Science, Medicine, & Education

Some Holocaust survivors at higher risk of suicide

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — A new study held at the University of Haifa among Holocaust survivors has revealed a specific population group with a high suicide rate. The study found that people who immigrated to Israel from countries where most of the Jewish population was murdered in the Holocaust, such as Germany, Austria, Poland, and

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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

I’m a scientist. I marched for science on Saturday. Here’s why.

On Saturday, at 4 am, I hopped on a bus from Pittsburgh to Washington DC to march for science. I was soaked and freezing within five minutes of arrival, and for five hours, without a poncho, I stood soggy and bedraggled, shielding my laptop from the light mist that eventually turned into a downpour. But

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Anti-Israel Sharia advocate to give CUNY commencement speech

A radical left-wing activist and advocate for Sharia law in the United States has been selected as his year”s commencement speaker at a New York City college. Linda Sarsour, 37, who helped organize the Women”s March in Washington in January and was arrested protesting outside of Trump Hotel in New York, was tapped by the

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

The Royal Family Discusses Mental Health In New Video

Sitting at a wooden table enveloped by greenery and foliage in the royal family’s Kensington Palace, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, along with Prince Harry, shared one of their most personal conversations since starting their mental health awareness campaign, Heads Together. The three discussed Duchess Catherine’s years-long work in

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

New research on eyeballs just might lead to a jet lag cure

But these eyedrops are a long way off pexels Your biological clock is probably the most reliable machinery in your body: it runs 24-7 to regulate vital functions from sleep to metabolism and remains stubbornly steadfast when you fly across time zones. Scientists still don’t know exactly how this this internal clock works. But now

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Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food

Op-Ed: Free speech now an endangered species on college campuses

I’ve been asked to speak at various locations for various occasions in the past. I spoke at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall in 2009 when the tea party had a rally. I’ve been a panelist for the Philadelphia Bar Association discussing the media and O.J. Simpson. I’ve gone to the state Capitol to testify about gun violence

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Western Kentucky University students vote to give blacks free tuition

The student government at Western Kentucky University on Tuesday voted in favor of giving free tuition to black students. The school’s Student Government Association passed a resolution by 19-10 supporting slavery reparations for black students in the form of free tuition and free access to the public Bowling Green campus. The resolution also recommends that

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

UC Berkeley reverses decision to cancel Ann Coulter visit

University of California, Berkeley officials on Thursday reversed their decision to cancel conservative commentator Ann Coulter’s appearance at the university, but have rescheduled it from next week to May 2, according to a statement from the university. Coulter’s speech on immigration will be held at an “appropriate, protectable venue,” the university said. The university did

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

SDSU students condemn anti- Semitism

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — StandWithUs congratulates The San Diego State University Associated Students (A.S.) for passing “A Resolution to Condemn Anti-Semitism” on April 19, 2017. A copy of the resolution may be found via this link:  (https://as.sdsu.edu/govt/resources/legislation_resolution.php?legis=139) This follows similar resolutions that passed at UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, Indiana University, and elsewhere. A.S.’s vote

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Harbin tech students send tiny satellite into orbit

LilacSat-1, a satellite developed by students at the Harbin Institute of Technology. A nanosatellite made by students at the Harbin Institute of Technology was launched in the United States on Tuesday as part of a mission to the International Space Station. The satellite, LilacSat-1, was on a Cygnus cargo spacecraft launched atop an Atlas 5

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Astronomers Find Nearby Planet That Could Host Alien Life

There might be another Earth out there, and its name is LHS 1140b. It’s not too catchy, but it could be the best candidate for finding alien life in our galactic neighborhood in the reasonable future. According to Harvard’s MEarth Project, which searches the universe for potentially habitable exoplanets, the rocky planet LHS 1140b orbits

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Oprah Winfrey helps ‘Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ come alive on HBO

One day, circa 2000, Rebecca Skloot was riding in a car with Deborah Lacks, whose late mother, Henrietta, had posthumously and unwittingly contributed to some of the most important medical research of the 20th century. At the time, Skloot was a scrappy but barely published young journalist, and it would take a decade for her

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