[ad_1] The International Court of Justice, the United Nations’ highest judicial body, will begin hearings this week in a case brought by South Africa that accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. The hearings, the first step in a lengthy process should the case go forward, will be the first time that Israel has chosen … Read more
[ad_1] More than three years into the pandemic, hundreds of Americans are still dying from COVID-19 every week. For the week ending Dec. 9, the last week of complete data, there were 1,614 deaths from COVID, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The last four weeks of complete data show an … Read more
[ad_1] Two days of public hearings in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel will start at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday, as pro-Palestine campaigners hope the World Court might halt Israel’s devastating military campaign in Gaza. The case, filed by South Africa, sets a precedent as the first at the ICJ relating … Read more
[ad_1] Shortly after dropping two Harvard scientists with financial conflicts of interest, the national organization assembling a committee to assess the evidence about drinking and health has chosen four new panelists, among them another Harvard professor who also has financial ties to the alcohol industry. The committee’s work, under the auspices of the National Academies … Read more
[ad_1] On December 12, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Washington to make an in-person request for military and economic aid for Ukraine, but he left empty-handed. For over a month, Republicans on Capitol Hill have been blocking an emergency spending bill that would provide about $60 billion in new funding for Ukraine. They will … Read more
[ad_1] Data generation Overview To examine variants associated with phenotypes backwards in time, we assembled a large ancient DNA dataset. Here we present new genomic data from 86 ancient individuals from Medieval and post-Medieval periods from Denmark (Extended Data Fig. 2, Supplementary Note 1 and Supplementary Table 1). The samples range in age from around … Read more
[ad_1] 2 hours ago Image caption, Medics from the British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) pulled out of al-Aqsa hospital Doctors from the UK who have been working at what they say is the only functioning hospital in the central Gaza Strip have told the BBC of their “deep concern” for patients and staff … Read more
[ad_1] Multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that affects 2.9 million people, presents a biological puzzle. Many researchers suspect that the disease is triggered by a virus, known as Epstein-Barr, which causes the immune system to attack the nerves and can leave patients struggling to walk or talk. But the virus can’t be the whole story, … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Five thousand years ago, sheep and cattle herders migrated westward from Asia to Europe, bringing with them their pastoral way of life — and higher genetic risk for multiple sclerosis, according to a new study of DNA from thousands of ancient and present-day people. … Read more
[ad_1] Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio Annie Liontas is a professor of writing at George Washington University. Their previous book is Let Me Explain You. Simon & Schuster When Annie Liontas was 35, they got into a bike accident while riding without a helmet. They hadn’t broken any bones, and there wasn’t sign of … Read more