One in Three People Has This Eye Parasite
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite and responsible for the infection toxoplasmosis.
John Foo
Sri Lanka: Two More Men Die Waiting in Fuel Lines
Two men died in Sri Lanka this week while waiting in hours-long lines for fuel amid the country’s ongoing financial crisis, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Thursday.
Artificial Sweetener ‘Fad’ Additives: Worse Than Sugar?
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published February 26, 2019, and has been updated with new information.
Understanding Your Liver Health
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published April 8, 2019, and has been updated with new information.
This Week in the New Normal #33
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the world.
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Sleep Like a Baby and Slash Stress, Anxiety and Depression
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published June 13, 2019, and has been updated with new information.
Innocent Guilt: 4 Ways Manipulators Trick You into Feeling Guilty & Lying
If you’ve been in the company of a manipulator for a long time, you will start acting in toxic ways yourself.
'That's Not How This Works:' Wired Forced to Retract Smear of Free Speech Friendly Platform Substack
Wired, a formerly non-partisan but now wildly left-wing tech outlet, had to retract a false claim it made about the newsletter platform Substack after it was called out on Twitter by Substack’s head of comms, Lulu Cheng Meservey.
The leftist tech publication falsely claimed that Substack “actively recruits and
Scientism, Not Science, Rules the Roost
STORY AT-A-GLANCE Science has long been regarded as a stronghold of logic and reason.
Iran: 1988 Mass Executions Evident Crimes Against Humanity
(Beirut) – Overwhelming evidence shows that the Iranian authorities’ mass execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 amounts to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in an in-depth question-and-answer document released today. In 1988, Iranian authorities, acting on the orders of then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, summarily and extrajudicially
Accumulating Body Flab as You Age? Help Stop It With This
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published April 8, 2019, and has been updated with new information.
Mexican President Calls for American Superstate, Open Borders
Mexico’s president is reviving calls for a continental superstate that would combine North American employers and South American employees – and sideline tens of millions of middle-class Americans.
Expiring Assistance Threatens Affordable Health Care in the US
Unless Congress acts soon, federal subsidies that help millions of people in the United States afford private health insurance purchased through a government-operated marketplace will expire at the end of this year. Congressional leadership should heed their colleagues’ alarms and use the budget reconciliation process to extend these subsidies before
Uganda: Omoro By-Election Marred by Abuses
(Nairobi) – Ugandan security forces raided the offices of an opposition political party on the eve of the May 26, 2022, by-election in Omoro County in Northern Uganda, Human Rights Watch said today.
Why Managing Your Iron Level Is Crucial to Your Health
STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published May 31, 2017, and has been updated with new information.