Science, Medicine, & Education

Anti- Israel professors angered at being identified

By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts — Of the many examples of the shameful degradation of values in academia, few are more intellectually grotesque than academic boycotts, which, in their present form, are almost exclusively targeted at Israeli scholars and institutions. In the latest example, at their January annual meeting the American Historical Association […]

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Teens planned ‘mass shooting’ at Central Florida middle school, deputies say

ORLANDO, Fla. — Two teens were arrested Thursday after being accused of planning a Columbine-style attack at The Villages Charter middle school, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The incident started on Tuesday when a school resource officer at The Villages Charter Middle School heard rumors going around about a student planning a mass

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Senators Oppose Education Secretary Confirmation

One of the most contentious picks for President Donald Trump’s cabinet is his Secretary of Education choice, Betsy Devos. The prominent Michigan Republican billionaire has a history of supporting charter schools and school choice, chaired the American Federation for Children and was condemned by the largest labor union in the U.S., the National Education Association.

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Obama Condemns ‘Repeal and Replace’

Repealing Obamacare without a replacement is “reckless” and “irresponsible,” and would leave the country “with more uninsured and uncompensated care than when we started,” writes former President Barack Obama. In the commentary published Jan. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine, one week after the inauguration of Donald Trump, Obama makes good on the

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47 groups ask UC to implement anti-hate policy

SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)–At a time when hate and intolerance is rising at an alarming rate, AMCHA Initiative Director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin on Thursday, Jan. 26, delivered a letter from 47 education, Jewish and civil rights groups to the University of California Board of Regents calling on UC to implement the Regents’ Principles Against Intolerance as a “relevant,

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How an escape from the Nazis colored the career of Harvard’s longest-serving dean

Now retired, Michael Shinagel reflects on his family’s flight from Vienna and how he, a boy who didn’t know English until age 7, earned a PhD in literature By Rich Tenorio CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Seventy-five years ago, a young Austrian-Jewish refugee fled Nazi-occupied Europe with his parents and older brother. That 7-year-old boy named Michael

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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Artists, writers may have different sleep patterns

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Do you ever dream of becoming the next Picasso? A new study at the University of Haifa comparing art and social science students has found that visually creative students evaluate their sleep as of lower quality. “Visually creative people reported disturbed sleep leading to difficulties in daytime functioning,” explains doctorate

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education

Injured skydiver aids man who falls from roof

CAESARIA, Israel (Press Release) — Golan Shalhov, a volunteer EMS responder with United Hatzalah’s ambucycle corps in Caesaria, recently injured himself during one of his favorite pastimes – skydiving. He landed off balance and injured his back when he crashed after a rather unfortunate jump. In spite of his injuries, Shalhov recently responded to a medical

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Tom Price, Trump’s nominee to lead HHS, rejects claim that vaccines cause autism

WASHINGTON – Representative Tom Price, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, said on Tuesday that science does not support the claim that vaccines cause autism – putting some distance between himself and his future boss on the issue. Price, a Georgia congressman, appeared before the Senate Finance Committee. Much

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President Trump signs executive order unravelling Obamacare

WASHINGTON, January 20, 2017 – Just a few hours after taking the oath of office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that allows federal agencies the power to loosen enforcement of large chunks of Obamacare, including the mandate requiring Americans to purchase insurance. The order was signed during an Oval Office ceremony. The order

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From the archives: In 1999, Eugene Cernan knew we’d make it to Mars

In memory of “the last moonwalker” NASA/Popular Science, July 1999 In 1972, astronaut Eugene Cernan commanded Apollo 17, the last space mission to land men on the moon. They stayed for about three days. On January 16, 2017, Eugene Cernan passed away. Cernan held the title of “the last moonwalker,” which he called “a dubious

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Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share, USA

Not only snowbirds head south in winter. Insects too

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Where do insects go in winter? A new study published in the prestigious journal Science found that flying insects migrate on a seasonal basis. This movement constitutes the largest migration found in today’s world, creating a mass that is almost eight times that of birds that migrate from Britain to Africa.

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We Share

Congress looks to punish ‘sanctuary campus’ colleges that protect illegal immigrants

Forget sanctuary cities: The next heated congressional battle on immigration could be over “sanctuary campuses” – colleges and universities who say that unless they’re forced by law, they’ll resist any cooperation with federal immigration agents. Dozens of schools have already declared themselves sanctuaries and many more are debating the move, and Rep. Duncan Hunter, California

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