60% of people from India and vicinity have a particular allele (gene variant) that doubles the chance of death from Covid-19. However, the allele is also found (though less frequently) in other human populations.

I wonder whether people should get tested for this allele.

*Q&A: how fast do we need to cut carbon emissions?*

If global heating continues, the Great Barrier Reef will be toast.

*A secret document distributed by Israel to justify its terrorist designations of six prominent Palestinian human rights groups shows no concrete evidence of involvement in violent +activities by any of the groups.*

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed posted on Facebook that he would "bury" the Tigrayan rebels; Facebook deleted the post for "inciting violence". That is a rather sbsurd precaution, given that the two armies are at war.

Why did Facebook do this? I speculate that it is an attempt to ridicule the idea of trying to stop Facebook from being used to provoke violence.