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A freak DNA change 25 million years ago is why humans lack tails

25 million years ago, an Alu element insertion in an ancient ape's DNA led to the loss of tails.

The Hindu

"Pain don't hurt": Road House sans creed

Patrick Swayze's "cooler" was an educated man with a stupid mission. Jake Gyllenhaal's breaks faces with a smile

Salon

Tim Meadows And Molly Shannon's Special Connection Revealed

Tim Meadows and Molly Shannon share a heartwarming connection through their children, with Shannon supporting Meadows' son's admission to NYU. Shannon's cl...

Top News

Ayo Edebiri, Paul Mescal and the dating rumours we all want to be true

Wait, did Ayo Edebiri and Paul Mescal just soft-launch their relationship or are they starring in a rom-com?

Evening Standard

Supreme Court examines whether government can combat disinformation online

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are Missouri, Louisiana and five individuals who were either banned from social media during the pandemic or whose posts, they say, were not prominently featured.

WEKU

Plastic chemicals and preterm births

The resulting costs to society could be as high as $8 billion

Salon

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Is surrogacy really unethical?

The pope calls surrogacy "despicable," but is it? Experts unpack the real ethical issues around it

Salon

Unsealed Arguments for Pseudonymity in Challenge to NYU Law Review's Race/Sex/Etc. Preferences

I wrote in November about the court decision allowing the challenge to NYU Law Review's race, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity preferences to proceed pseudonymously; Judge Victor Marrero allowed Doe to proceed pseudonymously, though "without prejudice to New York University's right to move the Court to direct Plaintiff to…

Reason

Crib videos offer clue to mysterious child deaths, showing seizures sometimes play a role

Crib cameras are offering a clue to a rare but devastating tragedy _ when seemingly healthy young children suddenly die in their sleep and autopsies can’t tell why

The Independent UK

Gen Z has had enough of politics. Does RFK Jr have the answer?

Polls suggest Robert F Kennedy Jr is leading the race for the Gen Z vote in 2024, but claims of a youth movement towards the independent candidate appear elusive, Bevan Hurley writes

The Independent UK

Spike Lee debunks the 'worst lie' that’s being sold to young people about success

"It’s not like you’re just out there, and the hand of God is going to come down from the heavens and say, ‘You are the next one.’"

Fortune

Barbara Corcoran reveals her ‘most embarrassing moment ever’ and how it led to a teaching contract at NYU: ‘You gotta find a way to stand back up’

"Shark Tank" star Barbara Corcoran crashed and burned during her first speaking event—so naturally launched a course at NYU in response.

Fortune

NYU student bar association president axed for saying Israel ‘responsible’ for7 October

Student’s comments led top law firm to rescind job offer

The Independent UK

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Reason

Want Freedom to Criticize China, Palestine, Mexico, etc.? Protect Criticism of Israel

After the Oct. 7 murders, the first attempts to punish speakers focused on those who defended Hamas's murders. But, unsurprisingly, things have turned to trying to suppress criticism of Israel more broadly, including criticism of Israel's attacks on Gaza. (The slippery slope is a real phenomenon, in a culture where…

Reason

Challenge to NYU Law Review's Race and Sex Preferences May Proceed Pseudonymously, at Least for Now

[UPDATE: Added a brief discussion of pseudonymity and class actions.]

Reason

Prof. Samuel Estreicher (NYU) on The Laws of War, as to the Hamas-Israel War

From the article, by a leading American academic who teaches and writes about, among other things, Foreign Relations Law and the law of war: Those who argue Israel does not have a right of self defense make two claims: First, they argue that Israel's "inherent right" is nullified because it…

WEKU

Arkansas man receives the world's first whole eye transplant plus a new face

The NYU medical team announced Thursday that Aaron James is recovering well from the dual transplant last May and the donated eye looks remarkably healthy.

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LiveScience

Doctors perform 1st-ever whole eye, partial face transplant

This is the first whole-eye transplant performed in a person, and it was completed alongside a partial face transplant.

The Independent UK

Man receives the first eye transplant plus a new face. It's a step toward one day restoring sight

Surgeons in New York have performed the world's first transplant of an entire human eye, an extraordinary addition to a face transplant

Reason

'A Tyranny of the Minority': Why This College Dropout Wants To Cancel Cancel Culture

"Being a true free speech champion does require that you defend speech that even you disagree with," says libertarian Rikki Schlott.

Reason

FIRE Letter to NYU School of Law About the Ryna Workman Pro-Hamas-Attack Speech Controversy

Here's the text of today's letter (see here for the full letter, including footnotes): FIRE is deeply concerned by New York University School of Law's recent suggestion to The New York Times that it may be investigating student Ryna Workman for their protected political speech amid intense public and campuswide…

Reason

Some Cancellations are Justified

Whether a person deserves to be "cancelled" for saying awful things depends on the nature of what they said and the nature of their job.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hamas attacks on Israel expose the moral rot on college campuses

One can support the Palestinian cause and mourn their suffering — for they, too, are victims of Hamas — and criticize Israeli policies while also acknowledging the loss of life among Jews, without blaming them for their own murders.

Reason

Two Law School Deans on the Massacre in Israel

Moral clarity from Scalia Dean Ken Randall, and lack thereof from NYU Dean Troy McKenzie.

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