Cuba is offering to send doctors to more countries struggling with the coronavirus. But don’t accept their help, the US State Department says. As health care systems around the world are strained to the point of collapse, Cuban health care “brigades” have been invited to assist medical workers in Italy, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Suriname, Jamaica and…… MORE
A woman who was taken from Africa when she was just two years old has been identified as the last known survivor of the transatlantic slave trade. Matilda McCrear was taken from West Africa to Mobile, Alabama, on board the last slave transport ship, the Clotilda, in July 1860, a UK researcher has discovered, uncovering…… MORE
Forgetting those behind bars as coronavirus cases continue to surge in Europe and the US could be “potentially catastrophic,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet says. “In many countries, detention facilities are overcrowded, in some cases dangerously so. People are often held in unhygienic conditions and health services are inadequate or even nonexistent.…… MORE
Thousands of people are practicing social distancing worldwide and under stay-at-home orders to stop the spread of coronavirus, but that’s not stopping neighbors from leaving messages of hope in the windows of their homes. It’s unclear where or when the effort started, but photos of people putting rainbows, colorful heart cutouts, teddy bears and anything…… MORE
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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has likely experienced its most widespread bleaching event on record, according to a US government scientist who monitors the world’s coral reefs. This marks the third mass bleaching event on the reef in just the last five years. And scientists say that the rapid warming of the planet due to human…… MORE
In the last 22 years, one giant glacier in Antarctica has retreated almost three miles. If it fully thaws, sea levels would rise almost 5 feet. That’s according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. After their assessment of the Denman Glacier in East Antarctica, the team of researchers…… MORE
Although many people around the world are practicing social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, those on the frontlines fighting the virus can’t stay home. Experts agree that robots could take over the “dull, dirty and dangerous” jobs humans are currently fulfilling. Countries such as China have already deployed robots to assist with certain tasks during…… MORE
With millions of children out of school around the world, Joe Wicks, a YouTube fitness instructor, has taken it upon himself to become their PE teacher. Live from his home in London, Wicks live-streams child-friendly workouts every weekday morning at 9 a.m. GMT. The workouts, which are then uploaded onto his Youtube channel, have garnered…… MORE
Internet connections are under increasing strain as millions of people self-isolate due to coronavirus, and it turns out your microwave could play a role in keeping your household online. Using your microwave can reduce Wi-Fi signals, UK telecoms regulator Ofcom said Tuesday in a set of tips on how to keep your home connected. “So…… MORE
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