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Ecuador

Ecuador's President Called a Woman a ‘Fatty’ After She Said Her Family Was Hungry

Lenin Moreno is due to leave office shortly, and is not running in presidential elections, the second round of voting for which will take place this weekend.
Simeon Tegel
4.8.21
Derek Chauvin trial

A Breathing Expert Just Explained Exactly How George Floyd Died

“It was almost to the effect as if a surgeon had gone in and removed a lung,” Dr. Martin Tobin, a pulmonologist, or an expert in breathing, said during Derek Chauvin’s murder trial Thursday.
Samir Ferdowsi
Trone Dowd
4.8.21
vaccine passports

The GOP Wants to Save You From ‘Vaccine Passports’ That Mostly Don’t Exist

This could get interesting if businesses start mandating proof of COVID vaccination on a massive scale.
Paul Blest
4.8.21
tech-science

Mysterious Radio Blasts From Space Just Got a Whole Lot Weirder, Somehow

Scientists discovered that so-called "giant radio pulses" coincide with X-rays, suggesting they are hundreds of times more energetic than previously thought.
Becky Ferreira
4.8.21
GUNS! GUNS! GUNS!

Biden Is Coming for ‘Ghost Guns’ — and He Doesn’t Even Need Congress

The president has announced his first major push to rein in gun violence.
Greg Walters
Tess Owen
4.8.21
News

Canada Is One of the Only Countries Fighting Three COVID Variants at Once

If politicians listened to science, the situation could have been avoided. Now, Canada is losing its latest COVID-19 battle.
Anya Zoledziowski
4.8.21
music features

The Fall of the Bassnectar Empire

According to women and former collaborators who spoke to VICE, and a new lawsuit, the EDM star abused his fame and power to build a complex web of secret and manipulative relationships.
Avery J.C. Kleinman
4.8.21
Health

UK Accused of Double Standards Over COVID Vaccine and Contraceptive Pill

Both the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the combined contraceptive pill come with an extremely low risk of blood clots.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
4.8.21
Algorithmic Bias

Proctorio Is Using Racist Algorithms to Detect Faces

A student researcher has reverse-engineered the controversial exam software—and discovered a tool infamous for failing to recognize non-white faces.
Todd Feathers
4.8.21
Honduras

Alleged Narco President Hires GOP Lobbyists to Sing His Praises in Washington

Despite the mounting evidence against Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Republican legislators have yet to drop their support for him.
Sam Knight
4.8.21
sex-how-to

How to Maintain Your Sex Life With a Low Libido

Wanting sex only every once in a while isn't necessarily a roadblock—just something to account for as you go.
Penda N'diaye
4.8.21
Tech

Intel’s Dystopian Anti-Harassment AI Lets Users Opt In for ‘Some’ Racism

Intel's 'Bleep' is an AI solution that will ignore a systemic problem rather than address it.
Matthew Gault
4.8.21
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