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A Black couple’s home was undervalued by $300,000. Now the US is investigating

Two Johns Hopkins professors say loanDepot lowballed them on their Baltimore home due to their race

The Guardian - US · Mar 14, 2023

This Is the Most Complex Reconstruction of a Brain Ever — And It's Tiny

Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Cambridge mapped the connectome of a baby fruit fly, revealing its neural network.

Inverse · Mar 9, 2023

Computers powered by human brain cells to be made using 'organoid intelligence'

A recent study suggests futuristic 'biocomputers' powered by human brain cells could soon become a reality. This new study is said to have the potential to transform computing

Daily Mirror · Mar 3, 2023

Scientists explore using psychedelics to treat alcohol, drug disorders

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Senn's father, long dead, appeared to her as she lay back in the dimly lit room at the Santa Monica clinic, a mask over her closed eyes, and the psychedelic trip began.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 5, 2023

Could red flag laws stop mass shootings?

Questions over why suspect's violent past did not trigger Colorado's "red flag" law

Salon · Nov 23, 2022

Johns Hopkins University releases designs for new building named after Henrietta Lacks

BALTIMORE — Design plans were released this week for a 34,000-square-foot building near the medical campus of Johns Hopkins University that will be named after Henrietta Lacks.

Tribune News Service · Nov 12, 2022

Surprise! Webb Telescope image reveals an ancient galaxy is actually two objects

Astronomers thought they were looking at one distant galaxy, but new Webb images reveal two -- on a collision course with a third.

Inverse · Oct 27, 2022

'The Federal Reserve is doing a bad job': Economist Steve Hanke

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he won't cause a deep recession but that "pain" is necessary to fight inflation. To curb the largest price increases in four decades, the US Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates this year. "The Fed is doing a bad job because they don't…

France 24 · Oct 6, 2022

Creator of Johns Hopkins COVID tracker wins top US science award

Tracker launched by US professor Lauren Gardner in early days of outbreak credited with informing global response.

Al Jazeera · Sep 29, 2022

Scientists honored for COVID-19 tracker, prenatal test

A scientist who built a global COVID-19 website received this year's Lasker award for public service

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2022