{"id":33280,"date":"2024-01-25T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/thursday-headlines-whos-rat-girl#id33069"},"modified":"2024-01-25T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T10:30:00","slug":"thursday-headlines-whos-rat-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/thursday-headlines-whos-rat-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday headlines: Who\u2019s rat girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world's deadliest humanitarian crisis in 2022 was not in Afghanistan or Ukraine, but the Central African Republic.<\/a> \/ Undark<\/span><\/p>\n

Ten countries have now been dragged into the “ever-expanding” Middle East war.<\/a> \/ The Economist<\/span><\/p>\n

An investigation finds the United Arab Emirates funding more than 100 assassinations in Yemen, with training provided by American mercenaries.<\/a> \/ BBC News<\/span><\/p>\n

See also: A reporter's “obsessive search” to unearth the history of how Congress secretly funded the atomic bomb.<\/a> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n

Notes from a simulated coup following the upcoming presidential election. “I think the biggest threat is denial.”<\/a> \/ Slate <\/span><\/p>\n

Jelani Cobb: The pertinent issue now is not what caused the Civil War but what we should have learned from it.<\/a> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n

“Nones,” or the spiritually unaffiliated, are now the largest religious group in the United States.<\/a> \/ Pew Research Center<\/span><\/p>\n

Your weekly white paper: A survey of students using chatbots finds 3% halted their suicidal ideation.<\/a> \/ NPJ Mental Health Research<\/span><\/p>\n

Nearly 90 percent of top news outlets now block AI data collection.<\/a> \/ WIRED<\/span><\/p>\n

Descriptions of different sounds to be heard in space (or sounds based on those sounds)—e.g., “the groans of a ghost in a bottomless well.”<\/a> \/ Nautilus<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: The best neighborhoods for starting a life in the galaxy.<\/a> \/ Quanta Magazine<\/span><\/p>\n

Some early drawings from engineers who dreamed of tunnels connecting England and France.<\/a> \/ Public Domain Review<\/span><\/p>\n

A French photographer trains rats to take selfies.<\/a> \/ Augustin Lignier<\/span><\/p>\n

Correction: Yesterday's link to a Guardian story omitted the word “measles.” Our bad!<\/em><\/p>\n

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The world’s deadliest humanitarian crisis in 2022 was not in Afghanistan or Ukraine, but the Central African Republic.<\/a> \/ Undark<\/span><\/p>\n

Ten countries have now been dragged into the “ever-expanding” Middle East war.<\/a> \/ The Economist<\/span><\/p>\n

An investigation finds the United Arab Emirates funding more than 100 assassinations in Yemen, with training provided by American mercenaries.<\/a> \/ BBC News<\/span><\/p>\n

See also: A reporter’s “obsessive search” to unearth the history of how Congress secretly funded the atomic bomb.<\/a> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n

Notes from a simulated coup following the upcoming presidential election. “I think the biggest threat is denial.”<\/a> \/ Slate <\/span><\/p>\n

Jelani Cobb: The pertinent issue now is not what caused the Civil War but what we should have learned from it.<\/a> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n

“Nones,” or the spiritually unaffiliated, are now the largest religious group in the United States.<\/a> \/ Pew Research Center<\/span><\/p>\n

Your weekly white paper: A survey of students using chatbots finds 3% halted their suicidal ideation.<\/a> \/ NPJ Mental Health Research<\/span><\/p>\n

Nearly 90 percent of top news outlets now block AI data collection.<\/a> \/ WIRED<\/span><\/p>\n

Descriptions of different sounds to be heard in space (or sounds based on those sounds)\u2014e.g., “the groans of a ghost in a bottomless well.”<\/a> \/ Nautilus<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: The best neighborhoods for starting a life in the galaxy.<\/a> \/ Quanta Magazine<\/span><\/p>\n

Some early drawings from engineers who dreamed of tunnels connecting England and France.<\/a> \/ Public Domain Review<\/span><\/p>\n

A French photographer trains rats to take selfies.<\/a> \/ Augustin Lignier<\/span><\/p>\n

Correction: Yesterday’s link to a Guardian story omitted the word “measles.” Our bad!<\/em><\/p>\n

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