Researchers examined 27 websites selling “egg timer” fertility tests and found that most made false or misleading claims about the product.

Online sellers are misleading customers with “egg timer” fertility tests

Researchers examined 27 websites selling “egg timer” fertility tests and found that most made false or misleading claims about the product. Image: Tima Miroshnichenko via Pexels A study published by the University of Sydney examined 27 websites selling “egg timer” fertility tests and found that most sites made false or misleading claims about the usefulness…

Smithsonian Museum of National History in Washington DC.

Smithsonian acknowledges “abhorrent” collection of human remains

“It was abhorrent and dehumanizing work, and it was carried out under the Smithsonian’s name,” wrote the Smithsonian Institution secretary. Image: Juliaquinn12, via Wikimedia Commons Last week, an investigation revealed that the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum was in possession of at least 30,700 human body parts, most of which were collected from Black and Indigenous…

Recent death of food delivery driver prompts calls for policy changes

Calls for policy changes after recent death of Sydney food delivery worker

The Transport Workers Union (TWU) says thirteen food delivery workers have died in Australia since 2017.   Source: Pacopac, Wikimedia Commons Uber Eats delivery rider, Adil Abbas, was killed on the job when his motorbike collided with a Ute in Sydney last week. The 19-year-old international student arrived from Pakistan last month to study information technology…