(2024-02-29). 12 monks receive Buddhism's highest degree in Xizang. ecns.cn Twelve monks obtained the degree of Geshe Lharampa following a sutra debate on Wednesday. Geshe Lharampa is the highest degree in the exoteric teachings of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, equivalent to a doctoral degree in modern education.
(2024-02-29). Despite Zionists Shutdown of School, BA Labor Conf for Palestine with Hundreds Goes on. indybay.org Despite the action of East Bay Zionists to shutdown a school where an education conference on Palestine and labor was being held, the participants moved the conference to the front of the school and parking lot and went ahead with the meeting.
(2024-02-29). The People of Gaza Are Being Deliberately Starved. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-29). Apple reportedly cancels EV project, to focus more on AI. ecns.cn After spending billions of dollars and a decade on research, Apple reportedly is dropping building an electric car and will use some of the project's staff to focus on artificial intelligence.
(2024-02-29). Nation opens first simulated environment for space research. ecns.cn China's first Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure facility passed national-level acceptance review and officially began operations on Tuesday in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.
(2024-02-29). Reporters Without Shame: Top 'Media Rights' Organization Ignores Rampant Killings of Gaza Journalists. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-29). Selected Articles: "Cognitive Warfare": Stop the World Competition for "Control of Human Brains" globalresearch.ca 
By The USA, Russia and China own systems, which are, among others, capable of producing strong electric currents in the ionosphere by transmitting …
(2024-02-29). Indonesia to Offer Tax Perks to Companies Investing in Reforestation of Its New Capital City. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2024-02-29). Johns Hopkins Graduate Student-Workers Picket, Negotiations Stall. popularresistance.org One year ago, graduate student-workers at Johns Hopkins University overwhelmingly voted to unionize under the banner of Teachers and Researchers United (TRU-UE), which is affiliated with United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers. While workers had much to celebrate with their historic union election victory, bargaining a first contract with the university administration has been another story. On February 20, fed up with what workers say have been disrespectful and insufficient offers from the university administration, TRU-UE members held practice pickets on campus to show the administration what's in store…
(2024-02-29). It is dark before the dawn, but Israeli settler colonialism is at an end. By: Ilan Pappe. midwesternmarx.com 
Professor Ilan Pappe spoke at IHRC's annual Genocide Memorial Day in London, UK on 21st January 2024, on the need to understand that the genocide of Palestinians we are currently witnessing, as brutal as it is, is also the demise of the so-called Jewish state. We need to be ready to imagine a new world beyond it.——The idea that Zionism is settler colonialism is not new. Palestinian scholars in the 1960s working in Beirut in the PLO Research Centre had already underst …
(2024-02-29). Iran to launch domestically-built Pars 1 research satellite into orbit. presstv.ir Iran's minister of Communications and Information Technology says the homegrown Pars 1 research satellite is set to be launched into space on Thursday.
(2024-02-29). Joining AUKUS Could Boost New Zealand's Poor Research and Technology Spending — But at What Cost? asia-pacificresearch.com
(2024-02-29). "Is the Israeli occupation of the Gaza strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem legal under international law?" A Palestinian Legal Masterpiece by Dr. Ralph Wilde at the ICJ. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-29). Can heat waves affect whale population?>. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – A recent study showed that the whale population of North Pacific humpback whales has dropped by 20 percent in less than ten years, raising concerns. Scientists believe that the decline is related to marine heat waves.Conservation efforts and the end of commercial whaling in 1976 led to a steady increase in humpback whale numbers in the North Pacific until 2012. However, over the past decade, researchers noticed a decrease in the whale population, according to the Royal Society Open Science journal.ShutterstockA team of 75 scientists utilized a vast photo-identification database to monitor the North Pac…
(2024-02-29). COVID Vaccine Truth Needs Evidence-Based Debate, Not Gag-Orders. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-29). Neoconservatives and Islamophobes, Not Muslims, Are the Real Threat to British Democracy. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-29). Old Problems with the New: Reforming the UN Security Council. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-29). Israel Is an Illegal State. Dr. Ralph Wilde at the ICJ. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-29). Childhood Vaccine Injury: Injured by DTaP and Developed Vaccine-Induced Polio and Paralysis. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-29). What is frontotemporal dementia? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An uncommon group of disorders may cause changes in personality, behavior, language, movement Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, people develop FTD symptoms before age 60. While there is no cure for this progressive decline, FTD research has made significant strides in the past two decades, says Dr. Bradley Boeve (boh-VAY), a Mayo…
(2024-02-29). Types of encephalitis: A Mayo Clinic expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editor's note: February 22 is World Encephalitis Day. Encephalitis is a disease referring to the inflammation or swelling of the brain. Broadly, it can happen because of infections, including viral infections, or the immune system acting up. That's why Dr. Sarosh Irani, a Mayo Clinic neurologist and researcher, says it's essential to recognize World Encephalitis Day. "A number of physicians, and certainly the public, are not aware of encephalitis as an entity. Yet, it is a medical emergency,…
(2024-02-29). Closing the clinical trials disparity gap. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getting sufficient representation of racial and ethnic minority populations in clinical trials remains a pervasive challenge, despite concerted efforts by researchers and mandates set by funding sources and regulatory agencies. A lack of diversity in research results in continued disparities and poorer health outcomes in underrepresented communities. An article in the January edition of Mayo Clinic Proceedings proposes a wide range of strategies to help researchers improve community engagement with underrepresented racial and ethnic populations and…
(2024-02-29). Can you prevent cancer with lifestyle changes? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In the U.S., 4 out of 10 cancer cases are associated with preventable risk factors. That's according to the latest Cancer Progress Report from the American Association for Cancer Research. February is National Cancer Prevention Month, and Dr. Jon Ebbert, medical director of the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, says it's never too late to make lifestyle changes that can decrease your risk of cancer. Watch: Prevent cancer with lifestyle changes youtu.be/__d7F9sEcaQ Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 27) is…
(2024-02-29). How specialized blood cells could transform treatments for inflammatory disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers are studying whether specialized T cells taken from blood could harness the body's immune system to treat or someday cure complex inflammatory diseases. Researchers are probing whether a subset of T cells known as regulatory T cells, or Tregs, have the power to suppress out-of-control immune responses. If so, they want to know if this could offer a new therapeutic option for chronic inflammation that does not respond to standard treatment. William…
(2024-02-29). Spotlight on early detection of 3 heart diseases using ECG-AI. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Too often, the first sign of cardiovascular disease may be a major event like a heart attack, stroke or cardiac arrest. Now, researchers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to flag heart problems earlier, boosting the abilities of a diagnostic test that has been around for over a century — the electrocardiogram (ECG). Early detection of heart disease can make a significant difference in a patient's…
(2024-02-29). Iran successfully launches Pars 1 research satellite into space. presstv.ir Iran successfully puts into orbit the domestically-built Pars 1 research-sensing satellite.
(2024-02-29). Dialectics, Science, and Naturalism: An Outline. By: Rasmus S. Haukedal. midwesternmarx.com 
Should one claim that, unless they have studied the Science of Logic, these scientists don't know what they are doing? Doubtless, they know what they are doing but, philosophically speaking, they often do not know what they know and beyond a certain point this limitation cannot but have a regrettable influence on their work(Sève 2008: 91)IntroductionThe last century saw two prevailing trends between dialectics and science. On one side, Western Marxism, which was define …
(2024-02-29). Horizon Europe is a euphemism for technocracy. expose-news.com Earlier this month the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ("DSIT") published an update on the progress made toward the UK Science and Technology Framework. Within this update is the mention …
(2024-02-29). Belarus' Committee for Science and Technology names areas of development in Year of Quality. eng.belta.by The decree on declaring 2024 the Year of Quality is aimed primarily at continuing to improve and enhance the quality of life of the Belarusian society, to increase the competitiveness of products.
(2024-02-29). Meningitis outbreak kills 20 in northern Nigeria. plenglish.com Abuja, Feb 29 (Prensa Latina) The outbreak, unexpected as usual, of meningitis in northern Nigeria, took the lives of 20 students, official sources reported in a statement circulated in this capital.
(2024-02-29). Sri Lankan university student union prepares another reactionary alliance with opposition parties. wsws.org We warn students and workers that the FSP and IUSF are preparing another political disaster, just as they did during the April—July 2022 mass uprising against former President Rajapakse and his government.
(2024-02-29). Video: Syrian student disappears after entering cave with his friends. albawaba.com ALBAWABA Authorities in Tartus are intensifying their search efforts for a high school student who went missing after a group exploration of the Ein Al-Dalbah cave. The student, identified as Qais Al-Zarzour, was part of a group of nine friends who ventured into the cave on Monday morning.According to reports from Zarzour's friends, they all exited the cave after their exploration except for Zarzour himself, who chose to return to the cave alone and has not been seen since.#ŸÖÿ∫ÿßÿ±ÿ©_ŸÜÿ®ÿπ_ÿߟÑÿØ&Yu…
(2024-02-29). Justice for Nex Benedict! workers.org 
Nex Benedict On Feb. 8, Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Choctaw nonbinary student living on the Cherokee Reservation in Owasso, Oklahoma, died after an attack the day before by three presumably cisgender girls who had been harassing them and their friend. Benedict, who used they/them pronouns, allegedly poured water on the . . . |
(2024-02-29). PDF of February 29 issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF. China: Palestine has right to armed struggle The sacrifice of Aaron Bushnell Students walk out for Palestine Gaza: Hunger as a weapon Imperialist hypocrisy marks Assange persecution Download the PDF. More PDF back-issues here. |
(2024-02-29). 'Arish student': Egyptian girl commits suicide at Arish University. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – The story of an Arish University student has gone viral on social media with people saying that the girl committed suicide after being blackmailed, meanwhile, local newspapers reported that she died of poisoning. Activists online widely shared the Arish student's story and said that the student was abused after someone took private photos of her without her knowledge. Human rights advocates released a campaign online calling for harsh punishment against those who are involved in leading the Arish student to commit suicide by taking private photos of the Egyptian girl and abusing her to share them onlin…
(2024-02-29). NJ Medical Students for Palestinian — Remember the Names of the Victims of Genocide! fightbackbetter.com 
A few months ago, NJMS students came together to write the names of the martyrs of Gaza. On Friday, February…
(2024-02-29). Palestinian Curriculum Workshop March 9. fightbackbetter.com There is an enormous amount of work left to do in our schools around Palestine. On Saturday March 9th, from 11 AM — 1 PM EST, Teaching While Muslim & At this session, teachers will have the opportunity to spend time gathering resources for their specific needs…
The expert spoke about the situation in education in Russia and the BRICS countries…
By Last October 27, I suggested subjects the mainstream media needed to cover relating to the saturation bombing of Gaza and its …
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Philadelphia Over 150 youth from Philadelphia high schools walked out of classes on Feb. 23 to demonstrate for Palestine. Marching from a number of different high schools, they converged on City Hall where several students spoke out or recited poems reflecting the horror and anger at the genocide the U.S. . . . |