‘They’re killing all Black people’, 107-year-old granny remembers Tulsa massacre
Seven-year-old Viola Fletcher was awakened by her parents 100 years ago today and told they had to leave home. Angry, gun-toting white mobs had set out under the cover of nightfall in her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, to kill Black people and destroy Black America’s economic mecca. Now 107, Fletcher...
Gigo: Science grapples with tonnes of gibberish ‘research’ literature
Nonsensical research papers generated by a computer programme are still popping up in the scientific literature many years after the problem was first seen, a study has revealed. Some publishers have told Nature they will take down the papers, which could result in more than 200 retractions. The issue began...
Next Covid wave: Deadlier pandemic attack will come from its effect on job market
Being out of work isn’t just bad for your finances. It’s bad for your health. Most people are aware of the effect of losing a job on mental health: depression, anxiety, social isolation. But job loss can hurt a person’s physical health as well. Research consistently shows that losing a...
Lifting mask mandates: How proper messaging rallied world against Covid
A sign is still posted on the front door of the Wolfeboro Food Co-op that reads, “Face masks required.” Until recently, another sign had hung directly below it, explaining how the New Hampshire market was following federal policy. Erin Perkins, manager of the shop, removed that second sign on 14...
UN peacekeepers exit leaves Darfur at the mercy of killer Janjaweed militias
The departure of the long-running UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur has created a security vacuum as hundreds of thousands flee fresh outbreaks of violence in a conflict that civil society groups and displaced Darfuris told The New Humanitarian is far from resolved. The joint UN-African Union mission, known by its...
