Deadly outbreaks have plagued societies for centuries. But they can lead to medical breakthroughs—if we learn the right lessons from them.
He was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on April 27, 1791. A professional painter, Morse found himself working on a portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette in 1825. The job had taken him to Washington, D.C., where he received a devastating letter. According to the dispatch, his young wi...
Currently, the data processing centers of the digital infrastructure of Ukraine, which supports all civil and military operations, are located in various European countries. Cloud services made it possible to avoid the devastating consequences of Russian cyberattacks at the beginning of the war and ...
“hundreds of thousands are signing up for telegram from israel and the palestinian territories,” pavel durov, telegram’s russian founder, posted on his public channel on october 8, adding that the company was bringing support for hebrew and arabic to the app. “everyone affected should have ...
Why was it enacted? The 14th Amendment waspassed by Congressin 1866 and ratified by the states in 1868. Enacted after the Civil War, the disqualification clause aimed to keep former Confederate civil and military officeholders from returning to serve in the government they fought the overthrow. ...
In its nearly 30-year history, the space shuttle program has seen exhilarating highs and devastating lows. The fleet has taken astronauts on dozens of successful missions, resulting in immeasurable scientific gains. But this success has had a serious cost. In 1986, the Challenger exploded duri...
Our most read story last Friday was from The Wall Street Journal, He’s Wanted for Wirecard’s Missing $2 Billion. He’s Now Suspected of Being a Russian Spy. Second was Bloomberg’s (via Yahoo Finance) story, El Nino Nears Historic Intensity With Threat of Weather Havoc. Third was Reut...
In its nearly 30-year history, the space shuttle program has seen exhilarating highs and devastating lows. The fleet has taken astronauts on dozens of successful missions, resulting in immeasurable scientific gains. But this success has had a serious cost. In 1986, the Challenger exploded duri...
Initially viewed as a potential reformer, the Times of India noted that Assad failed to address Syria’s deep-seated grievances, leading to mass uprisings in 2011. These protests escalated into a devastating civil war, with Assad accused of war crimes, including chemical attacks on civilians. ...
This is arguably the world’s most devastating war, and there is no sign of a decisive winner, still less a tangible peace deal. As well as fighters from neighbouring countries, it has sucked in a string of global and regional actors, each tussling to compete for influence and power in a...