EU Kids Act Won’t Keep the Internet Accountable and Trustworthy
The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will put online services behind age…
‘Other generations just buried it’ – Youths share their mental health concerns
The BBC’s Catherine Burns spoke to some young mental health ambassadors who called for an increase in mental health support.
UN condemns attempted Houthi strike on Riyadh as Yemen displacement surges past 130,000
The UN has condemned continued cross‑border attacks by Houthi forces against Saudi Arabia, including an attempted strike on the capital Riyadh, as fighting inside Yemen drives one of the country’s…
Ebola vaccine trial begins in DR Congo
An Ebola vaccine trial is underway in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), involving frontline health workers and others involved in the response.
Pluralistic: The Claude Delusion (21 Sep 2026)
Today’s links The Claude Delusion: What if we’re the ones having hallucinations? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 9/11 v sex; 9/11 v flags; US customs v…
Johnson Space Center Sparks Curiosity at Houston’s 33rd Annual Japan Festival
On Sept. 12-13, NASA’s Johnson Space Center employees brought the excitement and wonder of space exploration to Houston’s Japan Festival at Hermann Park. For more than 30 years, the festival…
Tree vaccines and gene-edited butterflies among biotechnology projects funded by UK ‘invention agency’
Exclusive: The tax-funded brainchild of Dominic Cummings hopes to find ways to speed up wild species’ evolutionVaccines for ash trees, skin treatments for newts and gene-edited swallowtail butterflies are among…
U.S. Site Blocking Bill Adds VPNs to the List of Blocking Intermediaries
VPN providers with over 100,000 American users could be ordered to block pirate sites under the bill Rep. Darrell Issa introduced last week. The full text shows that VPNs were…
Baby girls’ greater interest in faces offers clue to nature v nurture debate
Study finds overall differences between groups of newborns by sex that are likely to be determined by biologyThe question dates back to the first man and woman: how does the…
Once again, The BMJ, wittingly or unwittingly, reinforces an antivax narrative
Last week The BMJ published an investigation alleging that the algorithm for spotting safety signals after COVID vaccination was flawed and that the FDA ignored it, amplifying an old antivax…