Estimates suggest 170 million children and adolescents worldwide are obese. That includes 70 million children aged 5–9. Obesity prevalence in this age group has quadrupled since 1990, rising from 2% to 8%. In 2024, 35 million children under the age of five were overweight. Obesity increases the risk of manyContinue Reading
Israel Marks Three Years Since the Hamas-Led Surprise Attack on October 7, 2023, Israeli Forces Kill at Least Three Palestinians in Gaza, Houthi Militias Fire Drones and Missiles at the Aden International Airport in Yemen, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy Denied Access to U.S. Air Base in Qatar, More Than 250,000Continue Reading
Until recently, when a Massachusetts shellfish warden needed to know how much rain had fallen overnight before deciding whether to close a shellfishing area, the process might look something like this: call a local resident who happened to own a rain gauge, ask for the measurement, write it down, andContinue Reading
The Democratic National Committee sued the The Traitor administration Wednesday, alleging that recent TV advertisements espousing the president’s political agenda were funded by taxpayers and thus violated U.S. propaganda law. The 31-page complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accuses Traitor 47 of personally directingContinue Reading
How will global access to food, water, and energy evolve in coming decades? A new study co-authored by MIT researchers suggests the answers could be very different depending on region, resource, and income. Based on extensive modeling of many different resource scenarios, the study finds that in some regions, lower-incomeContinue Reading
Students and other protesters marched against Flavio Bolsonaro after he advanced to Brazil’s presidential run-off., Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Rio de Janeiro in a student-led protest against presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and the growing influence of Brazil’s far right. The march happened on Wednesday, justContinue Reading
A Nashville judge ordered Tennessee officials to preserve evidence from Christa Pike’s failed execution, NewsFeed A Nashville judge ordered Tennessee officials to preserve evidence from Christa Pike’s failed execution, including drugs, syringes, medical equipment and recordings. Pike’s lawyers say the two failed lethal-injection attempts amounted to unconstitutional cruel punishment. PublishedContinue Reading
Yes, that year is intentional; I’m a little behind. Sue me. The Haunting of William Thorn by Ben Alderson (m/m) The (Most Unusual Haunting) of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish (m/x) The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur (f/f) Love at First Fright by Nadia El-Fassi (bi4bi m/f) The Lone Wolf Cafe by Sydney WilderContinue Reading
Some of the guardrails that OpenAI included in its ChatGPT for Teens product don’t work as intended and the chatbot poses an “unacceptable risk” to children, according to a report Wednesday by Common Sense Media. The watchdog group urged OpenAI to restrict the chatbot to adults “until it can offerContinue Reading
“From our experience, we really want that hospitality to be human to human.”, “From our experience, we really want that hospitality to be human to human.”, from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
The Danish artist behind the 23-karat-gold-coated artwork revealed what he’d tell the president face-to-face., Read MoreContinue Reading
The president was asked about his comment mentioning the potential destruction of the two California cities by Iran., Read MoreContinue Reading
Israelis and Palestinians are marking three years since October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. Nearly 1,200 Israelis were killed, and around 250 were taken hostage. It was the deadliest such attack in Israel’s history, after which Israel immediately began bombing the Gaza Strip, killing atContinue Reading