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Archaeologists locate centuries-old battle site in Iraq using declassified spy satellite images
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Archaeologists locate centuries-old battle site in Iraq using declassified spy satellite images

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. CNN — Archaeologists have identified the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical accounts with declassified images from US spy satellites. US Geological Survey US Geological Survey KH9 spy satellite imagery from 1974 showing al-Qadisiyyah US Geological Survey William Deadman, a specialist in archaeological remote sensing …

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FBI 'Aware' Of Black Americans Receiving Racist Texts Across The Country
1 month, 2 weeks ago

FBI 'Aware' Of Black Americans Receiving Racist Texts Across The Country

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday they were each “aware” of racist and alarming text messages being sent to recipients, many of whom are Black college students, in the wake of the election. “Leaders at all levels must condemn anti-Black racism, in any form, whenever we see it — and we …

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Usha Chilukuri Vance’s grandaunt in the spotlight after J.D. Vance becomes U.S. Vice President-elect
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Usha Chilukuri Vance’s grandaunt in the spotlight after J.D. Vance becomes U.S. Vice President-elect

The Hindu  

There was a steady stream of media persons and visitors at Chilukuri Santhamma’s home at Akkayyapalem in the city on Wednesday evening after the results of the American Presidential election were declared and J.D. Vance was elected Vice-President of the U.S. Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of J.D. Usha’s grandfather Rama Subramanya Sastry and my husband are brothers,” a jubilant Ms. …

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Research settles age-old debate of whether men or women can tolerate pain better
3 months ago

Research settles age-old debate of whether men or women can tolerate pain better

Daily Mail  

What's worse - a kick to the groin or childbirth? Studies over recent decades show that women suffer pain at noticeably higher rates than men, with many suggesting it has to do with different hormone levels. Women have often claimed they have a higher pain tolerance than men because they can endure childbirth, however, research has shown their tolerance levels …

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Labour signals end to Sunak’s crackdown on ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour signals end to Sunak’s crackdown on ‘Mickey Mouse’ degrees

The Telegraph  

Speaking at the Universities UK annual conference in Reading earlier this week, Mr Kyle suggested that Tory rhetoric around “rip-off degrees” has likely deterred low-income pupils from applying to university. “That is a psychological barrier, not to people who come from affluent, assertive families, but to people from lower incomes for whom the consideration about money has a far more …

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Agri Varsity PhD scholar commits suicide
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Agri Varsity PhD scholar commits suicide

Hindustan Times  

Ludhiana: A 27-year-old Ph D scholar at the Punjab Agricultural University here committed suicide on Sunday. A 27-year-old Ph D scholar at the Punjab Agricultural University here committed suicide on Sunday. Vice Chancelor, Dr Satbir Singh Gosal, said, “His friends have told us that he was upset from around last ten days and they ensured that someone was always around …

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Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr. seeks restraining order against school following suspension
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Illinois star Terrence Shannon Jr. seeks restraining order against school following suspension

Associated Press  

Illinois star basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. sought a temporary restraining order Monday against the university in an effort to be reinstated after being suspended following a rape charge stemming from an alleged incident that happened when the football team played at Kansas in September. She ultimately identified Shannon by looking at the Illinois team’s basketball roster and an Instagram …

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Michigan’s Connor Stalions resigns, says neither Harbaugh nor team ‘were aware of improper conduct’
1 year, 1 month ago

Michigan’s Connor Stalions resigns, says neither Harbaugh nor team ‘were aware of improper conduct’

New York Times  

By Nicole Auerbach, Austin Meek, Katie Strang and Bruce Feldman University of Michigan staffer Connor Stalions has resigned, a school spokesperson said Friday. Stalions’ attorney, Brad Beckworth of Nix Patterson, told The Athletic on Friday that earlier reports of Stalions being fired were false, and that “Connor is thankful the University corrected that false narrative tonight.” “As he informed the …

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Recent evidence suggests prehistoric women were hunters, too. Who said they weren't? Men, of course
1 year, 3 months ago

Recent evidence suggests prehistoric women were hunters, too. Who said they weren't? Men, of course

Salon  

In Greek mythology, Amazonian women were fierce warriors described by Homer as antianeirai, or the "equal of men." "No one in at least the past 50 years has said that women are incapable of acquiring those skills, and anecdotal accounts show that some do," Kelly told Salon in an email. "There have long been known ethnographic examples of women doing …

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Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina building
1 year, 3 months ago

Faculty member fatally shot in University of North Carolina building

Associated Press  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A shooter killed a faculty member in a science building at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, police said after a lockdown that paralyzed the campus community as authorities searched for the suspect. Emergency sirens sounded about two minutes after a 911 caller reported gunfire around 1 p.m. at the laboratory in …

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Digital "bridge" implants help paralysed Dutchman to walk again
1 year, 7 months ago

Digital "bridge" implants help paralysed Dutchman to walk again

Dutch News  

A 40-year-old Dutchman, who was paralysed in a cycling accident 12 years ago, is able to walk again by just thinking about it, thanks to electronic brain implants. Gert-Jan Oskam, who says the medical first has changed his life, has been fitted with implants which transmit his thoughts to his legs and feet via a second implant on his spine. …

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Bryan Kohberger: Everything we know about Idaho murders suspect
1 year, 11 months ago

Bryan Kohberger: Everything we know about Idaho murders suspect

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It was bad,” Mr Kohberger’s former high school …

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Bryan Kohberger’s classmates say Idaho murder suspect was bullied in school before personality shift
1 year, 11 months ago

Bryan Kohberger’s classmates say Idaho murder suspect was bullied in school before personality shift

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It was bad,” Mr Kohberger’s former high school …

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Elon Musk's Neuralink should be disqualified from FDA approval, advocacy groups says
2 years ago

Elon Musk's Neuralink should be disqualified from FDA approval, advocacy groups says

Daily Mail  

An advocacy group of more than 17,000 doctors has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to disqualify Elon Musk's Neuralink from receiving approval for its brain implant. Some of the animal's deaths were at the hands of Matthew McDougall, the head neurosurgeon, who administered nearly six times the amount of an unapproved 'toxic' substance that led to a monkey's death, …

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Utah theatre director Christopher Massimine fired after series of lies
2 years ago

Utah theatre director Christopher Massimine fired after series of lies

Daily Mail  

After his ousting Massimine sought psychiatric treatment, where he determined that he suffered from a pathological lying disorder A Utah theater director was fired for lying extensively about his resume, only to be paid out $175,000 after he claimed to suffer from a compulsive lying disorder. Massimine's lying went far deeper than mere flubs on his resume, according to his …

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Minor will be charged with making dozens of racist threats to HBCUs, FBI says
2 years, 1 month ago

Minor will be charged with making dozens of racist threats to HBCUs, FBI says

CNN  

CNN — The FBI is broadening its outreach to historically Black colleges and universities at the same time the agency’s director announced that one minor will be charged with making dozens of racist threats earlier this year against more than 50 HBCUs across the country. “The fear and disruption these threats cause within your communities is completely unacceptable and our …

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Texas G Morris still to play amid misdemeanor assault case
2 years, 1 month ago

Texas G Morris still to play amid misdemeanor assault case

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas freshman Arterio Morris remains eligible to play while prosecutors decide whether to pursue a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from an alleged summer altercation the player had with an ex-girlfriend, coach Chris Beard said Thursday. As soon as we know something, we’ll let you guys know.” Jamie Beck, first assistant district attorney for Denton County, said prosecutors …

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Jeremy Paxman documentary on Parkinson's disease moves fans to tears
2 years, 2 months ago

Jeremy Paxman documentary on Parkinson's disease moves fans to tears

Daily Mail  

Viewers were moved to tears after watching Jeremy Paxman speak about feeling 'depressed' and 'frustrated' in his ITV documentary Paxman: Putting Up With Parkinson's. Jeremy also met Sharon Osbourne, whose husband Ozzy suffers with the disease, while the presenter also made the decision to donate his brain to Parkinson's research after his death. Diagnosis: Speaking about his Parkinson's diagnosis, Jeremy …

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Decks cleared for setting up eight new universities in Karnataka
2 years, 3 months ago

Decks cleared for setting up eight new universities in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The decks have been cleared for establishing eight new universities in Karnataka with the State Cabinet on Thursday approving a proposal to amend the Karnataka Universites Act, 2000, according to Higher Education Minister C.N. The Minister told reporters that the decision would pave the way for establishing new universities in Chamarajanagar, Haveri, Hassan, Kodagu, Koppal, Bagalkot, Bidar, and Mandya. Among …

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Did not force teacher to resign, says St Xavier's VC amid row over her Instagram photos
2 years, 4 months ago

Did not force teacher to resign, says St Xavier's VC amid row over her Instagram photos

India TV News  

Highlights St. Xavier's VC rebuffed the accusation made by teacher on being asked to quit school The teacher was accused of sharing inappropriate photos of her on Instagram by an committee The VC vehemently denied the charges put by the teacher on the university Amid online campaigns supporting a former assistant professor of St Xavier's University, who claimed that she …

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Dave Hickey, prolific and provocative art critic, dies at 82
3 years, 1 month ago

Dave Hickey, prolific and provocative art critic, dies at 82

LA Times  

Famed art critic Dave Hickey, known for biting opinions and stirring commentary on the creative scene, has died. “Dave’s a cross between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Joe Cocker — profoundly American, profoundly democratic and profoundly independent-thinking,” said art writer David Pagel in 2014. I treat ’em like adults.” In 1997, Hickey released his seminal book “Air Guitar: Essays on Art …

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Biden’s first 100 days: Progress on COVID, economy
3 years, 7 months ago

Biden’s first 100 days: Progress on COVID, economy

Al Jazeera  

New US president faces tougher road dealing with migration, mass shootings and rising calls for racial justice. Congress passed a massive and far-reaching $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus bill and appears poised to approve a jobs and infrastructure spending measure later this year, fulfilling key campaign promises by Biden. Biden now confronts tough challenges in surging migration at …

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Quay wall collapses in front of Amsterdam Univ. building
4 years, 3 months ago

Quay wall collapses in front of Amsterdam Univ. building

NL Times  

Part of the quay wall on Grimburgwal, close to a University of Amsterdam building, collapsed on Tuesday afternoon. The quay wall collapsed at the University's BG2 building, which houses the art history and humanities faculties, among other departments. One of the university employees who was in the building at the time of the collapse, told the newspaper that they didn't …

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Student raped and killed in church wanted to become a minister and 'preach the word of God,' sister says
4 years, 6 months ago

Student raped and killed in church wanted to become a minister and 'preach the word of God,' sister says

CNN  

Lagos, Nigeria -- Uwaila Vera Omozuwa was studying microbiology at university in Nigeria's Benin City, but her passion was theology. Even after she gained admission to the University of Benin last year, the 22-year-old didn't stop taking theological classes at a local parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Edo State, her older sister Judith Omozuwa told CNN. …

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