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What’s the secret of the supercentenarians? They don’t really exist

Many people say they’re living to 100-plus years. But research lauded with an Ig Nobel prize shows some claims are spurious

The Guardian - UK

Robert Stern obituary

Other lives: Professor at Sheffield University who was one of the leading British philosophers of his generation

The Guardian - UK

S.Africa's HIV Research Power Couple Says Fight Goes On

Through decades of pioneering work on fighting the spread of infectious diseases such as HIV, South African public health power couple Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim are credited with saving thousands of lives.

International Business Times

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Emma Mackey has found her power

“I don't think empowerment is something that can be cultivated individually; it's something that needs to be fed and nourished by other people.”

Marie Claire

Backside Breathing And Pigeon Bombers Studies Win Ig Nobel Prizes

Mammals that can breathe through their backsides, homing pigeons that can guide missiles and sober worms that outpace drunk ones: these are some of the strange scientific discoveries that won this year's Ig Nobels, the quirky alternative to the Nobel prizes.

International Business Times

Pigeon-guided missiles, rats and pigs breathing through their anuses and drunk worms: Ig Nobels celebrate science’s wackiest discoveries

The Ig Nobels were founded by a science humor magazine in 1991 to honor the imaginative and unusual in science

The Independent UK

Ig Nobel prize goes to team who found mammals can breathe through anuses

Scientific research on pigeon missiles and dead trout also win at awards for amusing studies with serious implications

The Guardian - UK

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Pigeon-guided bombs, dead trout and hair whorls triumph at spoof Nobel prizes

Research on lactating cows and anus-breathing mammals also picked up awards.

The Independent UK

The new politics of blame: why Donald Trump craves your rage – and three ways to resist the game

The Nobel prize-winning economist Elinor Ostrom once wrote about “the danger of self-evident truths” within academic research, warning that they were often wrong, or at the very least misleading.

The Conversation

Ballon d'Or: What is the Gerd Muller Trophy?

The Gerd Muller Trophy will be handed out at the Ballon d'Or ceremony

FourFourTwo

UK’s science minister declares end to Tory ‘war on universities’

Peter Kyle, who applied to university three times, said Tory government’s ‘war’ on higher education was over

The Guardian - UK

Where’s British pride in our contribution to science and the Enlightenment?

Letters: Andrew King and David Redshaw respond to the results of a survey that tracked pride in Britain’s history

The Guardian - UK

Vietnamese helping victims of Agent Orange used by US troops in Vietnam War among Magsaysay winners

A Vietnamese doctor who has helped seek justice for victims of the powerful defoliant dioxin “Agent Orange” used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War is among this year’s winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards — regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize

The Independent UK

Bangladesh’s interim government lifts ban on Jamaat-e-Islami party

Caretaker administration says ex-PM Hasina’s claims of its ‘terrorist activities’ during student protests were baseless.

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Economists like competition but not when it comes to their own field of research

Winners of prizes such as the Nobel are concentrated in a handful of universities, which runs the risk of narrowing debate

Reason

Unusual Fraud Claim Against Scientific Co-Author Over Alleged Research Problems Fizzles Out

The claim was brought too late, the court holds, and the associated defamation claim is barred by the judicial proceeding privilege.

The Guardian - UK

Row at Royal Society over bid to re-elect former president to head ‘boys’ club’

Exclusive: Fellows divided as council reportedly puts forward Sir Paul Nurse for role never held by a woman

Reason

Hiring a Research Fellow in Free Speech Law for 1 or 2 Years, at the Hoover Institution (Stanford)

This was just announced today; if you're interested, please apply, and if you know people who might be interested, please pass this along to them. Opportunity for Post-JD Scholars The Hoover Institution at Stanford University is seeking an outstanding early-career legal scholar interested in researching free speech law, in preparation…

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Against "Law and Political Economy"

I have a new paper out critiquing the "Law and Political Economy" Project. The Hewlett Foundation funds the project, based at the Yale Law School, as part of its nine-figure war on "neoliberalism." As I describe in the paper, LPE's website announces that the Project "brings together a network of…

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Tsung-Dao Lee obituary

Theoretical physicist who won the Nobel prize with Chen Ning Yang in 1957 for their work on subatomic particles

Dynamite News

Prof Yunus sustains faith in Hindus, says "Rights are equal for everyone

Dhaka Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor of the interim government of Bangladesh, visited the historic Dhakeshwari Temple in Dhaka in Dhaka on Tuesday, where he assured the minorities in Bangladesh of their safety and security in the country. Read further on Dynamite News:

Reason

New Faculty-Edited Law Journal

Looks like an excellent project, and with top editors: Launching JLEA Journal of Law and Empirical Analysis The Journal of Law and Empirical Analysis solicits papers that offer empirical evidence on questions of importance for the law. In addition to rigorous work permitting causal inference, it is open to qualitative…

The Independent UK

Bangladesh interim leader Yunus says resignations of officials close to the ousted Hasina are legal

The head of Bangladesh’s interim government says the high-profile resignations of authorities close to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are legal after student leaders who organized protests against Hasina’s government issued ultimatums for them to quit

The Guardian - UK

Oleg Orlov: the veteran dissident who accepted jail to ‘show there is resistance inside Russia’

The trenchant critic of Putin was released this month, but says he saw captivity as an integral part of his campaign

France 24

Bangladesh's chief justice resigns after fresh protests at Supreme Court

Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan handed in his resignation on Saturday, two days after Bangladesh’s new interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in. The resignation came after fresh protests broke out on the premises of the Supreme Court, with demonstrators calling for top judges to step down.

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