Education

“I got action!” (a few things I learned on the streets about manhood and women) — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 6, 2021 Since it’s become both hip and profitable, the umbrella name of “Astoria” is now used to cover a lot of real estate. When I was younger, the specific area where I grew up was always called Long Island City. It was a working-class, urban, industrial setting of asphalt, tenements, factories, and a few old cobblestone streets. High crime, low gree ...

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Reducing Police Inappropriate Use Of Force | Nora Luongo

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain April 22, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Experts on violence have policy and procedural recommendations for reducing police use of inappropriate force. A report from the Police ...

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The Algorithm is Gonna Get You — Mickey Z.

(credit unknown) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 12, 2021 "This is the whole point of technology. It creates an appetite for immortality on the one hand. It threatens universal extinction on the o ...

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Reversible CRISPR Method Controls Gene Expression Leaving DNA Sequence Unchanged | Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

A new CRISPR method allows researchers to silence most genes in the human genome without altering the underlying DNA sequence -- and then reverse the changes. Credit: Jennifer Cook-Chrysos/Whitehead ...

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Children learned 'little or nothing' during school closures, despite online learning | University of Oxford

Photo: litmos.comApril 9, 2021 (Phys.org) -- School closures in the last year have led to serious learning losses, with primary-age school pupils making virtually no progress studying at home, accord ...

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Therapists Can Weaken Traumatic Memories | Caitlin Clark

April 8, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Scientists could be a step closer to reducing the impact of traumatic memories. Procedures used by clinicians to indirectly reactivate traumatic memories render a win ...

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Gene Expression And Neurological Disease Heritability | Ingrid Fadelli

Photo credit: Penn State March 17, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- The expression of genes in response to neuronal activity can significantly influence the human brain's development over time. While many neu ...

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Breaking The Patrisharky | University of California - San Diego

Sand tiger sharks mating at Georgia Aquarium. Credit: Georgia Aquarium Scientists reexamine gender biases in shark, ray mating research March 4, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Shark scientists at Georgia Aquariu ...

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Imagining Palestine: On Barghouti, Darwish, Kanafani and the Language of Exile | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 21, 2021 For Palestinians, exile is not simply the physical act of being removed from their homes and their inability to return. It is not a casu ...

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BOOKS: Bill Gates offers a hopeful take on climate change | Jeff Rowe

Credit: CC0 Public Domain "How to Avoid Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need," by Bill Gates (Knopf) Feb. 17, 2021 (AP) -- Watching Bill Gates in the news over the ye ...

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Act Like Everyone is Watching (in 4 Steps) — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — Now With Purpose February 10, 2021 Surely, everyone knows the self-help exhortation to “dance like no one is watching.” Good advice, I’d say. But, it can also be life-altering ...

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