vesicles manage to slip gene edits into Pneumocystis fungi
Pneumocystis is an unwieldy genus of fungal pathogens that cause severe pneumonia, particularly in immunocompromised people like those with HIV/AIDs or who have received organ...
Biology
Medicine & Health
New analysis finds US pregnancy deaths vastly outnumber abortion-related deaths
Commonly cited statistics on the mortality risk of pregnancy when compared to abortion in the U.S. are a vast undercount, according to a study in...
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Study reveals cesarean section rates for public versus private hospitals in Europe
In a recently published review article from Lund University in the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, researchers have analyzed the incidence...
Biology
Space & Astronomy
Chrome takes on AI browsers with tighter Gemini integration, agentic features for autonomous tasks
Google Chrome is adding Gemini in sidebar and is rolling out an agentic feature for AI Pro and Ultra users
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Artificial Intelligence
Whaling may have started 1,500 years earlier than already known
Specialized whale-bone harpoons from southern Brazil dating back 5,000 years suggest that Indigenous groups in the area were whalers.
Google brings its Nano Banana image generator to Chrome
Following its recent AI makeover of Gmail, Google is bringing more Gemini-powered tools to Chrome. Starting today, a host of new features are rolling out...
Software
Energy
School choice in Florida offers wild and imaginative learning options
The Tampa School Choice Safari offered parents a glimpse of Florida's wild and imaginative K-12 education ecosystem, which is made possible by flexible school choice...
Environment
Engaging look at friction shows how it keeps our world rubbing along
How much do you know about friction? Jennifer R. Vail's charming, if sometimes technical, "biography" of the force showcases its amazing and largely overlooked role...
Climate & Environment
Technology
Think of a card, any card – but make it science
Feedback has been informed about a "global telepathy study" which is currently taking place, but isn't entirely convinced about its merits
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How your health is being commodified by social media
From health tech developers to influencers, our health is being monetised – and we need to be aware of what's going on, says Deborah Cohen
Technology
Health
Fascinating but flawed book explores how sickness shapes our lives
Susan Wise Bauer's The Great Shadow investigates the effects of illness on individual lives and collective beliefs. It's a mixed bag, says Peter Hoskin
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New Scientist recommends pioneering artist Ryoji Ikeda's new work
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A remarkable book on quantum mechanics reveals a really big idea
Where is physics headed? No one knows for sure, but Beyond the Quantum by Antony Valentini is a striking new book that reminds us what...
Physics
Quantum Computing
Bored of snakes and ladders? Some maths can help bring back the fun
While snakes and ladders is purely a game of chance, there is a way to add some strategy, says mathematician Peter Rowlett
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