Could a Vitamin Reduce Hearing Deficit? Loss of cholesterol in the inner ear may be involved in age-related hearing loss and phytosterols, a common over-the-counter supplement, may help resolve it.
Brazil has become a guinea pig for the global effort to censor information Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes has censored a shocking number of high-profile people in a surprisingly short period of time.
The Curious Case of the Spreading Red Meat Allergy. “A rare meat allergy from tick bites is rising and may have already impacted as many as 450,000 people,” says the CDC who adds that there now is a “steep increase in cases of alpha-gal syndrome (AGS).” AGS, they claim, “has been traced to the saliva from the lone
What Are Plastic Fragments Doing in Human Hearts? Tiny pieces of plastic may be hiding out in an alarming place — the human heart.
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US Court rules against Internet Archive and, in doing so, against digital collections in all libraries The Internet Archive, like hundreds of US libraries, is a non-profit institution. Yet a court ruling in mid-August has sided with publishers’ commercial interests to disallow non-profit organisations from lending books. But there’s a significant catch – the protections afforded to the Internet Archive and all libraries under the first
Wikipedia Is an Information Warfare Tool Intelligence agencies have a long history of using propaganda as a tool of war, and the effectiveness of information warfare radically improved with the emergence of the internet, to say nothing of artificial intelligence and social media. If you're over 50, you can probably remember a time when your family
'ChatGPT' for Biology? A Dictatorship of Engineers Hopefully, [the ultimate search engine Google wasbuilding] would never have a bug like HAL did wherehe killed the occupants of the spaceship.
Kyrgyzstan: Effort to Shut Down Independent News Outlet (Bishkek, August 30, 2023) – Kyrgyz authorities have filed a lawsuit to close down Kloop Media Public Foundation, a nonprofit body that runs an independent online news outlet in Kyrgyzstan, Human Rights Watch said today. The move continues a repressive trend against freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan. The lawsuit, for which
Spike in Israeli Killings of Palestinian Children The Israeli military and border police forces are killing Palestinian children with virtually no recourse for accountability.
Researchers: AI-Generated Spam Bots Are Flooding Social Media, Scamming Humans A recent study by Indiana University researchers reveals a surge in AI-generated spam bots on social media platforms, particularly exploiting OpenAI’s ChatGPT to promote scams and degrade online information quality. Business Insider reports that researchers at Indiana University have uncovered a disturbing trend — the proliferation of AI-generated spam bots
Herbalist Dreamers: How Herbs Can Aid Deep Sleep Are you struggling to get a good night’s sleep? Do you wake up groggy and tired despite sleeping 7-9 hours? It may be time to focus on the quality of your sleep, particularly your deep sleep.