Han Dongfang, Once China’s ‘Worst Nightmare,’ Refuses to Back Down
Neither jail nor exile to Hong Kong have stopped Han Dongfang, a former Tiananmen Square protest leader, from championing workers’ rights. “If you’re born stubborn, you go everywhere stubborn.”…
A Cold, Hard Look Into Our Trumpian Future
Let’s begin with the simplest and most obvious observation: A majority of Americans prefer what Donald Trump has been selling over Kamala Harris. It’s hard to stomach, because this election offered a pretty clear choice between a cheerful and humane future and a rapturously brutish one…
Florida’s amendment to protect abortion rights fell short of passing by just 3% votes
Fifty-seven percent of Floridian voters wanted to protect abortion rights going up to about the 24th week of pregnancy. But a 60 percent majority is required there, so the abortion amendment failed…Broward College Partners with BlackBeltHelp to Provide One-Stop Student Services Support
Broward College Partners with BlackBeltHelp to Provide One-Stop Student Services Support and IT Helpdesk Support, combining AI chatbot solutions with a human support network through Contact Center as a Service…
High-speed 3D bioprinter can fabricate structures that closely mimic diverse tissues in human body
Biomedical engineers from the University of Melbourne have invented a 3D printing system, or bioprinter, capable of fabricating structures that closely mimic the diverse tissues in the human body, from soft brain tissue to harder materials like cartilage and bone…
Heat, air pollution, disease: How climate change affects health
Record-breaking heat, extreme weather events, air pollution and the spread of infectious disease: climate change poses an already vast yet rising threat to the health of humans around the world, experts warn…
These states backed both Trump and abortion rights
Data: Associated Press; Table: Thomas Oide/AxiosVoters in seven states approved ballot measures to expand abortion access, while some of them simultaneously backed President-elect Trump and Republicans who could help instate a federal ban come next year.The big picture: The president-elect, who has repeatedly taken credit for overturning federal abortion protections…
B.C. investigating 1st presumptive human avian flu case acquired in Canada
B.C. health officials are investigating what’s believed to be the first human case of avian influenza acquired in Canada after a teenager tested presumptively positive for the disease, the Ministry of Health announced Saturday…
What Trump’s Win Means for LGBTQ+ Rights
Here are the key areas of Trump’s proposed rollbacks for LGBTQ+ protections…