Bits & Pretzels Healthtech, held at the ICM, Munich. Riddhi Kanetkar / Insider. We attended the Bits&Pretzels Healthtech conference for startups and VCs. They named drug discovery and the emerging 'techbio' sector as areas of interest. Here are...
Finally Friday! Dan DeFrancesco in NYC. Fun Fact Friday: Blood Falls is a waterfall in Antarctica that gets its name from its vibrant red water. Here's what causes its unique color. Today, we've got stories on a first look at the actors in the upco...
Elon Musk and Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani. Chesnot/Getty Images, Sujit Jaiswal/AFP/Getty Images Elon Musk said he hopes to bring SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service to India. He's coming up against Asia's richest person Mukesh Amb...
Tate says he wants to train Musk to fight Zuckerberg in a potential cage match. MIHAI BARBU/AFP, MANDEL NGAN, ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images Controversial influencer Andrew Tate wants to train Elon Musk to take down Mark Zuckerberg. The ex-p...
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., March 3, 2020. Andrew Kelly/Reuters Despite a surging stock market, the economy is still on track to enter a recession within the next nine mont...
Sylvain Sonnet/Getty Images Vienna is still the most livable city in the world, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's Global Liveability Index for 2023. This year's ranking had 173 cities, and the index is based on different categorie...
Mourners carry the coffin of former government advisor and political analyst Hisham al-Hashemi, who was killed by gunmen, during the funeral in Baghdad. Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters On July 6, 2020, as the prominent Iraqi historian Hisham al-Hashimi...
The gender gap may not be closed for another 131 years globally, the World Economic Forum finds. Leo Patrizi/Getty Images It will take another 131 years for the world to achieve gender equality worlwide, according to the WEF. Iceland has closed...
"I felt appreciated and valued by Google. Everything became tied to the company for me — my friendships, experiences, and values," says Sylvia Duran Chen. She was laid off earlier this year. Courtesy of Sylvia Duran Chen Sylvia Duran Chen was s...
A Viking Ocean ship in Iceland. Viking More than 13% of passengers on board the Viking Neptune this month fell ill with norovirus, the CDC said. The health agency has already logged 13 outbreaks of the contagious virus on cruise ships this year...
Amazon Prime unlocks all sorts of perks and benefits. Amazon; Alyssa Powell/Business Insider Amazon Prime comes with so many features that it's easy to lose track of them all. This means that if you're already a Prime subscriber, you might be mi...
A six-year old going to school virtually — like most students did during the pandemic. The resulting 'learning loss,' will have far reaching economic impacts, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research report. Mint Images/Getty Images ...
U.S. President Joe Biden. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Student-loan payments, and interest, have been on pause for over three years. But interest will start accruing again in September, with payments resuming one month after. Interest has been ...
