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A line up of the Brazil International football team: Standing left to right: Carlos, Alberto, Leao, Brito, Fontana, Piazza, Marcos and Antonio. Below : Jairzinho, Direfu, Lopez, Pele, Gerson and Edu (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images) Brazil's 1970 World Cup triumph in Mexico is seen as Pele's crowning glory. He was the star…

By Leah Crane A portrait of George Floyd held during a march across the Brooklyn BridgeErik McGregor/LightRocket via Ge Scientists around the world are striking to raise awareness of institutional and systemic racism against Black academics. This event comes in conjunction with widespread protests against police violence after the killing of George Floyd, who died…

If a two-year-old child living in poverty in India or Bangladesh gets sick with a common bacterial infection, there is more than a 50% chance an antibiotic treatment will fail. Somehow the child has acquired an antibiotic resistant infection – even to drugs to which they may never have been exposed. How?Unfortunately, this child also…

If a two-year-old child living in poverty in India or Bangladesh gets sick with a common bacterial infection, there is more than a 50% chance an antibiotic treatment will fail. Somehow the child has acquired an antibiotic resistant infection – even to drugs to which they may never have been exposed. How?Unfortunately, this child also…

A pack of Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate medication is held up on March 26.John Phillips | Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization is resuming its trial of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug backed by President Donald Trump to combat the deadly coronavirus, after temporarily halting research over safety concerns. The Data Safety Monitoring Board decided there was no reason to discontinue…