A Rapid Fire session given by Lisa Hornick, OD, MBA, FAAO; Tracy Doll, OD, FAAO; Leslie O’Dell Hombach, OD, FAAO; and Pam Theriot, OD; at the AAOpt meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana on the key findings from the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Lifestyle Report, with a particular emphasis on four main areas: elective procedures and…
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year. This year the world is on track to put 41.2 billion tons (37.4 billion metric tons) of the…
The antisemites who led last week’s attack on Jewish soccer fans in Amsterdam had called for an organized “Jew hunt” in the city in the hours leading up to the mass assault, officials and witnesses said. Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema said Thursday night’s violence was sparked by people discussing “going on Jew hunts” on the…
Imane Khelif’s MRI allegedly showed that the Algerian boxer lacked a uterus, had internal testes, and had a ‘micropenis’ resembling an enlarged clitoris. read more Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif, who won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 in the 66kg women’s boxing category, is once again at the center of a gender-related…
SAN FRANCISCO — X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platform, according to a report published Wednesday by a group that tracks online speech. The nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate analyzed the Community Notes feature and found that accurate notes correcting…
Caitlin Clark. Artificial intelligence. NIL. Private equity. Pickleball. What do those national flash points have in common? All have also become influencers for youth sports participation in recent years, according to the Aspen Institute’s National State of Play 2024 report, which will be released Tuesday. The annual report, put out by Aspen’s Sports & Society…
Hunters in North Dakota spent $264 million on hunting-related purchases in 2022, and shooting sports participants spent $168 million on target shooting-related purchases, a new report shows. The expenditures are part of a national report released this month by the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, highlighting the economic impact of America’s hunters and sport shooters to national…
The world is on a path to get 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than it is now, but could trim half a degree of that projected future heating if countries do everything they promise to fight climate change, a United Nations report said Thursday. But it still won’t be near enough to curb warming’s…
Indian sustainable eating habits such as limiting food waste, prioritising vegetarian diets, and consuming locally sourced foods can help address global climate change, a pressing issue worldwide, according to a report. A recent Living Planet Report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) showed that food consumption patterns followed by Indians are the most…
Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) passes against Georgia during the second half of an NCAA college … [+] football game in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez) Associated Press Another shakeup in the AP Top 25 college football poll ahead of the final weekend of play in October. The Oregon Ducks are…
