Bridget Burns is executive director of WEDO (Women’s Environment and Development Organization), a global advocacy organization advancing gender equality and climate justice. You’ve probably heard this stat before – it’s…
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GLP podcast: ‘It wasn’t a total train wreck.’ Breaking down the MAHA Commission Report
It wasn’t a total train wreck. That’s the best way to summarize the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission’s May 22 report addressing rising rates of chronic childhood diseases in…
RFK Jr. says annual COVID-19 shots no longer advised for healthy children and pregnant women – a public health expert explains the new guidance
On May 27, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer include the COVID-19 vaccine on…
FSU Researchers Share in Breakthrough Prize in Physics for Work at CERN
Newswise — Five Florida State University physicists are part of the international team awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for work done at the European Organization for Nuclear Research…
LLMs Mimics Human Cognitive Dissonance
Summary: A new study reveals that GPT-4o, a leading large language model, displays behavior resembling cognitive dissonance—a core human psychological trait. When asked to write essays either supporting or opposing…
Most young women suffer from itching, irritation, pain and other symptoms in genital area, Brazilian study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study conducted by researchers from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) found that 72.5% of young Brazilian women suffer from symptoms such as itching,…
US health boss Kennedy calls medical journals corrupt
Credit: Pixabay from Pexels US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has attacked major medical journals, accusing them of collaborating with the pharmaceutical industry and threatening to bar government scientists…
Lost monuments of the “people of the cloud forest” unearthed at Gran Pajatén
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced the discovery of more than 100 previously undocumented structures at Gran Pajatén, located within Peru’s Río Abiseo National Park. A UNESCO World Heritage…
Longer flight delays without compensation? EU plan divides
Airlines say the hefty cost of compensating passengers for delays leads them to cancel flights rather than run them late — due to the knock-on effect on flight schedules. The…
