ICE deports Dominican migrant wanted for human smuggling that led to death of 3 minors
ICE deported Batista Matos, 36, to his home country of the Dominican Republic for the fifth time on Monday to face charges in connection with fatal human smuggling…
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Nature Biotechnology, Published online: 05 March 2025; doi:10.1038/s41587-025-02603-1A recent study found high amounts of microplastics in the human brain. This could spur funding and technological advances for plastic degradation…
1.5 million-year-old bone tools crafted by human ancestors in Tanzania are oldest of their kind
The discovery of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools upends what we know about tool manufacturing in East Africa…
Women’s rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says
Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says women’s and girls’ rights are under attack and gender discrimination is deeply embedded in economies and societies…Ancient humans made tools from animal bones 1.5 million years ago
A new study says early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in Tanzania pushes back the date for ancient bone tool use by around 1 million years…
Escaping Oppression, Rebuilding Life: New Memoir Resilience Sheds Light on the Global Refugee and Women’s Rights Crisis
Wednesday 5 March, 2025 — In a world where adversity often feels insurmountable, Lucia Mare’s newly released memoir, Resilience, stands as a powerful testament to the unyielding spirit of the human soul. From a childhood marked by loss to a daring escape from communist Romania…
New very human-like AI voice model both excites and disturbs the internet
Researchers at Sesame AI have launched a new conversational speech model (CSM). This advanced voice AI has phenomenal human-like qualities that we have seen before from companies like Google (Duplex) and OpenAI (Omni). The demo showcases two AI voices named “Miles” (male) and “Maya” (female), and its realism has captivated…Read Entire Article…
Controversial immigrant family detention center in Texas to reopen
A detention center will resume operations as a controversial immigrant family housing facility under a new agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, private prison company CoreCivic has announced.Why it matters: The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, was a target of civic rights advocates during the first Trump administration amid family separations…Israel outlines plan to control all aid entering Gaza
As a tenuous ceasefire verges on collapse, Israel says it will take direct control of all humanitarian aid entering and distributed inside Gaza, according to agencies briefed on the plan…