October 16, 2023

Down and Out, Down Under

Australians over the weekend shot down a constitutional amendment to provide the country’s Indigenous peoples with a “Voice,” an advisory body to the national parliament, serving their interests in the country, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Two-thirds of Australians had supported the idea when the incumbent...

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October 16, 2023

Exit Stage Right

New Zealand Map

New Zealand’s conservative opposition secured a major win in the country’s parliamentary elections Saturday, ending six years of governance by the Labour Party dominated by former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who stepped down earlier this year, the New York Times reported. Results showed that the center-right...

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October 16, 2023

The Spillover

France’s Louvre Museum and the Palace of Versailles evacuated visitors after receiving bomb threats Saturday, a day after the French government declared a nationwide, top-level security alert following the fatal stabbing of a teacher, Radio France Internationale reported. Officials from both venues said they received threatening...

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October 16, 2023

Pain and Gain

Some people have a low pain threshold thanks to gene variants inherited from our Neanderthal ancestors. Now, a new study delved into the role of these variants in human pain sensitivity and their prevalence, Live Science reported. Scientists analyzed three versions of the SCN9A gene, which is...

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