Europe’s Best Healthcare Systems Are Starting To Crack
Europe’s universal healthcare systems have long been held up as models for other parts of the world. But in many countries they are now under extreme strain. Chronic underfunding, an aging population ...
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How Are the Billions in Biden’s Climate Law Being Spent?
It’s been eight months since President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. And already the hundreds of billions of dollars it contains for clean energy and slowing climate change—alongs...
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The Dark Side of TikTok’s Algorithm
Bloomberg senior investigative reporter Olivia Carville is back with her latest reporting on TikTok. She explains how the superpopular app’s algorithm can serve up a stream of anxiety and despair to t...
21 Huhti 202332min
The US-Saudi Relationship Is In Danger of Falling Apart
For decades, the United States and Saudi Arabia maintained an important strategic alliance, which gave the US access to Saudi oil in exchange for guaranteeing the kingdom’s security. But growing tensi...
20 Huhti 202323min
A Gun That Knows Who’s Pulling The Trigger
For decades, inventors have tried and failed to make a smart gun. A company called Biofire now appears to have pulled it off. It uses both fingerprint scans and facial recognition so that only a regis...
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America’s Allies Are Not Pleased About the Intel Leaks
The US intelligence community was relieved when a suspect was arrested last week in the leak of highly sensitive classified documents about America’s friends and adversaries. But the fallout is far fr...
18 Huhti 202322min
A Flu Shot That Might Work Better–Thanks to Covid-19
It’s estimated that half a million or more people around the world die of influenza each year. And many of these deaths could be prevented with a highly effective, widely used flu shot.Now, the mRNA t...
17 Huhti 202324min
Dust Off Your Dice–Dungeons & Dragons Is Back
The tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons is approaching its 50th anniversary and it has never been more popular, attracting players of all ages to its analog charms. Now Hasbro, the toy compan...
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