Technology

February 18, 2020

A newly leaked database provides further evidence that China's detention of the Muslim minority group is based on religion, family ties and retrospective punishment for arbitrary infractions, like having at some point worn a veil, grown a long beard, or being an "untrustworthy person born in a certain decade." Uighur activist Jewher Ilham spoke to The World's Marco Werman about the detention and surveillance of Uighurs in China.

Burning tires and sore feet: Lagos bristles under bike ban

Reuters

February 17, 2020

Lagos state Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu outlawed the loosely regulated motorbikes and rickshaws, citing safety and security concerns.

MIT researchers sound alarm over voting app’s security flaws

The World

February 14, 2020

The app, which was created by the Boston-based mobile voting company Voatz, is currently available to some overseas and military voters registered in states that allow for the electronic return of absentee ballots through fax and email.

Despite security concerns, online voting is happening in 2020

The World

February 13, 2020

Updated

02/14/2020 - 4:00pm

Election officials say the goal is to make the voting process easier and the ballot box more accessible to overseas and military voters who face unique obstacles when they try to vote.

Language

Is the polyglot brain different? MIT researchers are trying to find out.

The World

February 11, 2020

Susanna Zaraysky, speaker of nine languages, seems to be able to pick up French or Portuguese almost overnight. In reality, it’s not so effortless — but is she cognitively predisposed to attaining fluency in so many languages? We follow her to an MIT lab where researchers put her through a series of tests.

Coronavirus

What we know about the new, novel coronavirus: A timeline

The World

February 06, 2020

The number of cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus has shown little sign of slowing — total cases have now surpassed 20,000 — spurring the United States to evacuate some of its citizens from China, issue a travel warning and impose quarantines and a partial travel ban.

Elections

Washington state expands online voting for military and overseas voters

The World

February 03, 2020

Some voters in Washington state can now cast ballots in the presidential primary straight from their smartphones or personal computers, The World has learned.

Education

Doing Western students' homework is big business in Kenya

The World

January 24, 2020

Service providers don’t like to call it “cheating” — they prefer the terms “academic writing” and “online tutoring.”

How will Brexit impact scientific research in the UK?

The World

January 16, 2020

One small piece of the Brexit puzzle will be how the UK funds scientific research, and how easy or hard it will be for scientists — who traditionally are part of an international, mobile workforce — to work outside their home country.

Ukraine asks FBI to help probe suspected Russian hack of Burisma

Reuters

January 16, 2020

Ukraine has asked the FBI in the United States for help to investigate a suspected cyberattack by Russian military hackers on Burisma, an energy company caught up in the impeachment of US President Donald Trump.

Technology

New data on China's detention of Uighurs: 'They could charge you for anything'

Burning tires and sore feet: Lagos bristles under bike ban

MIT researchers sound alarm over voting app’s security flaws

Despite security concerns, online voting is happening in 2020

Updated

Is the polyglot brain different? MIT researchers are trying to find out.

What we know about the new, novel coronavirus: A timeline

Washington state expands online voting for military and overseas voters

Doing Western students' homework is big business in Kenya

How will Brexit impact scientific research in the UK?

Ukraine asks FBI to help probe suspected Russian hack of Burisma

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