In camps for internally displaced persons and in the war-torn towns and villages of western Iraq, there is one legacy of the so-called Islamic State’s brutal reign whose magnitude experts and authorities are only beginning to understand: traumatized children. From the stateless children of ISIS members, to child soldiers and […]
Daily Archives: September 21, 2017
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PARIS — Regularly named France’s richest person and for years the wealthiest woman in the world thanks to her L’Oreal inheritance, Liliane Bettencourt lived her life surrounded by the scent of money, politics and more than a touch of scandal. The one-time society beauty died in Paris on Wednesday night […]
Almost one million asylum seekers arrived in Germany in 2015 alone after the Chancellor opened the country’s borders in what many describe as a move which changed the course of European history. Leif-Erik Holm, of the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party believes the number of migrants arriving in […]
Jean- Claude Juncker raged against the public member after he was forced to interrupt his speech because of laughter in the room. Speaking in Brussels, he was discussing the proposals for reform he presented during his annual State of the Union address last week. He said: “I’m not in favour […]
Ignored pieces of DNA play a critical role in the development of immune cells (T cells), scientists have found. These areas activate a change in the structure of DNA that brings together crucial elements necessary for T cell formation. This “big bang” discovery may aid in combating diseases.
In this shot from “Red Oaks” there are no red oaks visible. Amazon There aren’t a lot of shows I regularly watch on Amazon Prime’s video service. But for some reason, I end up watching “Red Oaks” when it’s released. The show essentially focuses on a guy trying to find […]
Mmmm, an orbiting snackNASA/JPL-Caltech By Josh Sokol A sun-like star seems to have devoured some of its own planetary offspring, prompting researchers to nickname it after the titan Kronos from Greek mythology. The star HD 240430 is part of a binary system with HD 240429, and the two have now […]
Should someone in a vegetative state, with no awareness of themselves or what is going on around them, be kept alive with a feeding tube for years after all hope of recovery has gone? It’s a question not many want to think about, but some families have to. Now, a […]