- World’s top climate scientists issue ‘survival guide for humanity,’ call for major course correction https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/20/ipcc-report-on-climate-un-scientists-call-for-course-correction.html 293 comments futurology
- World’s top climate scientists issue ‘survival guide for humanity,’ call for major course correction https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/20/ipcc-report-on-climate-un-scientists-call-for-course-correction.html 6 comments climate
- Memorial: Russia moves to close major human rights group https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59252717 3 comments worldnews
- India Gets Re-Elected To UN Human Rights Council With Overwhelming Majority https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-gets-re-elected-to-un-human-rights-council-with-overwhelming-majority-2575792#publisher=newsstand 23 comments india
- Nauka module’s near miss ( Russia's third major human spaceflight failure within the last three years ) raises concerns about future of parnership https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/nauka-modules-near-miss-raises-concerns-about-future-of-space-station/ 75 comments space
- A major step in HIV research: UNMC, Temple researchers eliminate virus in humanized mice https://www.omaha.com/livewellnebraska/health/a-cure-of-hiv-is-possible-unmc-temple-researchers-eliminate/article_08544d69-cc0b-5743-b70f-ea47eccb8cad.html 16 comments science
- For First Time, Majority in U.S. Backs Human Mission to Mars Gallup Poll https://news.gallup.com/poll/260543/first-time-majority-backs-human-mission-mars.aspx 4 comments space
- Advertising as a major source of human dissatisfaction: Cross-national evidence on one million Europeans https://voxeu.org/article/advertising-major-source-human-dissatisfaction 32 comments technology
- Advertising as a major source of human dissatisfaction https://voxeu.org/article/advertising-major-source-human-dissatisfaction 3 comments economy
- The decline of Africa's largest mammals: Although the scale of ongoing anthropogenic ecological disruptions is unprecedented, human-driven extinctions are not new: There is strong evidence that humans played a major role in the wave of megafaunal losses at the end of the Pleistocene http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6417/892 14 comments science
- Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds 41 comments science
- The world's next major human disaster is in the making in China. This time, we should act before it's too late. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/china-holds-million-uighur-muslims-concentration-camps-180912105738481.html 8 comments worldevents
- Science news: Ageing process REVERSED in human cells in major breakthrough https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1002867/science-news-ageing-process-reversed-human-cells-university-of-exeter 11 comments worldnews
- Trump's new NASA head: Humans contributing in 'major way' to climate change http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/388228-trumps-new-nasa-head-says-humans-are-heavily-contributing-to 5 comments worldnews
- Toddler and human rights campaigners added to terror blacklist used by major banks http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/terrorism-thomson-reuters-greenpeace-human-rights-watch-terror-blacklist-toddler-guantanamo-bay-a7806436.html 4 comments politics
- Human Factors Major and CS minor career question. https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/4yz4fu/human_factors_major_and_cs_minor_career_question/ 5 comments cscareerquestions
- UK trains soldiers for majority of regimes on its own human rights abuse watchlist | Sixteen nations on the Foreign Office watchlist for use of torture and sexual violence benefit from military and security support http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/britain-trains-soldiers-for-most-regimes-on-its-own-human-rights-abuse-watchlist-a7041086.html 36 comments worldnews
- Hillary Clinton’s record continues to be exposed to voters through online media sources. One major issue is the arms sales to countries that constantly and extensively abuse human rights — countries whose governments are donors of the Clinton Foundation. http://www.inquisitr.com/3077398/hillary-clinton-and-arms-deals-she-loses-support-when-voters-learn-these-details/ 12 comments politics
- No charges filed yet against Ferguson police officer | 'Police brutality and unnecessary use of heavy-handed tactics have become major concern across US in recent years. Researchers also say US minorities suffer from strong degree of institutionalized racism and human rights violations.' http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/23/379701/no-charges-filed-against-ferguson-police/ 570 comments politics
- Scientists achieve nuclear fusion. Although 99% of the energy to achieve it was lost, it marks a major milestone in humanity harnessing the power of stars. http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-nuclear-fusion-20140213,0,5629190.story#axzz2tapvu7jk 8 comments science
- Major scrutiny for last week's human embryonic stem cell cloning paper http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/cell-reviewing-allegations-of-image-reuse-in-human-embryonic-stem-cell-cloning-paper/ 3 comments science
- Majority of Americans believe humans evolved over millions of years. Two-thirds believe God created humans 10,000 years ago. You do the math. http://www.ablogistan.com/archives/2007/06/majority_of_ame.html 7 comments reddit.com
- JP Morgan economists warn climate crisis is threat to human race - Leaked report for world’s major fossil fuel financier says Earth is on unsustainable trajectory https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/21/jp-morgan-economists-warn-climate-crisis-threat-human-race 44 comments worldnews
- Is Obama's Gitmo Proclamation any more than a P.R. stunt? "The sad truth is Obama's major achievement in human rights is to make George Bush seem like a civil libertarian." http://lamatters.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/is-obamas-gitmo-proclamation-any-more.html 4 comments politics
- "social status can be a major driver of health in socially living animals, including humans" http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2012/08/21/social-position-drives-gene-regulation-of-the-immune-system/ 3 comments science
- The rocket that will launch humans farther into space than ever before, the Space Launch System (SLS), passed a major NASA review Wednesday. http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/12-256.html 57 comments space
- Justice Janet Simmons, writing for the appeal court majority, said "permitting a person to consent in advance to sexual activity expected to occur while unconscious or asleep is entirely consistent with the principles of human dignity and autonomy". http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/786137--people-can-consent-in-advance-to-sex-while-unconscious-appeal-court-rules?bn=1 5 comments reddit.com
- How Fast Can Humans Run? Major World Records translated into mph, km/h, ft/s, m/s http://www.elitefeet.com/how-fast-can-humans-run 8 comments reddit.com
- Scientists use stem cells to grow connected, functioning set of miniature human liver, pancreas, biliary ducts for the 1st time. This major step forward in organoid development could sharply accelerate the concept of precision medicine and someday lead to transplantable tissues grown in labs. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1598-0 84 comments science
- miRNA from ingested food was found to influence gene regulation within humans. This new understanding has major implications for GMO's http://www.alternet.org/story/153737/how_genetically_modified_foods_could_affect_our_health_in_unexpected_ways?page=0%2C0 183 comments science
- That was … well, let's just say that the American TV audience had two major sporting events to choose from last night. One was a violent, fast-paced assault on the limits of the human body. The other was Monday Night Football. http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8365208/andy-murray-wins-us-open 5 comments tennis
- Military leaders know a secret: The vast majority of people are overwhelmingly reluctant to take a human life. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/greatergood/archive/2007summer/grossman.pdf 17 comments reddit.com
- Project will map googols of brain circuits. "Dubbed the Human Connectome, it will diagram all the major circuits in a healthy human brain. The effort is the first of its kind and will lay the groundwork for understanding how the human brain functions" http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-10-googols-brain-circuits.html 38 comments science
- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) pointed fingers Wednesday as anti-human-trafficking legislation stalled because of an abortion-related provision. http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/235322-mcconnell-reid-play-blame-game-on-anti-trafficking-bill 4 comments politics
- Engineered plants to produce an oil that mimics the chemical structure of human milk fat, a major component of breast milk. Previous studies suggest the human form of this molecule, triacylglycerol, aids absorption of key nutrients by the infant gut, but few infant formulas contain anything like it. https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/09/24/1907915116 3 comments science
- The United States Holocaust Museum is revoking a major human rights award given to Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's civilian leader, saying she has failed to respond adequately to the mass killings of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_holocaust_museum_suu_kyi?site=ap&section=home&template=default 503 comments worldnews
- An artificial intelligence program called AlphaStar now ranks among the top 0.2% of human players for the strategy game StarCraft II. Reported in Nature this week, the algorithm represents a major achievement for machine learning, multi-agent reinforcement learning https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1724-z.epdf?shared_access_token=eeinxbhkk8z48e6x6fhzvdrgn0jajwel9jnr3zotv0pszcpzjfgnazholk4debckav0uumyg1zcvyjtjgsnl-x-42q3c4krjbwlioqpxrjaik4lbpapbj-nfrj4lklrar9u1vpqf2aprrhsogwhs1w%3D%3D 41 comments science
- Insects Are 'Glue in Nature' and Must Be Rescued to Save Humanity: Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, one of the world's top entomologists, said the importance of insects to the planet should spur humans to take immediate action against one of the major causes of insect decline—the climate crisis. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/07/insects-are-glue-nature-and-must-be-rescued-save-humanity-says-top-scientist 35 comments worldnews
- Ilham Tohti, Uighur imprisoned for life by China, wins major human rights prize | The man known as ‘China’s Mandela’ announced as the winner of the annual Martin Ennals Award for human rights defenders https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/11/ilham-tohti-uighur-china-wins-nobel-martin-ennals-human-rights-award 11 comments worldnews
- SDC co-chair Ilham Ahmed: YPG, SDF fought to protect and serve all humanity; their struggle was not only for Kurdish interests. SDF fought not only for their own lands, also liberating many cities with non-Kurdish majorities such as Manbij, Raqqa, and throughout the countryside of Deir al-Zor. https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/2a47eaa7-6028-4cb3-9faf-fc7c7b3d9bbf 5 comments worldnews