• What Ever Happened to Mad Cow?

    What Ever Happened to Mad Cow?

    One of the most existentially frightening illnesses ever to be discovered was mad cow disease, a fatal prion-spread illness that appeared in animals in the 1980s and killed over 200 people during the height of the outbreak in the late 1990s. You don’t hear much about mad cow today, but the threat still looms. Here’s…


  • Tesla Facing Lawsuit From 6,000 Black Factory Workers Alleging Racism

    Tesla Facing Lawsuit From 6,000 Black Factory Workers Alleging Racism

    A state judge in California has tentatively ruled that nearly 6,000 Black Tesla factory workers can sue the automaker as a group. They allege the Austin, Texas-based EV maker failed to address rampant racism, discrimination and harassment at its plant in Fremont, California. California Superior Court Judge Noel Wise in Oakland said that the lawsuit…