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En Cambridge, Massachusetts, se celebra la ceremonia anual de los premios Ig Nobel, una idea única y divertida que rinde homenaje a descubrimientos científicos extraños y curiosos. Estos premios, organizados por la revista de humor científico "Annals of Improbable Research" (Anales de Investigaciones Imposibles), se entregan como una contraparte lúdica de los prestigiosos premios Nobel. Desde 1991, los Ig Nobel destacan logros que, como describen los organizadores, "primero hacen reír y luego pensar". La ceremonia se celebra en el Instituto de Tecnología de ... continua

Antibiotic resistance is spreading at an alarming rate due to the overuse of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture. By 2050, 10 million people a year could die as a result of antibiotics becoming less effective against pathogens. Are we on the verge of a medical apocalypse? In some areas, such as tuberculosis, new solutions are emerging. Speaks: Stewart Cole, Istituto Pasteur of Parigi Moderates: Luigi Ripamonti, Corriere della Sera Special thanks to Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milano

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Vice President Kamala Harris made her closing argument Tuesday in a major speech at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., scene of the Trump rally in 2021 that led to the Capitol riot. Harris described Trump as a tyrant who would shred the rule of law if given another four years in office. The Republican campaign, meanwhile, is still dealing with fallout from Sunday’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, where speakers made a series of racist and dehumanizing remarks about Puerto Ricans, Black people, Palestinians and more. For more on the state of the race with ... continua

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As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaign in Pennsylvania on the last day before the presidential election, false claims of voter fraud are spreading. “The truth is, none of these lies have been about election integrity. It’s always been about power,” says Neil Makhija, chair of the board of elections in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — the battleground state that “could decide the election” — in a video essay featured by The New York Times. Makhija joins Democracy Now! to discuss his work expanding access to the vote and debunking the myth of mass ... continua

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In Baku, Azerbaijan, Democracy Now! continues our coverage of the 2024 U.N. climate summit and its host country’s record on human rights. “Considering that our economy is completely relying on oil and gas sales and the COP29 is a great place to have a lot of oil and gas lobbyists, it’s actually a great chance for the Azerbaijani government to have more oil and gas contracts … and then to enrich the regime itself,” says Zhala Bayramova, a human rights lawyer focused on LGBTQ rights now. Their father Gubad Ibadoghlu is one of hundreds of Azerbaijani political ... continua

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As the war on Gaza spans a second year, we continue our conversation with the acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates. His new book, The Message, is based in part on his visit last year to Israel and the occupied West Bank, where he says he saw a system of segregation and oppression reminiscent of Jim Crow in the United States. “It was revelatory,” says Coates. “I don’t think the average American has a real sense of what we’re doing over there — and I emphasize 'what we're doing’ because it’s not possible without American support.”

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As the Trump administration attempts to dismantle higher education in the United States by redefining discrimination in schools, fighting so-called woke ideology, attacking diversity, equity and inclusion programs, gutting the Department of Education, and threatening funding for research and higher education, we speak with Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley, whose latest book is Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future. He says Trump’s assault on education is part of the authoritarian playbook since “universities are centers for ... continua

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Lecture "Familiarity and distance: the artistic relationship of Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini", given by Caroline Campbell (Director of Collections and Research and Curator of Italian Painting before 1500, The National Gallery, London) on 15 February 2022. Form part of the Francisco Calvo Serraller Lecture Series "The Spring of Art. The Renaissance in 15th Century Europe", organized by the Friends of the Prado Museum Foundation.
"The spring of art. The Renaissance in 15th century Europe"
The explosion of creativity in all areas of culture that produced the ... continua

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World leaders are rebuking Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip, ethnically cleansing the region of Palestinians. “There’s no question that even though the entire region would reject it … the fundamental reality is that we are heading to the complete destruction of Palestinian society in Gaza as a matter of status quo,” says our guest Omar Baddar. Baddar, a Palestinian American political analyst and member of the National Policy Council of the Arab American Institute, also discusses Trump’s recent statements signaling a ... continua

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“We needed to turn this page. … We’ve been under this inhuman condition for 54 years.” Following a lightning 12-day offensive, armed opposition groups have overthrown President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and his family’s five-decade rule in Syria. Assad has fled to Russia, where he has been granted asylum, while tens of thousands of political prisoners have been freed. The uprising was led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, a Turkish-backed group listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and the United Nations. The release of prisoners from ... continua

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