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Scientists rallied nationwide last Friday in opposition to the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts for scientific research and mass layoffs impacting numerous agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service. Thousands gathered at Stand Up for Science protests in over two dozen other cities. We air remarks from speakers in Washington, D.C., including former USAID official Dr. Atul Gawande and Dr. Francis Collins, who led the Human Genome Project and the National Institutes of ... continua

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The Supreme Court has rejected a request by the Trump administration to continue refusing to pay out nearly $2 billion for work completed by USAID, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining the court’s three liberal justices in the majority. However, the court’s decision did not specify when the money must be released, allowing Trump’s team to further dispute the issue in lower courts. We speak to two people involved in the lawsuit brought by the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, or AVAC. The Trump administration’s decision to ... continua

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Donald Trump is blaming DEI for the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster in more than two decades, when a regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided over a Washington, D.C. airport, killing 67 people. “We have a long list of problems that need to be addressed. … Instead, we’re talking about a nonsensical issue that is not based in fact,” says FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher Bill McGee, who says criticisms of DEI distract from and work against a critical staffing shortage at the FAA. McGee also discusses the dangerous politicization of the FAA and the ... continua

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The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is critical, with tens of thousands of victims, bombarded medical facilities and aid workers deliberately targeted by the Israeli forces. A session to hear the direct testimony of a Palestinian journalist, born in Gaza, who reported on the lives of the people of Gaza for the first six months of the conflict. With Sami M. H. Alajrami, journalist and former correspondent from Gaza for La Repubblica

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The World Health Organization has completed the first phase of a critical polio vaccination campaign in central Gaza. After health officials confirmed Gaza’s first polio case in 25 years, the Israeli military agreed to calls for limited humanitarian pauses on its attacks in order for aid organizations to carry out vaccinations. But “there’s real practical, operational problems with this current pause,” says Yanti Soeripto, president and CEO of Save the Children US, whose staff is part of the vaccine drive. “It is not a ceasefire at all. It is an eight-hour ... continua

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Vinton Cerf is recognised as one of the most influential scientists of the twentieth century. On par with Gutenberg revolutionising the world with the invention of the printing press in the 15th century, Cerf put in motion the IT protocols that made possible the digital world we know today. Vinton Cerf is one the so-called “fathers of the Internet” together with co-developer Robert Khan. This technician’s passion for knowledge knows no bounds. At 77 years old, he is vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. At Aprendemos Juntos, he reflects on the ... continua

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Paolo Pecere insegna Storia della filosofia all’università di Roma Tre. Si occupa dei rapporti tra filosofia, scienze della natura e psicologia in età moderna e contemporanea. Tra i suoi ultimi libri: "Soul, Mind and Brain from Descartes to Cognitive Science. A Critical History" (Springer 2020, in corso di traduzione italiana), e il manuale di Filosofia per Licei "Vivere la conoscenza" (Mondadori 2022, con R. Chiaradonna). Ha pubblicato i romanzi "La vita lontana" (LiberAria 2018) e Risorgere (Chiarelettere 2019) e il saggio narrativo "Il dio che danza. Viaggi, ... continua

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Paolo Pecere insegna Storia della filosofia all’università di Roma Tre. Si occupa dei rapporti tra filosofia, scienze della natura e psicologia in età moderna e contemporanea. Tra i suoi ultimi libri: "Soul, Mind and Brain from Descartes to Cognitive Science. A Critical History" (Springer 2020, in corso di traduzione italiana), e il manuale di Filosofia per Licei "Vivere la conoscenza" (Mondadori 2022, con R. Chiaradonna). Ha pubblicato i romanzi "La vita lontana" (LiberAria 2018) e Risorgere (Chiarelettere 2019) e il saggio narrativo "Il dio che danza. Viaggi, ... continua

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Pane, verdura, energia e tessile: le economie solidali sfidano la crisi per una società del benvivereA cura di FairGiuseppe De Santis - Des BrianzaMarco Servettini - Des ComoGianluca Bruzzese coordinatore progetto Made in no

Da una prospettiva agro-ecologica ed alternativa alla globalizzazione capitalista, "Monte culebra" si avvicina ai processi produttivi ed organizzativi di esperienze collettive contadine nel occidente Venezuelano. Uno sguardo critico al modello di sviluppo agricolo che impulsa la riforma agraria del governo bolivariano nelle cooperative rurali come strategia per arrivare alla sovranità alimentare. "Monte culebra" parla della storia degli spostamenti rurali venezuelani e le loro resistenze. On a agricultural, ecological and alternative view on capitalist globalization, ... continua

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