human suffering

From floods in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia: extreme weather seems almost everywhere

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In sweltering Brazil, the worst floods ever killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about four million inhabitants. Voters and politicians at the world’s biggest elections in India are fainting from heat that can reach 115 degrees (46.3 degrees Celsius). A brutal Asian heat wave has closed schools in the Philippines, killed people … Read more

Elon Musk’s brain implant company offers an intriguing glimpse into an internet that connects the human mind

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Elon Musk’s company called Neuralink, launched in 2016, aims to implant a piece of technology in people’s brains that will allow them to control a computer or phone by thoughts alone. This is also known as a brain-computer interface. After years of experimenting on animals, Neuralink recently announced the implantation of one of their devices … Read more