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Dan Simmer

The Cost of Speaking Up in Rwanda

The UK’s decision to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda and the much-awaited Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which took place in the capital Kigali in June, have triggered much-needed scrutiny of Rwanda. The legal challenge against deportations, set to be heard in the UK courts this month, presents another

More Evidence Vitamin D Is Effective in Preventing COVID-19

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, it became apparent that vitamin D played an important role and could help reduce incidence of positive tests, infection severity and the risk of hospitalization and death. The evidence of benefit was so clear, I published a scientific review in the journal

South Africa: Abandoned Coal Mines Risk Safety, Rights

(Johannesburg) – The South African government’s failure to ensure that abandoned coal mines are rehabilitated puts communities at risk of injury and death and risks polluting resident’s water sources, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 45-page report, “The Forever Mines: Perpetual Rights Risks from Unrehabilitated

Have You Seen This Warning Hidden Inside Your Cellphone?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published March 16, 2019, and has been updated with new information.

Report: Delta Offered Passengers $10K Each to Give Up Seats

Passengers on a Delta flight to Minnesota claimed the airline offered them $10,000 to vacate their seats, a Thursday report said.

US: Abortion Access is a Human Right

(Washington, DC) – Reproductive rights, including the right to access abortion, are grounded in internationally recognized human rights.

Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup Rush to Fund Abortion Travel

Wall Street has adopted policies to fund travel for abortions for employees that work in states that impose restrictions in anticipation of or following the Supreme Court’s declaration that the constitution is neutral on the subject.

Joe Biden Plans to Take ‘Millions of Cars Off the Road’

President Joe Biden on Wednesday again promoted his infrastructure dreams of taking people out of their gas-powered vehicles and putting them on trains and other forms of public transit.

Personal Memories and Bodily-Cues Influence Our Sense of Self

How do our bodies influence who we are? Recent research in cognitive neuroscience has examined consciousness associated with the self and related multisensory processing of bodily signals, the so-called bodily self-consciousness. A parallel line of research has highlighted the concept of the autobiographical self and the associated autonoetic consciousness, which

Google Engineer Claims AI Computer Has Become Sentient

According to a Google engineer, the company's AI chatbot called LaMDA has achieved sentience.Should you be worried about it?.

Cost of Living Crisis: 70,000 Protest as National Strike Cripples Nation

A national strike crippled the transport infrastructure of Belgium with around 70,000 people taking to the street on Monday to protest the effects of inflation.

What Does Sugar Do to Your Brain?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published May 6, 2017, and has been updated with new information.