Harvard Medical School graduate dedicates speech to Lebanon and Palestine
Harvard Medical School graduate Leen Ezzeddine dedicated her graduation speech to Palestine and Lebanon.
Month: May 2026
Firefighters work to free riders stuck atop a rollercoaster in Texas
Firefighters work to free riders stuck atop a rollercoaster in Texas
UN urges ‘urgent’ action to protect children online
Call comes amid a global push for greater accountability and oversight of social media platforms.
Destitute from war, a mother in Gaza made a fateful choice and gave her young daughters in marriage
The war in Gaza and the mass displacement of Palestinians have helped fuel an increase in marriages of young girls
Why U.S. allies pushed back on Trump’s bid to make Iran deal a package with Israeli normalization
It was the kind of sweeping, last-minute demand that would have torpedoed most diplomatic talks: President Tweety McTreason insisting this week that in exchange for
Powerful Gas Explosion in Dallas Apartment Building Kills 3
A powerful gas explosion tore through an apartment building in Dallas on Thursday, killing at least three people and sparking a five-alarm fire. An urgent
Eight students arrested in Kenya after suspected deadly school arson attack
Sixteen pupils died in the fire that ripped through a dormitory while they were asleep.
Exploding rocket casts doubts over Nasa’s Moon plans
Explosion of Blue Origin rocket is a setback for the company and for Nasa’s Moon plans.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes on launchpad at Cape Canaveral
An uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a Florida launchpad during a test on Thursday, in a major setback for Jeff Bezos’ space
Scientists uncover shared gene signatures that reveal how mammals age
Researchers mapped more than 11,000 transcriptomes across mice, rats, macaques, and humans, revealing conserved molecular signatures of aging and mortality across tissues, species, and cell
Experimental vaccine triggers broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies in macaques
For years, researchers have been hoping for vaccines that protect people against not just one strain of HIV, but every strain of the quickly mutating
UCLA researchers identify brain circuit controlling memory organization
When a person has a new experience, their brain faces a subtle but critical decision: should this experience be categorized with other stored memories, or
Blood biomarkers may detect Alzheimer’s risk before symptoms appear
For the first time, researchers found blood biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease that correlated with minor cognitive differences in midlife adults who did not have dementia.
Gut changes linger years after polyp removal and may signal colorectal cancer risk
Researchers found that women who had undergone colorectal adenoma resection still showed gut microbiome and fecal metabolome alterations an average of about 12 years later.