Earlier this week, I noted quite how many self-help guides are very similar, their short-cuts to wisdom and happiness weirdly interchangeable. In 1952, Norman Vincent Peale wrote the best-selling self-help book The Power Of Positive Thinking, and, nearly 70 years on, it seems that everyone entering the market has to emphasise positivity. To demonstrate this, … Read more
Three new studies suggest that as many people as possible should receive at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Currently, both vaccines approved for emergency use authorization in the U.S. – from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc – require two doses administered about one month apart. But researchers from Yale University, Stanford University and the … Read more
Furry good student! Stray dog ‘attends’ a maths lecture alongside undergraduates after accidentally walking into a classroom The pug was hailed as a star student after appearing in a university in China Pictures show it sitting in the classroom alongside the students and lecturer One youngster joked the dog might be able to sit an … Read more
The former England and Leicester ace, 59, donated £200 to the student’s crowdfunding page after the Zimbabwean student appealed for funds to allow him to continue studying at Liverpool Hope University BBC Match of the Day host Gary Lineker has donated £200 to help a refugee who’s on the brink of dropping out of university after … Read more
Adele masks up and studies script in first BTS look of her hosting debut on NBC’s Saturday Night Live By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 04:26 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 04:26 BST, 22 October 2020 15-time Grammy winner Adele masked up and studied her script at Manhattan’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza in the first … Read more
Oxford University fellow says city’s Centre for Islamic Studies sacked him for being bisexual because it ‘did not comply with preferences’ of major Saudi backers Dr Kevin Fogg, 37, was dismissed from role at Centre for Islamic Studies in 2018 Argues that his sexual orientation was against preferences of centre’s trustees Dr Fogg will face the … Read more
University of Chicago’s English Department declares it will only accept applicants interested in working ‘in and with Black studies’ for its next graduate admissions cycle University of Chicago announced in July they’ll only accept students interested in working in and with Black studies English as a subject, the department says, has provided ‘aesthetic rationalizations for … Read more
Tocilizumab doesn’t keep Covid-19 patients alive, researchers have claimed in a blow to the goal of discovering more treatments. Hopes were rising that the drug, originally designed for rheumatoid arthritis, would save lives by halting the immune system ‘storm’ that has killed thousands of infected patients. But doctors in New Jersey have now said there … Read more
The US Navy has been studying young Marine Corps recruits to determine how the novel coronavirus pandemic is affecting the armed forces. The COVID-19 Health Action Response for Marines (CHARM) study has been looking at Marine newcomers between ages 18 and 19 since May 4. Scientists at the Naval Medical Research Center say the primary … Read more
First responders at Ground Zero on 9/11 are at greater risk for dementia than average Americans, two new studies suggest. In addition to being vulnerable to certain cancers as a result of exposure to toxic dust clouding the air in the aftermath of the collapse of the twin towers, firefighters and paramedics may be robbed … Read more