At the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending Tuberculosis (TB), Peng Liyuan, wife of the Chinese president, urged the global community to unite in the fight against this deadly disease. The meeting attendees praised China’s efforts to combat the “disease of the poor” and adopted the Political Declaration on the Prevention of TB. Health […]
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South Korea will have 85 robot volunteers at the Winter Olympics, including a robot torch bearer
REUTERS/Ruben Sprich South Korea announced it will have 85 robots at the 2018 Winter Olympics. There will be 11 types of robots that help tourists and make deliveries, as well as more creative robots that paint murals and take part in the torch relay. There is a growing desire to bring more robots to future […]
7’1” NBA Player Volunteers for Last Row of Coach to Prevent Flight Delay
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North Korea says 3.5mn volunteers ‘ready to retaliate against US’
At least 3.5 million young people and retired soldiers have joined the North Korean military to fight in the event of a war against the US, state media said, adding that people are rising up “to retaliate against” Washington. Read more “All the people are rising up across the country to retaliate against the US […]
‘World’s largest sleep study’ seeks online volunteers
Brain scientists at a Canadian university are aiming to get a better handle on how sleep affects memory, problem solving and other cognitive functions in what they are billing as the largest such study ever to be done. CBC | Health News
Waymo Recruiting Hundreds of Volunteers to Ride in Self-Driving Minivans
– Eight years into its effort to make self-driving cars a reality, executives from Waymo say they’re shifting their focus from the technology itself and turning more attention toward the needs of people who will use the vehicles. The company, an independent subsidiary spun out from Google’s self-driving-car project, has announced that it’s adding 500 […]
Alphabet seeks 10,000 volunteers — and their health data — for a massive medical study
Alphabet’s Google division is, fundamentally, in the business of selling data. That is a useful thing to keep in mind when Alphabet’s Verily comes calling for your medical data. But Google is also inarguably useful; this is why, despite knowing that my every move is being tracked by the company, I still make use of […]
