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Climate Change-Driven Heat Could Cause Surge In Cardiovascular Deaths: Study

New Study Warns Extreme Heat Could Triple Cardiovascular Deaths Within 50 Years

Zenger · Oct 30, 2023

Republican states swore off a voting tool. Now they're scrambling to recreate it

Nine GOP-led states have now pulled out of ERIC, which helps members find election fraud and keep their voter lists up to date. And experts say their new efforts to replicate the group aren't as good.

WEKU · Oct 20, 2023

Virtual Driving Assessment Predicts Crash Risk For New Teenage Drivers

High-tech system identifies skill deficits to develop personalized interventions

Zenger · Oct 17, 2023

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman win Nobel in medicine for enabling development of mRNA vaccines

Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023

Controversial ‘Palestine Writes’ Festival Faces Warning From State Arts Council

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts warns 'Palestine Writes' festival over unauthorized use of logo

Zenger · Sep 23, 2023

Despite What Those Shadowy, Elite, Rich Jews Say, We're Not Antisemites

The "Palestine Writes Literary Festival" is being held at the University of Pennsylvania later this week. This has attracted severe criticism from Jewish groups and individuals within and without Penn because some of the speakers have a history of engaging in antisemitic rhetoric. The Penn administration acknowledges that people have…

Reason · Sep 19, 2023

Who are Joe Biden’s children?

The stories of Beau, Hunter, Naomi and Ashley Biden

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Causeway: Part stock fund + part donor-advised fund = A new bid for young donors

What might persuade affluent 20- and 30-somethings to give to charity

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023

'New drugs could burn off excess fat and lead to obesity treatments to control diabetes'

Dr Miriam Stoppard shares groundbreaking work from the universities of East Anglia and Cambridge that could help develop medication to burn off excess calories from fat and sugar, which could combat obesity and related diseases

Daily Mirror · Jul 6, 2023

Gene Therapy is Upending How Doctors Treat Incurable Conditions

Gene therapy has helped doctors make major strides in treating inherited blindness, and it's now being explored for other conditions.

Inverse · May 21, 2023