From Jenna Orkin A revolution in helping Africa’s poor: Cash with no strings attached Jonathan Haidt Wants You to Take Away Your Kid’s Phone Louisiana’s flagship university lets oil firms influence research – for a price 6 countries earned top spot for the world's most powerful passport: See where the US ranks Extreme heat wave in East Antarctica driven by record-breaking 'atmospheric river,' analysis finds Hall pass from hunger: School vending machine offers free meals to students all day Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale as college demonstrations grow Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has teamed up with a nonprofit conservation company on a project to cryogenically store tissue from every endangered animal species in the U.S. Ronan Farrow on the Scheme at the Heart of Trump’s New York Trial

From Jenna Orkin FBI Warns of Risk of Chinese Hack Attack on Energy Infrastructure Israeli sources to Post: 'An eye for an eye'; not clear why Pentagon leaked info on attack Israel will not accept responsibility for this attack for strategic reasons. The Iranian 'spy ship' BEHSHAD (9167289), which had a hand in the Red Sea Crisis by assisting Houthis in launching attacks against commercial and naval vessels over the past several months, has now returned to Iran after a 3-year deployment. We were able to verify her in satellite imagery. Volkswagen workers vote for union in Tennessee — a major win for organized labor Extreme heat wave in East Antarctica driven by record-breaking 'atmospheric river,' analysis finds California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days U.S. agrees to withdraw American troops from Niger California officers charged in killing of man held face-down for five minutes From Fringe to Mainstream: The Rise of the BJP in India Queen bumblebees surprise scientists by surviving underwater

From Jenna Orkin Pro-Palestinian protesters burn American flag in NYC, chant ‘death to America’: Watch Los Angeles police officer who killed girl, 14, in department store will not face charges Earth is experiencing its fourth mass coral bleaching event, according to an announcement released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the International Coral Reef Initiative. This year, 75 percent of the Great Barrier Reef–which is the size of Italy or Japan–has bleaching. In the Caribbean and particularly the Florida Keys, scientists can no longer assess the extent of bleaching from fly-over data gathering (a common way to determine bleaching rates) because there aren’t enough corals left to evaluate. Online age verification laws are intended to protect children from explicit or harmful content. But some experts worry they will put private data at risk. A record 2.1 million people in North and South America have been infected this year with dengue fever. Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, US official tells CNN, as region braces for further escalation Ketogenic diet and BHB rescue the fall of long-term potentiation in an Alzheimer’s mouse model and stimulates synaptic plasticity pathway enzymes Israel’s limited strike on Iran appears designed to avoid escalation For the first time, U.S. may force polluters to clean up these ‘forever chemicals’ Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds

From Jenna Orkin China’s Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High in 2023 Letter from Congressman Langworthy to Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack Re: Collaboration with CCP on Gain of Function Bird Flu Tests Robert Kennedy Jr: President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer. UAE Cloud Seeding WORLD NEWS A storm dumps record rain across the desert nation of UAE and floods Dubai’s airport Chechnya Bans Music That Isn’t Between 80 and 116 Beats Per Minute Widespread 911 outages hit several states Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO Are your kids being spied on? The rise of anti-cheating software in US schools Clean energy’s dirty secret: the trail of waste left by India’s solar power boom

From Jenna Orkin Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds The Covid treatment Paxlovid is most beneficial for unvaccinated people with risk factors, according to a recent study. Colon cancer is linked to mouth bacteria. Some Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Finally Get Their Day in Court, but All Deserve Justice Al Shimari et al. v. CACI, which will be heard today, was only able to advance because it targeted a military contractor; U.S. courts have repeatedly dismissed similar cases against the federal government. Tepco Flagship Nuclear Plant to Load First Fuel Since Fukushima California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days Degree in magic to be offered at University of Exeter - archive A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say AI's Original Sin A Boeing engineer turned whistleblower says the planemaker needs ground all its 787 Dreamliners

From Jenna Orkin IDF chief of staff says Israel will respond to Iran missile attack “A small number of hits were identified, including at an IDF base in southern Israel, where minor damage was caused to infrastructure,” the Israeli military said. Scoop: Biden told Bibi U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran Houston hospital says doctor's changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants AI CAN PRETEND TO BE STUPIDER THAN IT REALLY IS, SCIENTISTS FIND Effect of high-dose Spirulina supplementation on hospitalized adults with COVID-19: a randomized controlled trial In Sudden Reversal, Harvard To Require Standardized Testing for Next Admissions Cycle US-Japan-Philippines Naval Triad Wades into the South China Sea 'Ridiculously early' Missouri cicada emergence could start this week. Here's why Juvenile Crimes - Wesley T. Miller - Chapter 28

From Jenna Orkin NOTE FROM APRIL 15: THERE'S A GLITCH IN BLOGGER PREVENTING ME FROM CREATING ANY NEW POSTS. Scientists develop biofortified rice to combat nutrient deficiencies The Kremlin believes that destabilizing Africa would ease Russia's campaign in Ukraine. Ghana Seeks to Delay Cocoa Deliveries Due to Lack of Beans Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city Houston hospital halts liver and kidney transplants after learning a doctor manipulated some records The U.S. government needs to spend roughly $100 billion annually on carbon dioxide removal by 2050 to help the world avoid extreme climate change, according to a new analysis. A new branch of science called "exposomics" shows how air pollution contributes to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, bipolar disorder and other brain diseases. A new EPA rule will limit PFASs, or “forever chemicals,” in drinking water for the first time. Iran's Revolutionary Guard seizes a container ship near Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Israel Israel's use of AI to find targets in Gaza offers a terrifying glimpse at where warfare could be headed

From Jenna Orkin Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 More than 66% of Russian tanks killed by Ukraine are taken out by drones, report says — that's not a good thing US Says China Spurning Farm Exports May Have Political Slant China may be retaliating against farmland rules, Vilsack says The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has released a Statement as well as a Video showing their apparent Targeting over the last 72 Hours of several Locations in Southern Israel including Hatzerim Airbase, the Oil Port in the City of Ashkelon as well as another Vital Target in the City, and at least 2 Unknown Targets; despite there being No Evidence in Israel of the Attacks, they are claimed to have been conducted utilizing “Al-Arqab” Land-Attack Cruise Missiles, Modified Fateh-110 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles, and One-Way “Suicide” Drones. ‘Catastrophic,’ ‘a shock’: Arizona’s abortion ruling threatens to upend 2024 election US Drones Are Expensive and Error Prone so Ukraine Turns to China Doctors Making $350,000 Are Struggling to Find Long Island Homes North Fork median home prices are approaching $1 million Hamas leader repeats Gaza ceasefire call after sons and grandchildren killed FBI concerned about possible coordinated attack in US after Russia massacre crime levels are nearly as low today as they were in the 1960s.

From Jenna Orkin Ohio warns Democrats that Biden may miss deadline for November ballot Cancer is rising among the young. Study suggests it’s because their cells are aging faster Jon Stewart says the Arab states won't give Palestinians citizenship because they're really terrified of the 'Islamists' they backed Decline of the EU Center, Pro-Russia Candidate Elected President of Slovakia Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists Bayer’s $1.5 Billion Roundup Verdict Slashed to $600 Million More Russian LNG Being Exported to Europe Than Asia Statement from President Joe Biden on CHIPS and Science Act Preliminary Agreement with TSMC DISTRICT ATTORNEY RAYMOND A. TIERNEY RELEASES REPORT OF SPECIAL GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION INTO SUFFOLK COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ACTIONS PRIOR TO THE DEATH OF THOMAS VALVA Russia Is Preparing for a Potential Gasoline Shortage

From Jenna Orkin How melting glaciers could help stop global warming Environmentalism could stop the clean-energy transition Mexico breaks relations with Ecuador after embassy raid By the Dawn’s Early Light: On the Fall of the Francis Scott Key Bridge The US-China relationship appears to be warming up, but Russia could still be a sticking point Geo-Engineering in San Francisco The Far Right Is Crawling With Eclipse Conspiracy Theories Everyone has lost their goddamn minds El Salvador offering 5,000 free passports (equivalent to $5 billion in our passport program) to highly skilled scientists, engineers, doctors, artists, and philosophers from abroad. now Qatar is muscling to take the world’s number one spot. It’s doing so by funding a genocide in Darfur to gain access to resource-rich Sudan. Why This Eclipse Could Prove Einstein Correct Hemophilia gene therapies arrived after 40 years of struggle. Where are the patients?