Canadian scientists have identified two new minerals never seen before in nature — and they came to our planet inside a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite.
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How college in prison is leading professors to rethink how they teach – Freethink
When it comes to education in prison, policy and research often focus on how it benefits society or improves the life circumstances of those who are serving time.
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Insulin pills could end the need for painful injections – Freethink
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) just got a major step closer to developing oral insulin pills to help people manage their diabetes.
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New algorithm aces university math course questions – Freethink
Multivariable calculus, differential equations, linear algebra — topics that many MIT students can ace without breaking a sweat — have consistently stumped machine learning models.
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How people are going from prison to $100k jobs in 45 days – Freethink/ Stand Together
When he was just 15 years old, Jason Wang was arrested for aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, which saw him sent to prison for 12 years.
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A nun built a hydroelectric plant that’s providing free power to a town in Africa – Freethink
Sister Alphonsine Ciza spends most of her day in gum boots, white veil tucked under a builder’s hat, manning the micro hydroelectric plant she built to overcome daily electricity cuts in her town of Miti in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Is it time for a new American city?
America’s biggest cities are struggling. The housing shortage, growing since the ‘70s, has reached a boiling point. Rents are skyrocketing. Rates of homelessness are increasing.
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Bedridden woman stands again thanks to spinal implant
A woman who was bedridden for 18 months because she fainted every time she stood up is now walking long distances again, thanks to a spinal cord stimulator.
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HIV prevention injection approved by FDA
The FDA has approved the first HIV prevention injection, allowing people at risk to protect themselves with just one injection every two months. The shot was found to work even better than a daily pill regimen at preventing HIV.
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Scientists discover possible precursor to a Parkinson’s drug
Scientists have optimized a peptide known to prevent the “protein misfolding,” that causes the deadly neurodegenerative disease — making it a contender for a future cure.
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