An Icelandic company called deCODE genetics, which has sequenced more whole genomes than any other institution in the world, is trying to find out how genetics determine our life choices. In the subterranean depths of a granite building on the outskirts of Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, a robot is slowly and
New York City and Chicago grapple with financial strain as migrant surge puts pressure on city resources. An expected surge in migration at the border with Mexico is setting off alarm bells in states and cities across the US — and stoking tension between Joe Biden and fellow Democrats just
According to a January article by researchers published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), two youths committed suicide in a taxpayer-funded cross-sex hormone study. Lawmakers are demanding answers after the suicide deaths of two young people involved in a transgender hormone study funded by the National Institutes of
According to EuroNews, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at an event last Friday in Florence that Ukraine would collapse in days without the West’s military supplies. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has made some surprisingly blunt admissions regarding Ukraine’s support from the West in some recent interviews,
Margery Smelkinson, a research scientist at the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said the US’s failure to recognise natural immunity negatively affected the pandemic response. The failure to recognize how post-infection immunity is similar or superior to that bestowed by vaccination led to prolonged school closures
According to court records, it was revealed that Jordan Neely had a history of attacks on subway riders and had been arrested numerous times before the chokehold death in New York City. Jordan Neely had a troubling history of violent attacks on straphangers in New York City before the disturbed
According to a tweet by Elon Musk, Twitter’s new CEO is Linda Yaccarino, who was the Chairman of the WEF’s Taskforce on the Future of Work. NBC confirmed that its head of advertising is leaving the company… NBCUniversal today announced that Linda Yaccarino is leaving the company, effective immediately. Mark
According to the Buenos Aires-based consulting firm 1816 Economia & Estrategia, Argentina is on the brink of financial collapse as it has depleted all of its liquid international reserves and has reportedly spent an additional estimated $1 billion. Argentina’s fight to prevent its problematic currency from a total meltdown is
Adolfo Urso, the minister for enterprise in Italy, presided over a meeting in Rome where a commission consisting of lawmakers, pasta producers, and consumer rights groups gathered to address the pasta inflation crisis in the city. Italy’s government convened crisis talks Thursday to investigate the reasons behind a surge in prices for
