January 16, 2023

The Forever Pandemic

China recently lifted mandatory quarantining for visitors, ending three years of travel restrictions designed to prevent Covid infections. The move was the latest easing of anti-Covid measures in the country, which was rocked last month by protests against lockdowns, as the Council on Foreign Relations...

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January 16, 2023

Judging the Judges

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated across the country over the weekend to protest against the conservative government’s plan to overhaul Israel’s top court, a move critics say could weaken the Jewish nation’s democracy, the Wall Street Journal reported. Activists and opposition parties took to the...

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January 16, 2023

A Cold Welcome

Benin’s pro-government parties won a majority of seats in parliament following last week’s legislative elections, a vote that also saw the return of the opposition after four years out of government, Agence France-Presse reported. The country’s constitutional court said that parties supporting President Patrice Talon won...

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January 16, 2023

An Intricate Mind

For years, scientists thought that dinosaurs were big but dumb. But now, some researchers believe that some dinosaur brains were so complex and densely packed with neurons that they nearly resembled the noggins of modern primates, according to a new but controversial study. Neuroanatomist Suzana Herculano-Houzel and...

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