The great global baby bust is under way
Fertility rates are tailing off sooner than expected “HOW PARAMOUNT the future is to the present, when one is surrounded by children,” wrote Charles Darwin in 1852, reflecting on his own…
Using high-tech laser gear, UN-backed team scans Ukraine historical sites to preserve them amid war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Under the plaintive painted eyes of the holy, a volunteer team of two United Nations-backed engineers watched as a whirling laser took a million measurements a…
SILENT FALLOUT (2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeMZcgD8PmA Silent Fallout: Baby Teeth Speak, Documentary, 85 min, 2023 Directed by Hideaki Ito. Japan | 2023 | Documentary. 81 minutes. In 2001, 85,000 baby teeth were discovered in Missouri, collected…
The Persecution of Baha’is in Yemen Endangers the Country’s Path to Peace
A video goes viral of gunmen raiding a peaceful religious gathering By Bani Dugal and Saba Haddad Houthi gunmen staged a violent raid on a peaceful gathering of Baha’is in…
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Association of Adverse Childhood Experiences With Accelerated Epigenetic Aging in Midlife
Kyeezu Kim, PhD1; Kristine Yaffe, MD2; David H. Rehkopf, PhD3; et alYinan Zheng, PhD1; Drew R. Nannini, PhD1; Amanda M. Perak, MD1,4; Jason M. Nagata, MD5; Greg E. Miller, PhD6; Kai Zhang, PhD7; Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM1,8; Brian T. Joyce, PhD1; Lifang Hou, MD, PhD1,8 Author Affiliations Article Information JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(6):e2317987. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.17987 Key Points Question Do individuals with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have accelerated epigenetic…
Nine out of 10 people are biased against women, says ‘alarming’ UN report
Researchers ‘shocked’ at lack of progress, and entrenched social norms that curtail women’s chances in politics, business and work Bias against women is as entrenched as it was a decade…
How does trauma spill from one generation to the next?
Intergenerational trauma has become a hot topic as people seek to explain the poor state of mental health among younger generations The idea that trauma can be transmitted across generations…
Food aid suspended in Ethiopia after ‘widespread and coordinated’ thievery
UN and US halt food assistance in the country, where 20 million people rely on aid, in order to investigate ‘diversion’ of supplies Food aid to Ethiopia has been suspended…
UN focused on improving Russian exports ahead of grain deal deadline
The United Nations has helped boost Russian exports of food and fertilizers, facilitating a steady flow of ships to its ports and lower freight and insurance rates, a U.N. spokesman…
Canada’s wildfire season is off to an ‘unprecedented’ start. Here’s what it could mean for the US
Raging wildfires in Canada have already scorched about 15 times the normal burned area for this time of the year: nearly 11 million acres — more than double the size…