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SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh snubbed the question whether he would want the FBI to conduct an investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against him. His most fiery defense came from Lindsey Graham. Kavanaugh has faced a tough grilling by Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Illinois) on whether he would personally favor an FBI probe into the […]
Screenshot via MSNBC Former CIA director John Brennan delivered a brutal assessment of President Donald Trump on Friday, capping off the most tumultuous week the administration has seen in months. Trump is “unstable, inept, inexperienced, and also unethical,” Brennan said in an interview with MSNBC. Brennan said he has gone from being “angry” at Trump […]
Getty Images A new poll shows seven out of ten Americans think Donald Trump did something illegal or unethical regarding his campaign and Russia. The results show a deep partisan divide, with Democrats believing Trump is more guilty. WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans think Donald Trump did something illegal or at least unethical regarding ties […]
What is the right way to age? It’s a question that isn’t explored enough in American society, where, seemingly, people are expected to be forever young, until, suddenly, they are not. Reflecting this binary, any writing about a long life’s final decades tends toward extremes. On one hand, there are the accounts of heroic men […]
Enlarge / Peter Thiel is serious. (credit: Getty | Alex Wong) Questionable herpes vaccine research backed by tech heavyweight Peter Thiel may have jeopardized $ 15 million in federal research funding to Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. That’s according to documents obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request by The State Journal Register. […]
Enlarge / Entrepreneur Peter Thiel. (credit: Getty | Alex Wong ) Heavyweight tech investor and FDA-critic Peter Thiel is among conservative funders and American researchers backing an offshore herpes vaccine trial that blatantly flouts US safety regulations, according to a Monday report by Kaiser Health News. The vaccine—a live but weakened herpes virus—was first tested in […]
Getty Images/Spencer Platt Stem cell science is an area of medical research that continues to offer great promise. But as this week’s paper in Science Translational Medicine highlights, a growing number of clinics around the globe, including in Australia, are exploiting regulatory gaps to sell so-called stem cell treatments without evidence that what they offer […]
Former Premier League soccer star Asamoah Gyan has reportedly fallen foul of an Islamic football regulation which clamps down on extravagant hairstyles. Players’ hairstyles have arguably become as much of a talking point in football as their soccer skills, but Gyan has now been called out on his preened mohawk by the UAE football governing […]
