The ‘lab leak lie’ is unscientific – CGTN
Donald Trump walks away from press briefing room during White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, April 2, 2020. /Getty Donald Trump walks away from press briefing room...
Ruth Wishart: Why is a trans minority being pandered to by Scottish Government? –...
WE need to talk about hijacks. Hijacking of government policy by noisy activist groups. Hijacking of basic science. Hijacking of the English language. Hijacking of parental rights. Hijacking of groups...
PHL space agency marks 2nd year – Business Mirror
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) early this month marked the second anniversary of the signing of the Philippine Space Act, or Republic Act 11363, creating the agency. With the theme, “PhilSA:...
There are many reasons to visit Shreve Memorial Library’s 21 branches – Shreveport Times
Each week I get the opportunity to tell you about all of the new and wonderful things that are going on at the library – whether that be changes to programming,...
Texans with disabilities fear voting bill will add more barriers to the ballot box...
AUSTIN — Chase Bearden and Bob Kafka say they already face too many barriers to the ballot box, and they worry that the sweeping legislation that passed the Texas Senate on Thursday...
Staff Dedication And Honors Highlight Bellefontaine City Schools Convocation | Peak of Ohio –...
Bellefontaine City Schools (BCS) is ready for classes to begin after a day of staff recognition and professional development.
The annual convocation was held in the Bellefontaine High School auditorium yesterday. (Friday,...
The Art of the Dean – Harvard Magazine
When she assumed the office in August 2018, Claudine Gay was unusually well prepared to become dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). She knew the faculty as a...
The Immoral Lifestyle Republicans Won’t Condemn – Slate
Conservative politicians like to talk about morality. Over the years, they’ve portrayed various kinds of people as degenerate, dissolute, or reckless. But there’s one constituency these politicians won’t criticize: people who...
Livingston Public Library: Riveting Reads: New True Crime Page Turners – Patch.com
August 12, 2021 Had your fill with all the latest romantic escapades and mystery thrillers at the beach or pool? For a change, how about checking out a book in the...
Constellations, Vaudeville Theatre, review – multiple casts continue to shine – The Arts Desk
This week is peak time to test out Nick Payne’s hypothesis of life as a series of accidents, narrow squeaks and near misses. While the Perseids are doing their August explosive...
Social statements make Nordic films stand out at Locarno – swissinfo.ch
Film director Hannes Thór Halldórsson is also famous in Iceland as a goalkeeper. "Stopping a penalty by Messi is easier than making a film," he told people in Locarno this week....
Zoë Playdon | ‘I think I’m probably a hopeless optimist. I believe ultimately in...
Ewan Forbes’ case is as significant to the trans experience as Oscar Wilde’s is to gay men. With the difference that whereas everyone knows about Oscar, what happened with Ewan has...
Loss Of Language, And The Future Of Science | Scoop News – Scoop.co.nz
Friday, 13 August 2021, 5:15 pmArticle: Keith Rankin In our age of unnuanced media reporting, cynicism, and
political correctness, words and meanings are subject –
perhaps increasingly – to an effective...
Loss Of Language, And The Future Of Science – Scoop.co.nz
Friday, 13 August 2021, 5:15 pmArticle: Keith Rankin In our age of unnuanced media reporting, cynicism, and
political correctness, words and meanings are subject –
perhaps increasingly – to an effective...
Pr is for Praseodymium, and it’s also for Pride: how a Montreal business is...
MONTREAL -- Elyas Salame has always enjoyed reading about science.
One day, while perusing through an article discussing the element bismuth, a thought popped into their head: on the periodic table,...
Why I shared my experiences of homophobia with my academic colleagues – Science Magazine
<!----> Robert Neubecker By Brian MustanskiAug. 12, 2021 , 2:00 PM I pride myself...
John Maynard Keynes: ‘Dismal Science’ and ‘Gay Romance’ – San Francisco Bay Times –...
By Dr. Bill Lipsky– When the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle described economics as “the dismal science,” he never meant an economist could not be a bit of a Jack the...
Education without tribalism | WORLD – WORLD News Group
Gene Edward Veith is a scholar but not a scowler. He shows joy in his writing and did so in his teaching: He is professor emeritus of literature at Patrick Henry...
Book club – Lessons from Plants by Beronda Montgomery – Chemistry World
This episode is for all those people who have turned to gardening or amassed houseplants during the Covid lockdowns as we’ll be talking about Lessons from Plants. In it, the biochemist...
How gay men justify their racism on Grindr – The Conversation US
On gay dating apps like Grindr, many users have profiles that contain phrases like “I don’t date Black men,” or that claim they are “not attracted to Latinos.” Other times they’ll...
Nike Claims Women’s Basketball Tops A Man Who Conquered The World – The Federalist
Upon the United States women’s basketball team striking gold at the Tokyo Olympics, Nike released a video calling for dismantling the patriarchy and falsifying history in favor of identity politics worship....
Geopolitical standoff in South China Sea leads to environmental fallout – Mongabay.com
Satellite images show significant growth in the occurrence of algal blooms in contested areas in the South China Sea.Images suggest that these algal blooms or phytoplankton overgrowth are linked to the...
Geopolitical standoff in South China Sea leads to environmental fallout This link opens in...
Satellite images show significant growth in the occurrence of algal blooms in contested areas in the South China Sea.Images suggest that these algal blooms or phytoplankton overgrowth are linked to the...
I lost my job for coming out as gay. This needs to change –...
Secondly, I knew my contract required me to inform the school if I changed my mind about a point of religious doctrine.I knew from my time teaching at the school that...
Sister Dana sez, “We absolutely must take into custody those routers …” – San...
Words of Wisdumb from a Fun Nun– By Sister Dana Van Iquity– Sister Dana sez, “We absolutely must take into custody those routers … er … I mean rioters that have damaged...
Guest Opinion: LGBTQs should reject the CA recall – Bay Area Reporter, America’s highest...
Governor Gavin Newsom has been a champion of LGBTQ+ equality for decades. Full Stop! Ever since risking his political career for marriage equality as mayor of San Francisco, Newsom has been...
Is insomnia inevitable for creative geniuses? – Mic
With a record-breaking 28 Grammys, four Golden Globe nominations, a successful athleisure line, and all the other accolades that come with being an icon under her belt, is there anything Beyoncé...
Court extends detention of cleric in sex scandal – Pakistan Today
LAHORE: A district and sessions court in Lahore extended on Wednesday the judicial remand of a cleric charged with blackmailing his student at a religious school to perform coitus.
Mufti Azizur Rehman,...
Doximity’s Misinformation Problem; CDC’s Provincetown Tip; Surgeons, Devices & Harm – MedPage Today
Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
Doximity Full of Vaccine Misinformation
A plethora of posts made by physicians on Doximity...
Transgender Rights in STEM Take on New Meaning in Global Climate Crisis Words by...
The latest IPCC report on climate change is a frightening one, but it also indicates there is still time for an all-hands-on-deck effort to manage the global climate crisis. That effort...
The collateral damage in Cuomo’s downfall and resignation – Los Angeles Times
Andrew Cuomo, the departing governor of New York, announced his resignation Tuesday after months of defiance in the wake of sexual harassment allegations. A defiance, mind you, that was still present...
A Global Vision for Access – Pharmaceutical Executive
With a heart and mind focused on those in need, she describes herself as being “driven by a purpose and with a purpose.” Throughout her career in pharma, she has noticed...
‘Mandate’ Is the New Jim Crow: Candace Owens, Rand Paul and the Oppression of...
AdvertisementAdvertisementPeople who know things might be smart enough to understand the difference between scientifically proven health policies and Jim Crow. But Owens, self-certified physician Dr. Randy and their conspiracy theory-spewing cohorts...
Missourians whose missions made our modern era – Kansas City Pitch
Illustration by Katelyn Betz.The motto of Missouri is “Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto,” which means, “Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.” At times, this has been aspirational...
Ursula Le Guin’s Science Fiction: Utopia and Uchronia – The Great Courses Daily News
By Pamela Bedore, Ph.D., University of Connecticut Ursula Le Guin is one of the most prolific authors of utopian science fiction. And she’s not only interested in thinking about utopia; she explores an...