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Trump sues Twitter and Facebook for banning him, claims “trillions” in damages

Enlarge / A mob of Trump supporters stormed and breached the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Trump’s incitement of the mob led to his bans from major social networks. (credit: Getty Images | The Washington Post) Former President Donald Trump today sued Twitter, Facebook, Google subsidiary YouTube, and their CEOs, claiming that all three […]

Even the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is dangerously faulty. Science and information could mend it

With limited tools of COVID-19 vaccines currently available, countries are scrambling to pick  who must be first in line to get the shots. However, oftentimes, that issue has been settled dependent on broadly tagged groupings of at-risk inhabitants, for example”the older” or even”essential workers” While it might sound easy, this strategy is short-sighted, as it dismisses the […]

Slow train across Siberia offers glimpse of Russia’s rail ambitions

Enlarge / Tourists enjoy a walk on Lake Baikal in March 2021. (credit: Natalia Fedosenko/TASS/Getty Images) On the shore of Lake Baikal, deep in eastern Siberia, one of the most ambitious feats of modern Russian rail engineering is nearing completion. The Baikalsky tunnel, carved through 7km of mountain rock, has taken seven years to build, […]