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Jane Goodall, who rocked science with her chimps, is as important and mesmerizing as ever, but for a very different reason now.
How Ready Is Europe for Ebola?
In the midst of one of the most gruesome plagues of the new century, many of the world's most advanced countries have no stocks of Ebola drugs, are tortured by the ethics of using blood from survivors and are compromised by the use of experimental treatments
The Blue Bulldog
Patrick Lynch, who leads the biggest police union in the nation, thinks all the people complaining about police brutality should be afraid. Very afraid
Camps Bring Further Danger to Rohingya Muslims Fleeing Potential Genocide in Burma
Observers say genocidal killings are being carried out by armed Buddhist police in the internment camps housing the Rohingya Muslims, one of the most persecuted communities in the world, according to the UN
In Focus
Keep the Faith
Jehovah’s Witnesses are celebrating the centenary of the group’s belief that Jesus Christ began ruling over God’s Kingdom in 1914. One of the biggest gatherings – more than 70,000 delegates from 60 countries – is held at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, where under the motto ‘Keep Seeking First God’s Kingdom’, some 500 people are baptised by total immersion.
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Periscope
An examination of health, economic and education data help explain why the disease escalated so severely in three nations.
The 'Russian Submarine' in Swedish Waters Isn't the Only Unwelcome Visitor in the Baltic Sea
Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are all reporting massively increased military trespassing by the Russian military
Horizons
Scientists are developing artificial intelligence so sophisticated that they think relationships – both platonic and sexual – will become commonplace within our lifetimes
Take Your Hands Off the Wheel of Death
Tesla's autopilot car is leading a better way to get from Point A to Point B without a detour to the morgue
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Downtime
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A Panel of Dads Reviews the New Tweedy Album
Is the band Tweedy, with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and son, really dad rock? We investigate.
Is a Catskills Town Divided by Antisemitism or Greedy Developers?
Is the village of Bloomingburg, New York, trying to slow growth—or block Ultra-Orthodox Jews from moving in?