Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

Live Blogging: Hassan al-Lawzi

For those with an internet connection and an interest, Minister of Information, Hassan al-Lawzi is on al-Jazeera at the moment.

One of his statements stood out: “Yemen is suffering from the interference of some Iranian religious figures in Yemeni affairs.” Of all the things Yemen is suffering from, I’m not sure I would really put this at the top of the list, but then again, I don’t have a portfolio.

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Health

Experimental drug cuts heart disease risk factor by 96%

There is currently no easy way to treat high Lp(a). A single shot could change that.

High Culture

Why R is the weirdest letter

You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R.

Hard Science

Ancient black hole challenges our understanding of the early Universe

The Big Bang theory is not threatened, but astrophysicists have some explaining to do.

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All Videos

The chaos inside OpenAI – Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and existential risk explained

You know ChatGPT, but how much do you know about the company that made it? Journalist Karen Hao joins us to talk OpenAI’s latest implosion.

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Business

“Integrated thriving” can fix unhelpful buzz words like “girlboss” and “snail girl”

There are steps we can take to create a new paradigm that will help shift society's attitude towards women in the workplace.

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