A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for the disease caused by excess body fat. Under recommendations released Tuesday night, obesity would no longer be defined solely by BMI, a calculation of…
South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested and is to undergo questioning over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month, anti-corruption investigators said on Wednesday, bringing to an end an early-morning standoff outside his official residence in Seoul. Yoon remained defiant, however, saying he had agreed to cooperate with anti-corruption authorities…
The Biden administration has notified Congress that it will remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism in a deal the country’s communist government said would involve the “gradual” release of 553 political prisoners. The deal, which administration officials said was negotiated through the Catholic church, was announced on Tuesday, just five days…
Here’s what makes 17-year-old phenom Cooper Flagg a special talent for Duke Cooper Flagg turned heads when he impressed at a Team USA Olympics scrimmage, but what can we expect from the young star at Duke. Sports Seriously Duke Blue Devils freshman Cooper Flagg had a game for the ages, scoring an ACC freshman-record 42…
United by FireDenver Museum of Nature & ScienceAvailable wherever you get your podcasts For hundreds of millions of years, wildfires were directed solely by the weather, vegetation and terrain. But in the last century in the United States, people have sought to suppress even those beneficial fires that would otherwise clear out dead vegetation, which…