Almost half of world’s farmers poisoned by pesticides every year, experts find
Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalitiesAlmost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned…
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‘It smelled like dead people’: the plan to tackle England’s illegal waste problem
Andy Burnham has announced a crackdown, but doubts remain over authorities’ ability to take on organised crime“There were parents dropping their children off and then…
Drought Intensifies Across Puerto Rico
Rainfall deficits and high temperatures have created unusually dry conditions and have spurred water shortages on much of the tropical archipelago.
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Families hit by long waits for dementia diagnosis
Hundreds of families say they have had to wait months or even years for a dementia diagnosis for a loved one.
Urine test can spot more than nine in 10 bladder cancers
The NHS has been trialling the test and says the results so far are truly promising.
Judge Rules DOD Unlawfully Retaliated Against Anthropic
A federal judge has sided with Anthropic on its claims that the Department of Defense illegally retaliated against Anthropic’s protected speech by labeling the AI…
Detection Stream
Visualization by Arpit Arora and Adrian Price-Whelan. Milky Way image credit: Stefan Payne-Wardenaar.
Simulated stellar streams arc around the Milky Way.
Ah, that ever-elusive dark matter. Although…
News Wrap: U.S. strikes Iran after attempted attacks against ships in Strait of Hormuz
In our news wrap Tuesday, the U.S. struck targets inside Iran in response to what it called attempted attacks against ships in the Strait of…
Families desperately search for loved ones swept away in Nepal floods
Authorities in Nepal continued mass burials after catastrophic floods roared down high mountain valleys in a vast torrent of destruction. The death toll is now…
FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people…