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Business

Avoid these 5 common open enrollment pitfalls

Whether you’re among the 53.5% of Americans who get their health insurance through work, the 20.1% enrolled in Medicare, or the 10.5% purchasing ACA coverage, mid-October or early November typically marks the start of the open enrollment period for next year’s insurance coverage.

AI

5 tips for getting the most out of AI

Why do some people seem to be getting a lot out of AI , while others—maybe you—still feel like they’re spinning their wheels trying to squeeze anything remotely useful out of these platforms? The answer is multifaceted, of course.

Science

Cryosphere Faces Permanent Damage When World Overshoots 1.5C, Scientists Warn

A UN-backed report warns that even temporarily overshooting the Paris agreement's 1.5C warming target could cause permanent and widespread losses of glaciers, snow and polar ice sheets.

  • Briefly exceeding 1.5C warming target could cause permanent loss of glaciers and ice sheets.
  • Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets melting six times faster than 1990s.
  • Maintaining temperatures below 1C essential to preserve polar ice.

Culture

DA wins in Nelson Mandela Bay

In Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape, the DA has increased its lead over the ANC

  • DA wins 19 percentage point lead over ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay
  • DA secures 44% of votes, 53 seats in Eastern Cape metro
  • EFF maintains 7 seats, SACP gains 4 seats in metro election

Health & Medicine

When antibiotics stop working: Europe's growing superbug threat

Antimicrobial resistance, responsible for an estimated 35,000 deaths each year in the European Union, is spreading across humans, animals and the environment, prompting calls for a broader approach to tackling one of public health's biggest challenges.

  • Antibiotic resistance causes 35,000 annual deaths in EU, comparable to flu, TB, HIV/AIDS
  • Multidrug-resistant bacteria may require multiple antibiotics, sometimes ineffective
  • WHO estimates vaccine use could cut global antibiotic consumption by 2.5 billion doses

Health & Medicine

Vibrating Mattress Helps Clear Alzheimer's Protein From the Brain

A vibrating mattress combined with two pills that release nitric oxide enhanced the brain's ability to clear an Alzheimer's-related protein. According to New Scientist, the experiment "caused the brain's blood vessels to swell and constrict more strongly, which enhanced the glymphatic system's clearance of [the protein]." From the report…

  • Scientists used vibrating mattress and nitric oxide pills in experiment.
  • Study showed 35% increase in beta-amyloid 42 levels after treatment.
  • Treatment enhanced glymphatic system's ability to clear protein.
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