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Why the Sperm Whale Has the Largest Brain on Earth and What That Enormous Organ Actually Does

A Brain Built Around SoundA sperm whale's brain weighs up to 9 kilograms. The largest human brain on record sits at around 1.5 kilograms. No animal that has ever lived on this planet, not the elephant, not the blue whale, not any dinosaur whose skull we have measured, carried more…

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Zero Americans Became Ill in a Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak: Here's the Monitoring Process Behind It

All 18 Americans exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship completed 42 days of monitoring with zero illnesses. Here's the methodology that made this containment success possible.

Medical Daily

Emory gets $15M to establish first center to research toxic Superfund sites’ health effects

Emory University has received a five-year, $15 million grant from the National Institutes of Environmental Health to establish a center to research how contaminants from Georgia Superfund sites affect human health

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More universities are disinviting commencement speakers who might challenge students’ ideas, unraveling an apolitical tradition

Delivering a university commencement address used to simply be a unique kind of honor. Speakers stand before a podium, wearing a traditional graduation cap and robe, and offer graduates life lessons and inspirational words as they enter the next phase of life.

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Professors sue Atlanta’s Emory University over handling of Israel-Gaza protests

Students and faculty have also protested against surveillance cameras on campus and handling of racist posts by a student

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US universities are seeing an influx of ‘antisemitism centers’. Some Jewish scholars are worried

Political pressures are resulting in a range of initiatives that experts say substitute expertise with ideology

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Who are Iran’s ‘noble born’ working in top faculty posts at US universities despite ongoing conflict

Students and staff at colleges across the United States include relatives of Iran’s political elite, even as Iran’s leaders continue to oppose the United States in public rhetoric.

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10 Photos of Leah Palmirotto: Tragedy as 19-Year-Old Falls From Abandoned 'Stranger Things' Building

Leah Palmirotto, 19, died after falling from a building at Emory's Briarcliff campus, known as Hawkins Lab in Stranger Things.

International Business Times UK

Leah Palmirotto's Father Breaks Silence After Teenager Falls to Her Death at Abandoned 'Stranger Things' Filming Location

The father of Leah Palmirotto has spoken out after the teenager fell to her death while exploring the abandoned Georgia building featured in Stranger Things.

International Business Times UK

Teen dies after falling from vacant high-rise used in Stranger Things filming

The 19-year-old woman fell while exploring Emory University’s abandoned Briarcliff Building A in the early hours of Friday morning

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What’s happening with Marjorie Taylor Greene? Why the Maga loyalist has won some Democratic fans

She’s been a true Maga believer in the past, but the Georgia representative has lately shown a streak of independence

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EXCLUSIVE: Virax Biolabs Inks Research Pact To Advance Long COVID Diagnostic Studies

Virax Biolabs Group Limited (NASDAQ:VRAX) announced on Tuesday that it had signed a Research Services Agreement (RSA) with Emory University's Center for the Advancement of Diagnostics for a Just Society (ADJUST Center) to conduct clinical studies of ViraxImmune.

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American students face new phone bans in school – not everyone is happy about it

For students, the rules add new school-day rituals, like putting phones in magnetic pouches or special lockers

The Independent UK

Atlanta CDC gunman believed Covid vaccine made him suicidal, official says

Shooter, a 30-year-old man who died during violence, fired dozens of rounds into buildings and killed police officer

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Georgia gunman who killed a police officer and targeted the CDC was fixated on the Covid-19 vaccine, reports reveal

DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose, a father and husband, was killed in the shooting

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Suspect and police officer die in shooting at Emory University in Georgia

Those on campus were advised to ‘run, hide, fight’ as police responded to an active shooter situation near the CDC.

The Independent UK

Active shooter reported at Emory University in Atlanta, authorities say

Emory University has alerted students and staff Friday to an active shooter on their Atlanta campus

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Suspect in Emory University shooting dead after opening fire at CDC building, killing one police officer

Students were told to ‘run, hide, fight’ as police swarmed the area Friday afternoon

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Emory shooting confirmed as ‘a targeted attack on CDC related to Covid’ as new details emerge on gunman’s mental state: Latest

Patrick Joseph White’s father said his son was fixated on the Covid-19 vaccine

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Georgia: suspected gunman and police officer dead after shooting near CDC and Emory University

Name of officer not released and authorities say ‘no ongoing threat’ after witnesses say bullets hit CDC building windows

The Independent UK

Magic Mushrooms could lengthen your lifespan

Researchers at Emory University found that psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, extended the lifespan of aged mice.

The Independent UK

Georgia university employee accused of dumping woman’s body in park and throwing her belonging away when he went to work

Steven Simmons, 57, was charged with concealing the death of another and tampering with evidence and released on a $17,500 bond

The Guardian - US

A Palestinian American medical student objected to working alongside IDF soldiers. The university suspended her

Emory University put Umaymah Mohammad through ‘one of the most dehumanizing’ experiences of her life as a new front opens in the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices

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Breaking Taboos: Rabbi Leads Research On Psychedelics And Jewish Identity

A new study explores Jewish Americans' relationship with psychedelics, aiming to understand their spiritual and cultural significance within the community.

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What does Kamala Harris’s loss in the 2024 election mean for the US?

Analysts say race and gender played a significant role in Harris’s defeat, but so did voter disillusionment.

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