Where Do Living Creatures Get Their Sense of Rhythm?
BYLINE: Marjorie Hecht AUTHOR BIO: Marjorie Hecht is a longtime magazine editor and writer with a specialty in science topics. She is a freelance writer and community activist living on Cape Cod. SOURCE: Independent Media Institute CREDIT LINE: This article…
Why auditing firms are failing children
January 7, 2024News Digest Child slaveryPrivate auditing firms have a common blind spot: child laborIn recent years, major U.S. corporations have assured ethical labor practices within their supply chains through private social compliance audits. However, a revealing investigation exposes that an $80…
Las Vegas News
Las Vegas News Briefs − January 2024 DESTINATION-WIDE UPDATES Clark County Department of Aviation Celebrates Diamond Jubilee of Harry Reid International AirportIn December 2023, the Clark County Department of Aviation (CCDOA) commemorated the 75th anniversary of the acquisition of McCarran…
Recycle OECS Project generates Insights into Plastic Waste Landscape of Dominica and Grenada
January 10, 2023 — New Waste Characterisation Reports are in for Dominica and Grenada. The findings are critical for tailoring the Recycle OECS Model framework to the waste landscape of these Member States. Dominica and Grenada are selected OECS territories implementing Model…
Cayman: Police Investigate Report of Shot Fired in Bodden Town
From RCIPS Shortly after 1:30AM, Wednesday 10 January, police responded to a report of a shot fired through a window at a residential address in the vicinity of Lower Valley, Bodden Town. On arriving at the scene it was reported…
Police Investigate Shooting Incident in Windsor Park
From RCIPS Just before 7PM on Tuesday 9 January, police were dispatched to Hawkins Drive in the Windsor Park area of George Town, where it was reported that a shooting incident had taken place resulting in one man being shot…
Drones Deliver Defibrillators Faster Than Ambulances
Dreamstime From Newsmax Drones can more quickly deliver defibrillators to the scene of a cardiac arrest than can ambulances, a new Swedish study has found. More than two-thirds of the time, a drone equipped with an automated external defibrillator (AED)…
A Bottle of Water Contains 240,000 Plastic Particles
Adobe Stock From Newsmax On average, a liter of bottled water contains some 240,000 detectible plastic fragments – 10 to 100 times more than previously estimated, researchers said. Nine in 10 of these plastic particles were nanoplastics, they added. Nanoplastic…
Study: Brain Plaque Leading Alzheimer’s Indicator
dreamstime From Newsmax Are you at higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease just because you’re 80 and not 75? New research shows it’s more complex than that. The findings suggest that it’s the pace of buildup in the brain of Alzheimer’s-linked amyloid…
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Global unemployment rate set to increase in 2024 while growing social inequalities raise concerns, says ILO report
GENEVA (ILO News) – Labour markets have shown surprising resilience despite deteriorating economic conditions, but recovery from the pandemic remains uneven as new vulnerabilities and multiple crises are eroding prospects for greater social justice, according to a new International Labour…
