Mike Thompson was set to travel to Beijing last year with Fulbright funding to find out how the Chinese government recruits and trains its officers. When the US suspended all of China’s …
Read More »American students’ love affair with China cooled down as political tension
Mike Thompson was set to travel to Beijing last year with Fulbright funding to find out how the Chinese government recruits and trains its officers. When the US suspended all of China’s …
Read More »Take over the Senate as a Democrat, personal finances hang in the balance
This week Democratic candidates won both runoff races in Georgia and took control of the US Senate. This marks a sea change in Washington and potentially the financial life of Americans. For …
Read More »Astronomers discovered the oldest, farthest galaxy to date
Since ancient times, philosophers and scholars have considered the beginning of time and have also tried to determine when all things began. It has only been in the era of modern astronomy …
Read More »Covid-19 case studies make their way into the MBA Curricula
It is spring 2020, Kovid-19 is exploding worldwide, and you are leading the pharmaceutical company seen behind rivals in making a vaccine. Should you accept the government money, and the wire attached …
Read More »Experts worry COVID-19 vaccines may not work against South African variants
Some scientists say that the coronovirus variety identified in South Africa may not be as vulnerable as COVID-19 vaccines. Studies are now underway to find out if this is indeed the case. …
Read More »SolarWinds Hack Sufferers: From Tech Companies to a Hospital and University
Russian hackers suspected of breaches at US government agencies gained access to Wall Street Journal analysis of Internet records by major US technology and accounting companies, at least one hospital and one …
Read More »This extinct human ancestor evolved to deal with climate change, but did not survive
The discovery of a 2 million year old skull in a South African cave is changing what we think we know about one of humanity’s primitive ancestors, scientists reported in a new …
Read More »Nature a Chore instead of a ‘Green Prescription’ Nature of a Joy
Spending regular time in nature comes with strong psychological benefits. As more compelling evidence rolls in, doctors are increasingly setting out time in the middle of greenery or water to promote our …
Read More »Geologists discovered magma ‘conveyor belt’ which fuels Earth’s longest supervolcanoe burst
According to new research, a sub-underground ‘conveyor belt’ of magma pushed across the Earth’s surface for millions of years was responsible for the longest stretch of supervolcanoes ever seen. Researchers said a …
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