Harvard University is offering seven free data science online courses. The course duration is eight to nine weeks, with one to two hours of study time per week. The last date of application is June 17 ...

Nearly half of the databases that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used to update regularly — surveillance systems that tracked public health information like Covid vaccination rates and ...

A Florida snake hunter, his wife, and their two kids were able to wrestle and take out a whopping 202-pound Burmese python in a battle that saw the slithering beast drag the professional some 15 feet ...

Nearly half of CDC-run public databases on federal health surveillance stopped or delayed updates in 2025, including many webpages on vaccinations, according to a study published Jan. 27 in Annals of ...

When an Australian woman woke up from her sleep in the middle of the night with a weight on her body, she thought it was one of her pet dogs. To her shock, it was a 2.5m python. Brisbane resident ...

Enrolling in an online course, or several, is a great way to work your way toward professional development goals on your own schedule. Out of the many online learning platforms we've tested, Coursera ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Nearly half of federal health surveillance databases either stopped or delayed routine updates last year, with potentially dire consequences to public health, according to researchers. A ...

Among 82 CDC databases updated at least monthly as of early 2025, 46% had unexplained pauses by late October 2025. While none of the 44 databases that continued to be updated through late October ...

Caroline Igo (she/her/hers) was a wellness editor at CNET and holds Sleep Science Coach and Stress Management certificates from the Spencer Institute. She received her bachelor's degree in creative ...

Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler (via ExpressVPN) has once again uncovered a huge publicly accessible trove of data. The massive container of unique usernames and passwords was exposed on the ...