Delayed international support has hampered efforts to contain and treat Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo
By Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Assistant Professor of Healthcare Administration, Fayetteville State University, The Conversation · November 5, 2026

An epidemiologist who was on the ground during the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak examines the lessons that experience offers for the DRC.
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National ground stop response highlights critical errors in public reassurance – saying ‘nothing nefarious’ did the opposite of quelling public concern
By Shannon A. Bowen, Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina · 7h ago

Why the Microsoft 365 outage is different and why it takes so long to restore email services
By Doug Jacobson, University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University · Nov 13, 2026

Oceans and forests have absorbed roughly half our carbon emissions for decades, slowing climate change – but can they keep it up?
By Andrew C. Manning, Visiting Professor of Carbon Cycle Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Andrew J. Watson, Professor of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Exeter, Eric J. Morgan, Project Scientist in Geosciences, University of California, San Diego · Nov 13, 2026