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Cholera still kills thousands each year – in places without clean water, it’s far from history

Many Americans have heard about cholera only from “The Oregon Trail,” the retro computer game in which players try to get their 1830s pioneers to the Oregon Territory. If your wagon train comes down with this highly contagious bacterial infection, the pioneers could die from diarrhea and dehydration before they…

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The drawbacks of drinking "raw water"

"But unlike tap or commercially bottled water, raw water is not evaluated for safety"

Salon

How does raw water compare to tap water? A microbiologist explains why the risks outweigh the benefits

Water that comes straight from natural sources, dubbed “raw water,” is gaining popularity. Raw water advocates reject public water supplies, including tap water, because they don’t enjoy the taste or believe it’s unsafe and depleted of vital minerals.

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HBO’s hit Game of Thrones show is getting a movie – and it might come to a theater before you can stream it

Game of Thrones is reportedly getting a movie, but don't expect to see it soon.

TechRadar

10 of the best map designs, and what they tell us about mapping

We've found the best map design to help you see the world differently.

Creative Bloq

7 scary diseases you can get from the water

Many deadly infections are transmitted via water, including cholera, typhoid and brain-eating amoebas.

LiveScience

Cholera now threatens 1bn people. It’s time to finish what we began in the 19th century

With the disease raging in 23 countries and no vaccine stocks, Zambia and the WHO propose a way to stop the deaths

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Don’t waste the wastewater

Wastewater surveillance for known or new health threats offers many benefits for enhancing public health efforts

The Hindu

China ETFs Climb On Hopes Of Better US Relations As State Department Confirms Blinken’s Beijing Visit

Hope is building up across the Pacific

Zenger

Diseases gave us the rise of Christianity, the end of the Aztecs and public sanitation. How might future plagues change human history?

“Every once in a while a book lands on your desk that changes the way you perceive the world you live in, a book that fundamentally challenges your understanding of human history.” So began the blurb that came with this book. Aha! I thought. The usual advertising hyperbole, a gross…

The Conversation

From a 'deranged' provocateur to IBM's failed AI superproject: the controversial story of how data has transformed healthcare

Just over a decade ago, artificial intelligence (AI) made one of its showier forays into the public’s consciousness when IBM’s Watson computer appeared on the American quiz show Jeopardy! The studio audience was made up of IBM employees, and Watson’s exhibition performance against two of the show’s most successful contestants…

The Conversation

Sewage alerts: the long history of using maps to hold water companies to account

Southern Water was handed a record fine of £90 million in July 2021 after pleading guilty to illegally discharging sewage along the rivers and coastline of Kent, Hampshire and Sussex. More than a year later, the headlines have not improved for Britain’s embattled water companies who have recently discharged more…

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When will Covid really be over? Three things that will mark the end of the pandemic

History tells us the end of a deadly outbreak isn’t just about medical data – it’s about political and social changes too, says historian Erica Charters

The Guardian - UK

Australia vs England: Romance and rancour add weight to deciding Test match

The historic Sydney Cricket Ground will play host to closing chapter of England and Australia’s rediscovered rivalry

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England looking to ‘light rugby up’ in Australia series finale, Eddie Jones claims

The series is locked at 1-1 heading into Saturday’s showdown in Sydney

The Independent UK

England coach Eddie Jones looking to ‘light rugby up’ in Australia series finale

The series is locked at 1-1 heading into Saturday’s showdown in Sydney.

Reason

Against Scientific Gatekeeping

Science should be a profession, not a priesthood.

The Guardian - UK

West Indies v England: third Test, day one – as it happened!

The West Indies bowlers ripped through England until Jack Leach and Saqib Mahmood changed the day with their last-wicket heroics

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Covid-19 could become the next cholera if we ignore this one deadly lesson

Here's what the cholera of today can teach us about the Covid-19 of tomorrow.

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