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31 Remarkable Women Scientists Seen Through Smithsonian Portraits

Discover women scientists who helped shape science as we know it today with this list of 31 Smithsonian Portraits. From zoology to research and advocacy, these women's contributions to the field have been invaluable.

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‘I was completely dehumanised by my father’: how Kate Price uncovered the horrifying truths of her childhood

She was sexually abused by her father until she was about 12 – and he would also sell her to other men. Then she grew up and began researching child sex trafficking, slowly piecing together clues about her own life

The Guardian - UK

James Webb telescope spies stunning 'Firefly Sparkle' galaxy — a baby clone of the Milky Way being 'assembled brick by brick' in the early universe

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a baby, Milky Way-like galaxy that formed more than 13 billion years ago. This "Firefly Sparkle" galaxy could reveal how our own galaxy evolved.

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James Webb Space Telescope witnesses Firefly Sparkle galaxy 'being assembled brick by brick' (image, video)

A relic galaxy has been uncovered from the early universe, revealing new clues about what our own Milky Way galaxy may have looked like back then.

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Mizuno WGCA coaches polls: Final release for fall 2024 season

Stanford, Anderson, Emory and Keiser are the No. 1 teams in these polls.

USA Today Sports Media Group

‘We need other logics for our approach to nature’: the woman uprooting colonialism in botany

From plant names to notions of native species, many aspects of the natural world are shaped by empire. We need to decolonise, says the author of a new book – but not all experts agree

The Guardian - UK

Wellesley president Paula Johnson wants business and higher education to have a 'closer' relationship

Turbulent times require a direct line between higher ed and business, Wellesley's president argues.

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Updated: No "Space, Consideration, or Support" for Zionism at Wellesley, Demand Student Resident Advisors

They later issued a "sorry if you were offended" non-apology, and so far the university seems satisfied with that.

Reason

Former Catholic cardinal, age 93, is not competent to stand trial on teen sexual abuse charges

A judge has ruled that former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial

The Independent UK

Ex-Roman Catholic cardinal, now 92, is not competent to stand trial in sex abuse case, expert says

A prosecution expert says a former Roman Catholic cardinal is not competent to stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted a teenage boy in Massachusetts decades ago

The Independent UK

The Boston Marathon Route According To Boston Finishers

Give yourself every chance of posting your best time with this mile-by-mile guide to the Boston Marathon course by people who have run it

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Joe Battenfeld: Wellesley College in uncomfortable national spotlight over exclusionary gender policy

The elite liberal all-women’s Wellesley College finds itself in an uncomfortable position today – pressed by students and caught in a web of wokeness.

Boston Herald

Wellesley students call for admission of trans men

A debate at Wellesley College over who should be admitted to the women’s school has intensified with students approving a referendum to allow the admission of transgender men and nonbinary people who do not identify and live as women

The Independent UK

Wellesley College students vote to admit trans men and non-binary people

Proposal also calls for gender neutral language at women’s college whose alumni include Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright

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Students want this women's college to rethink its notion of gender in admissions

Wellesley College currently admits only some transgender and nonbinary applicants. Students voted for a non-binding referendum pushing for more inclusive admissions and communications policies.

The Independent UK

Ex-Cardinal McCarrick asks court to dismiss sex assault case

Lawyers for former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick are asking a judge to dismiss a case charging him with sexually assaulting a boy decades ago, saying the 92-year-old once-powerful American prelate has dementia and is not competent to stand trial

Chicago Sun-Times

‘It’s going to help me live a little bit better’: Relief from some student loan debt could lift ‘burden on everyone’

Chicago-area students and grads say any amount of student loan debt cancellation can help them aim for other milestones including marriage and homeownership.

Chicago Sun-Times

Donald G. Lubin, Chicago lawyer who had key roles with Ray Kroc and McDonald’s Corp., dead at 88

“He negotiated the sale from the McDonald brothers to Ray,” said Harold C. Hirshman, a lawyer with the firm Dentons, where Mr. Lubin practiced for more than 60 years

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The Independent UK

World leaders, DC elite to pay tribute to Madeleine Albright

World leaders and a bevy of Washington's political and foreign policy elite are preparing to pay their respects to the late Madeleine Albright

Chicago Sun-Times

Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies

President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and she served in that capacity for the last four years of the Clinton administration.

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