Inside the new series exploring Leonardo Da Vinci’s sexuality and artistry – The Independent
Leonardo da Vinci remains one of history’s most fascinating figures: the quintessential renaissance man. He was an expert in fields including engineering, anatomy, astronomy, botany, and was, of course, a transcendent...
ICAM program schedule, April 10 – April 16, 2021 – The Local Ne.ws
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ICAM Public ChannelComcast Ch. 9 and Verizon Ch. 33 Sunday, April 11, 20217:30 a.m. Let’s Visit: Faneuil Hall Boston – Paco Sings8 a.m. Healthy Hiking: Finding Easy...
Revisiting the Life and Intellectual Legacy of Primo Levi Jacobin #1 – Jacobin magazine
It would be banal — and nevertheless true — to emphasize how much we miss the voice of Primo Levi today, in times of...
Review: Sydney French Film Festival – Honi Soit
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One man’s tale of how he transformed himself into a cyborg, powered by science...
Peter 2.0 (by Peter Scott-Morgan, Michael Joseph, €21, paperback) Recalling the day he persuaded his partner to walk with him down the aisle, Peter Scott-Morgan says that the clincher was when he...
Brownies, revenge and a doctor’s touch: inside the close vote to legalize marijuana in...
The voting board shows a 20-20 tie on Gov. Ralph Northam's amendments to SB1406, the marijuana legalization bill on Wednesday. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax broke the tie by voting for...
Brien Center adds three members to board of directors – Berkshire Eagle
PITTSFIELD — Pittsfield Police Chief Michael Wynn, Warren C. Dews Jr., of Hinsdale, and Erika Allison, of Great Barrington, have joined The Brien Center board of directors.Wynn, who attended the U.S....
Charen: Are we doing our best for trans kids? – The Winchester Star
Seventeen legislatures are considering laws that would dictate how medical personnel can treat transgender youth — the latest flash point in the culture war. Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson surprised observers...
Mona Charen: Are we doing our best for trans kids? – TribLIVE
Seventeen legislatures are considering laws that would dictate how medical personnel can treat transgender youth — the latest flash point in the culture war. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson surprised observers...
Bill requiring phonics-based approach to teaching reading becomes law | The Progressive Pulse –...
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Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday signed into law a controversial bill requiring a phonics-based approach to teaching students to read.
Despite his veto of similar legislation in 2019, Cooper said in a statement that Senate...
Dean Pelton’s Entire Backstory From Community Explained – Looper
One of the difficult things about pinning down the details of Dean Pelton's backstory is that Community has proven more than willing to offer up specifics about him and then contradict...
A Man Confessed To Murdering His Wife, But The Body Turned Out To Be...
In 1959, portrait artist and travel enthusiast Malika de Fernandez met the man who would become her murderer. Within two hours, Peter Reyn-Bardt, an airline employee, asked her to marry him – and she said...
Hot New Fitness Product: The Outside – The Wall Street Journal
Hey, everybody, so I’ve been trying out an exercise product this spring, and I have to say, it’s pretty cool. It’s nothing fancy, or even new—you could say it’s a little...
Springfield Public Schools ROSE banquet: Parkview High School’s Top 11 from Class of 2021...
Eleven Parkview High School seniors will be honored April 15 during the Springfield district's Recognition of Scholastic Excellence, or ROSE, banquet.Each year, the 10 graduating students with the highest GPA from each...
PBS Doc Examines Life of Legendary Dr. Oliver Sacks – Spectrum News NY1
Documentarian Ric Burns spent four months filming with Dr. Oliver Sacks, who wanted to contemplate his life before he died of inoperable cancer.“Oliver really wanted to start thinking about what his...
‘An Endangered Species’: The Scarcity of Harvard’s Conservative Faculty | News – Harvard Crimson
Government professor Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. ’53 is widely known on campus as the default example of a conservative faculty member at Harvard.According to Mansfield, this is not because his views...
Minneapolis writers win PEN America literary awards – Minneapolis Star Tribune
Two Minneapolis writers have won prestigious PEN America literary awards for their debut books. Jonathan C. Slaght and Kawai Strong Washburn were honored at a virtual awards ceremony Thursday evening. Slaght's...
Opinion | How Trans Children Became a Political Football – The New York Times
Party politics aside, what are the debates here?Medical care and the ‘social contagion’ theoryI’m concerned about the huge explosion in young women wishing to transition and also about the increasing numbers...
Swansea University is hosting a virtual festival with celebrity guest speakers – In Your...
Swansea University will celebrate the very best of its international academic, industry and community partners as its annual Festival of Ideas event returns.After the success of previous years, the university will...
How can you check the new £50 note is genuine? – MorningAdvertiser.co.uk
The new £50 note, which features scientist Alan Turing, was unveiled on Thursday 25 March and will be issued for the first time on Wednesday 23 June – to commemorate Turing’s...
Gay, Wang, Ehrenreich, Hartman Win at 2021 PEN Lit Awards – Publishers Weekly
The PEN Literary Awards, presented this year in a virtual ceremony, awarded poet Ross Gay the $75,000 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for Be Holding: A Poem (University of Pittsburgh), a book-length...
‘High Conflict’ Review: When Push Comes to Shove – The Wall Street Journal
Amanda Ripley, a journalist whose first book, “The Unthinkable,” was about how people survive disasters, has covered “all manner of human misery.” Her latest book, “High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped...
Citizen scientists help monitor water quality – Martha’s Vineyard Times
The Buzzards Bay Coalition recently published the first 28 years of its Baywatchers water monitoring program data in “Scientific Data,” a leading peer-reviewed nature research journal.From 1992 to 2018, the Baywatchers...
COVID testing blitz undermined screening, fight against STDs – WFMJ
“It’s clear there have been mass disruptions to testing, surveillance and clinical care and that’s likely making sexually transmitted infections worse than ever,” said David Harvey, executive director of the National...
Always a Panther: From DHS to Doctor; Alum to Serve Disenfranchised Communities – Focusdailynews
Gabriel Franklin Photo courtesy Duncanville ISD Share via:Duncanville High School Alum Pursues Career in MedicineGabriel Franklin says he discovered he wanted to pursue a medical career while he was a...
Beardsley Zoo Invites the Public to Its Party For The Planet – HamletHub
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo invites residents to join the Zoo in celebrating with a Party For The Planet, a number of virtual and live activities designed to mark the 51st anniversary of Earth...
Tennessee Democrats’ present vote on anti-Transgender bill is dangerous complacency | Opinion – Tennessean
Blake Kitterman is an ambassador & speaker for the nationwide Title IX activist group End Rape On Campus.The inevitability of the passage of House Bill 0003, dubiously entitled part of the...
New polymer £50 – JTC Associates Ltd
The new £50 banknote featuring the British scientist Alan Turing will be issued for the first time on June 23, which coincides with Alan Turing’s birthday.The polymer £50 contains security features;...
COVID testing blitz undermined screening, fight against STDs – KOKI FOX 23
WASHINGTON — (AP) — After an unprecedented push to test and track COVID-19, public health workers are grappling with a worrisome side effect: a collapse in screening for sexually transmitted diseases...
Are We Doing Our Best for Trans Kids? – The Bulwark
Seventeen legislatures are considering laws that would dictate how medical personnel can treat transgender youth—the latest flash point in the culture war. Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson surprised observers this week when...
Stop legislating hate toward LGBTQ youth in Tennessee | Opinion – Knoxville News Sentinel
Megan Haselschwerdt is an associate professor in Child and Family Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She writes this as a Knox County resident, mother, wife, and staunch ally to...
Gay dads adopt newborn baby they found abandoned at train station – QNews
A gay couple have shared their incredible story of becoming first-time dads after finding an abandoned baby at a New York subway station 20 years ago.Danny Stewart was commuting to meet...
Iran’s clerics push unproven Islamic Covid cures in a wave of anti-science hostility –...
In late January 2020, the Iranian cleric Abbas Tabrizian publicly set fire to a copy of “Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine,” a foundational text for doctors around the world. It was...
Gay couple become dads after finding baby abandoned on the subway – PinkNews
Danny Stewart and Pete Mercurio became first-time dads after Danny discovered the baby in a subway station. A gay couple became first-time dads after one of the men stumbled upon an...
Virginia becomes the first state in the South to ban gay and trans panic...
By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) -- Approving a bill introduced by its only transgender lawmaker, Virginia became the first state in the South to ban "gay and trans panic" as a...