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The Afro-Brazilian Street Food King Of Oakland

Oumar Diouf is a Senegalese chef whose career blossomed while working in South America and led him to create The Damel, an Afro-Brazilian truck he operates in California.
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Researchers Have Achieved Sustained Long-Distance Quantum Teleportation

The breakthrough, made by researchers at Caltech, Fermilab and NASA, among others, is a step towards a practical quantum internet.
Becky Ferreira
Jason Koebler
12.17.20
uber

Uber Fined $59 Million After Stonewalling Investigation Into Sexual Violence

The company will be suspended from California in 30 days if it does not pay the fine and hand over detailed information on sexual misconduct allegations.
Edward Ongweso Jr
12.17.20
Drugs

WTF is Wearable Ketamine?

To fight opioid addiction, a biomedical startup is developing a wearable Bluetooth device that administers ketamine like an insulin pump.
Michelle Lhooq
12.17.20
bp

BP Paid Mexico $25.5M After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, But Victims Didn't See a Peso

Some of a $25.5M settlement from BP could have helped devastated fishermen recover from the catastrophe, but they say they got nothing, according to an investigation by VICE World News and corporate transparency watchdog PODER.
Nathaniel Janowitz
12.17.20
tech-science

The Artist Who Is Reimagining Earth’s Natural Future

Poet, painter, and naturalist Obi Kaufmann shares an optimistic view of nature even as the human impact on the planet grows larger.
Madeleine Gregory
12.17.20
tech-science

The Activist Who Keeps Exposing Environmental Racism in the U.S.

Dr. Beverly Wright, co-founder of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, has spent decades empowering communities that are vulnerable to toxic chemicals.
Geoff Dembicki
12.17.20
coronavirus vaccine

Anti-Vaxxers Are Spreading a Wild Theory About 'Disappearing' COVID Vaccine Needles

Social media platforms are letting conspiracy theories about the COVID vaccine spread unchecked.
David Gilbert
12.17.20
Philippines

In the Philippines, a Dengue Vaccine Scandal Fuels Distrust Over COVID Inoculations

Confidence in vaccinations has decreased dramatically in the Southeast Asian country, according to observers.
Anthony Esguerra
12.17.20
mental health

Here's Why Troopers in India’s Armed Police Forces Are Dying By Suicide

India’s central armed police forces have been reeling under a mental health crisis for years. The pandemic made things worse.
Pallavi Pundir
12.17.20
porn

Charities Warn That 'Incest Porn' Is Normalising Child Abuse

"Deviant" pornography risks placing vulnerable children in harm, say campaigners.
James Greig
12.17.20
Sweden

Right-Wing Media Hailed Sweden's COVID Response, But Even Sweden's King Says It Failed

"We have a large number who have died and that is terrible," said Carl XVI Gustaf.
Matthew Champion
12.17.20
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