Researchers discover a new cure for MRSA, a drug-resistant bacteria often lurks in hospitals. That’s good news, but there are too few reasons to be optimistic about our battle with the bugs.

The decision to expand health insurance before reigning in costs was an attempted quid pro quo deal with hospitals, according to Vox. How’s that going?

Contrary to received wisdom, immigration is not the most important issue to Hispanic voters. In fact, it isn’t even in the top three.

Good afternoon, readers! We trust you’ve had a productive weekend, the last before World Cup fever descends around the world. As you kick your heels up this Sunday, take the time to look back at what you may have missed on the site over the last week:

Even the U.S. State Department is proclaiming that the future belongs to biotech, which has already brought us apples that don’t rot and more.

Milk, sugar, toilet paper—what could Venezuela manage to run out of next? How about drinking water. Having created a choice between oil and water, the benevolent socialist republic chose to keep the moneymen happy and the people thirsty.

Laos is starting construction on a set of dams on the Mekong, angering its neighbors and threatening to draw China and the U.S. into another southeast Asian water battleground.

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is growing worse, says the World Health Organization. Last month, nearly forty new cases were reported over the course of four days.

When no values are worth fighting for, all that matters is the fight itself, and victory, no matter what the cause. It’s both a understandable and eminently dangerous sentiment that has led to much suffering in the 20th century.

When no values are worth fighting for, all that matters is the fight itself, and victory, no matter what the cause. It’s both a understandable and eminently dangerous sentiment that has led to much suffering in the 20th century.