(2021-05-05). Shocking omissions: 'Capitalism's Conscience — 200 Years Of The Guardian' — John Pilger and Jonathan Cook respond. mronline.org 
Freedman notes that Guardian editor, Kath Viner, promised that her newspaper would 'challenge the economic assumptions of the last three decades', 'challenge the powerful' and 'use clarity and imagination to build hope'. | May 5, 2021…
(2021-05-05). Behind the lives lost during the pandemic lie India's failing public institutions. mronline.org 
The privatisation model pursued by successive governments, in health to education, has led to the perpetuation of class and caste divides, with the poor often left to suffer. | May 5, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-05-05). At Supreme Court, billionaires argue they're like NAACP in 1958 Alabama. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (PAI)—In 1958, in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education and the Montgomery bus boycott, and using its power to regulate out-of-state corporations, Alabama demanded the NAACP disclose its Alabama members' names and addresses. Fearing the effect on its membership, the NAACP refused. A unanimous Supreme Court sided with the NAACP. The U.S. …
(2021-05-05). Selected Articles: A Vaxxing Question. globalresearch.ca 
By In 1956 German pharmaceutical company Chemie Gràºnenthal GmbH, licensed a new experimental drug designed to treat colds, flu, nausea and morning sickness. Known as Distaval in the UK, Distillers Biochemicals …
(2021-05-05). WHO To Use Big Data To Detect Future Pandemics. telesurenglish.net The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced the creation of a "Global Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence," a Berlin-based research center that will seek to detect pandemics in advance using big data and artificial intelligence. | RELATED: | "Viruses move fast, but data can move even faster. With the right information, countries and communities can stay one step ahead of emergencies and save l…
(2021-05-05). European Coordination Needed To Fight Science Disinformation. eurasiareview.com In a new report, ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, examines the potential of technical and policy measures to tackle science disinformation and calls for improved European exchange and coordination in this field. | While disinformation strategies are intoxicating public discourses in many fields, science disinformation is particularly dangerous to democratic governance and society at large. As highlighted by the ongoing pandemic, an undermining of trust in science poses a fundamental threat to political and individual decisions based on evidence and scientific knowledge.
(2021-05-05). High vaccination rate is key to future course of COVID-19 pandemic, Mayo Clinic computer modeling shows. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The Mayo Clinic data scientists who developed highly accurate computer modeling to predict trends for COVID-19 cases nationwide have new research that shows how important a high rate of vaccination is to reducing case numbers and controlling the pandemic. Vaccination is making a striking difference in Minnesota and keeping the current level of positive cases …
(2021-05-05). Mayo Clinic researchers question effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for solid organ transplant patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A small study from Mayo Clinic researchers raises the concern that some transplant patients may have a limited immune response after being vaccinated for COVID-19 with an mRNA vaccine. Their findings are published as a letter to the editor in the American Journal of Transplantation. The letter covers seven organ transplant recipients …
(2021-05-05). Is the Genetic COVID Vaccine Creating a Hurricane Inside Cells of the Body? globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Picture this: Contrary …
(2021-05-05). Forest Fires Drive Expansion Of Savannas In Heart Of Amazon. eurasiareview.com White-sand savannas are expanding in the heart of the Amazon as a result of recurring forest fires, according to a study published in the journal Ecosystems. | The study was supported by FAPESP, and conducted by Bernardo Monteiro Flores, currently a postdoctoral fellow in ecology at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Brazil, and Milena Holmgren, a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. | "The edges of the Amazon Rainforest have long been considered the most vulnerable parts owing to expansion of the agricultural frontier. This degradat…
(2021-05-05). Greta Thunberg And Fridays For Future, From Global Myth To Local Mobilization. eurasiareview.com In 2019 the climate movement experienced an unprecedented growth in its mobilization capacity and its political and media impact. The success of the movement is closely linked to the figure of Greta Thunberg and the global impact of her discourse and the "Fridays for Future" movement in hundreds of cities around the world. | A study by Silvia Díaz-Pérez, Roger Soler-i-Martí and Mariona Ferrer-Fons, members of the UPF JOVIS research group of the Department of Communication, analyses the activist's speeches and messages on social networks and their legitimization through her personal story, and it also looks int…
(2021-05-05). Colombians Keep Protesting Despite Curfew. telesurenglish.net Human rights advocate Andres Maiz confirmed that Colombians remained in the streets protesting on Tuesday night despite the curfew imposed by President Ivan Duque. | RELATED: | "Duque believed the curfew would prevent students, Indigenous people, farmers, and Afro-descendants from continue protesting against the systematic violations of their rights," Maiz said. | Colombians also rejected the statements made by former Presid…
(2021-05-05). A Very British Case: Postmasters and Miscarriages of Justice. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. British justice is …
(2021-05-05). Mayo Clinic celebrating all things green for Earth Day. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Earth Day was founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues. The global celebration is sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on green living. ___________________________________________________ Mayo Clinic is celebrating all things green this week to recognize Earth Day and the importance of environmental protection practices, celebrate …
(2021-05-05). Corona Enlightenment Offensive and The primal need. indybay.org At the end of 2019, the online medium Rubikon founded its own book publishing company just in time before the start of the Corona Crisis, in order to offer its content to a broad public in a sustainable way offline and to promote a more democratic formation of opinion. Today, this decision enables the Rubikon to launch a Corona education offensive.
(2021-05-05). New Study: Agricultural Pesticides Cause Widespread Harm to Soil Health, Threaten Biodiversity. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. A
(2021-05-05). NATO Summit to Discuss Ukraine's Membership Next Month. Nuland Accompanies Blinken to Kiev. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The president of …
(2021-05-05). Sanctions Are War. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Broad economic sanctions …
(2021-05-05). Loan Applications Processed Around Midday More Likely To Be Rejected. eurasiareview.com Bank credit officers are more likely to approve loan applications earlier and later in the day, while 'decision fatigue' around midday is associated with defaulting to the safer option of saying no. | These are the findings of a study by researchers in Cambridge's Department of Psychology, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science. | Decision fatigue is the tiredness caused by having to make difficult decisions over a long period. Previous studies have shown that people suffering from decision fatigue tend to fall back on the 'default decision': choosing whatever option is easier or seems safer. | Th…
(2021-05-05). New App Makes Bitcoin More Secure. eurasiareview.com A computer science engineer at Michigan State University has a word of advice for the millions of bitcoin owners who use smartphone apps to manage their cryptocurrency: don't. Or at least, be careful. Researchers from MSU are developing a mobile app to act as a safeguard for popular but vulnerable "wallet" applications used to manage cryptocurrency. | "More and more people are using bitcoin wallet apps on their smartphones," said Guan-Hua Tu, an assistant professor in MSU's College of Engineering who works in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. "But these applications have vulnerabilities." | S…
(2021-05-05). Cayman Islands Sea Turtles Back From Brink. eurasiareview.com Sea turtles in the Cayman Islands are recovering from the brink of local extinction, new research shows. | Monitoring from 1998-2019 shows loggerhead and green turtle nest numbers increased dramatically, though hawksbill turtle nest numbers remain low. | In the first counts in 1998-99, just 39 sea turtle nests were found in total on the three islands. By 2019, the figure was 675. | Captive breeding of green turtles and inactivity of a traditional turtle fishery due to tightening of restrictions in 2008 contributed to this – but populations remain far below historical levels and still face threats including ill…
(2021-05-05). Can Guantánamo Ever be Shut Down? globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. The Guantánamo conundrum …
(2021-05-05). [Research Paper] After the initial fracture in postmenopausal women, where do subsequent fractures occur? thelancet.com Increased risk of subsequent fracture is observed for all fracture types across all ages. Women who experience any of these fractures should be targeted for interventions to prevent subsequent fractures.
(2021-05-05). Boris Johnson's Lies Don't Harm Him Because the UK's Political System Is More Corrupt than He Is. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Britain's corporate media …
(2021-05-05). Confirmation Of An Auroral Phenomenon Discovered By Finns. eurasiareview.com A new auroral phenomenon discovered by Finnish researchers a year ago is probably caused by areas of increased oxygen atom density occurring in an atmospheric wave channel. The speculative explanation offered by the researchers gained support from a new study. | Observations made by University of Helsinki researchers increased the validity of a speculative mechanism according to which a type of aurora borealis named 'dunes' is born. In the new study, photographs of the phenomenon taken by an international group of hobbyists in Finland, Norway and Scotland were compared to concurrent satellite data. | The rare…
(2021-05-05). Mayo Clinic's New Research Building Growing to 11 Floors. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The long tradition of biomedical innovation that makes up Mayo Clinic's DNA will continue with the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Building on the Rochester, Minnesota, campus, set to open in the fourth quarter of 2023. Research is the engine that drives advances in medical care, and the new facility will enable the …
(2021-05-05). Mayo Clinic preclinical discovery triggers wound healing, skin regeneration. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Difficult-to-treat, chronic wounds in preclinical models healed with normal scar-free skin after treatment with an acellular product discovered at Mayo Clinic. Derived from platelets, the purified exosomal product, known as PEP, was used to deliver healing messages into cells of preclinical animal models of ischemic wounds. The Mayo Clinic research team documented …
(2021-05-05). Science Saturday: Using AI to reveal causes of complex diseases. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Researchers within Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that can uncover causal drivers and relationships embedded within complex biomedical data. Nicholas Chia, Ph.D.,?John Kalantari, Ph.D., and Kia Khezeli, Ph.D., recently tested their machine-learning framework, called Causal Relation and Inference Search Platform (CRISP) on multiomic colorectal cancer samples alongside …
(2021-05-05). British MPs Sign Parliamentary Motion in Support of Normalising Relations Between Cuba and the US and Ending the Blockade. globalresearch.ca Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Fifty seven British …
(2021-05-05). US Voters Split Nearly 50-50 on Whether Trump Facebook Ban Should Last Forever, Poll Shows. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Americans came close to a perfect 50-50 split on whether they support or oppose former President Donald Trump's permanent removal from Facebook and other social media platforms, a new PEW Research Center poll revealed on Wednesday.
(2021-05-05). New Application Of AI Removes One Of Biggest Roadblocks In Astrophysics. eurasiareview.com Using a bit of machine learning magic, astrophysicists can now simulate vast, complex universes in a thousandth of the time it takes with conventional methods. The new approach will help usher in a new era in high-resolution cosmological simulations, its creators report in a study published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. | "At the moment, constraints on computation time usually mean we cannot simulate the universe at both high resolution and large volume," says study lead author Yin Li, an astrophysicist at the Flatiron Institute in New York City. "With our new technique, it's possi…
(2021-05-05). Can China's Commercial Space Sector Achieve Lift Off? — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By R Lincoln Hines* | China China's space industry is dominated by two state-owned enterprises (SOEs): the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corpo…
(2021-05-05). Apple Invests $410Mln in Optical Tech Firm That Supports Face Recognition. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A US tech company named II-VI, a leading developer of optical technology, received a $410 million award from Apple Computer's Advanced Manufacturing Fund to develop new components for the iPhone, Apple said on Wednesday.
(2021-05-05). Denver Students Organize Sit-in for Black Lives Lost to Police Violence. unicornriot.ninja  …
(2021-05-05). Student Debt Is Devastating American Families—Here's How. thenation.com Student Debt Is Devastating American Families—Here's How…
(2021-05-05). Student Debt Is Devastating American Families—Here's How. thenation.com Student Debt Is Devastating American Families—Here's How…
(2021-05-05). Mexico Vaccinates Teachers To Resume Face-to-Face Classes. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Health Ministry informed on the beginning of teacher vaccinations in 9 out of 32 states, aiming to resume face-to-face classes as soon as possible. | RELATED: | "On Tuesday, we started immunizing teachers in the states of Jalisco and Nuevo Leon. Today, we kicked off the vaccination of professionals in Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Morelos, and San Luis Potosi," Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell announced. | The vaccination…
(2021-05-05). Burma, Moral Character And ASEAN — OpEd. eurasiareview.com For the religious adherence of the world, one might be wondering of whether the people residing in Southeast Asia, ever has a moral obligation, just by witnessing the treatment of Burmese given by the group known as ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). It can be witnessed that Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, are staunch Buddhist countries, while Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei are Muslim countries, Philippines is Christian and the Singaporean believes in Confucianism, a traditional philosophy of humanistic, rationalistic religion, and yet not a single aspect of all the world's religious teachings ar…
(2021-05-05). 'I Am Legend – Dad Bod Edition': Will Smith Vows to Get 'Best Shape' of His Life in Shirtless Video. sputniknews.com Earlier this week, Will Smith sparked an online storm when he posted an Instagram photo of himself in a pair of boxer briefs and unzipped windbreaker, looking… less toned than usual. The actor, who once played a professional "date doctor" who makes a living teaching men how to woo women, confessed: "I'm in the worst shape of my life".
(2021-05-04). Time for U.S. foreign policy to abandon Cold War strategies. peoplesworld.org 
Passing the 100-day mark of President Joe Biden's administration, one word we hear often is "bold." From the passage of the American Rescue Plan (to fight the coronavirus), to important changes proposed in the American Jobs Plan (on infrastructure), and his American Families Plan (expand paid family and medical leave, pre-school education, free community college, …
(2021-05-04). Supreme Court tackles student free speech in social media age. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court's nine justices descended recently from their legal ivory tower, so to speak, to tackle a free speech case important to at least 50 million students—and their schools and parents, too. That's how many students are in K-12 public schools, ruled by administrators and local school boards. And that's at least how …
(2021-05-04). Squad & Co: Unite as a Block to Downsize Biden's Military Budget. dissidentvoice.org 
Photo credit: ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) Imagine this scenario: A month before the vote on the federal budget, progressives in Congress declared, "We've studied President Biden's proposed $753 billion military budget, an increase of $13 billion from Trump's already inflated budget, and we can't, in good conscience, support this." Now that would …
(2021-05-04). Selected Articles: India, COVID and the Need for Scientific Integrity Not Sensationalism. globalresearch.ca 
By In his report, Tengra offers scientific evidence that strongly indicates asymptomatic transmission is not significant. He asserts that as these cases comprise most …
(2021-05-04). Progressives in Congress Should Unite to Slash Biden's Military Budget. truthout.org 
Imagine this scenario: A month before the vote on the federal budget, progressives in Congress declare, "We've studied President Biden's proposed $753 billion military budget, an increase of $13 billion from Trump's already inflated budget, and we can't, in good conscience, support this." | Now that would be a show-stopper, particularly if they added, "So we have decided to stand united, arm in arm, as a block of 'no' votes on any federal budget resolution that fails to reduce military spending by 1…
(2021-05-04). Alabama right wing scapegoats LGBTQ people as crisis escalates. peoplesworld.org 
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed HB 391 into law on April 23, which when it comes into effect, will ban transgender individuals from participating in sporting events that align with their gender. Specifically, it bans schools from allowing students to compete against those who are not their "biological gender" unless the event specifically allows—in …
(2021-05-04). A Federal Appeals Court Will Decide if Trans Students Can Continue to Play School Sports. aclu.org 
This year, more than 30 states introduced laws banning trans students from participating in school sports. This is part of an ongoing assault on trans youth — particularly transgender girls — that has been brewing for years. In 2020, Idaho became the first state to pass such a law and the ACLU quickly filed suit along with Legal Voice and Cooley LLP. Yesterday, my colleague Chase Strangio argued in the first case about a law banning trans women and girls from sports to reach an appeals court. The decision in this case will be pivotal as other states adopt similarly discriminatory laws. | Shortly af…
(2021-05-04). Squad & Co: Unite as a Block to Downsize Biden's Military Budget. counterpunch.org 
A month before the vote on the federal budget, progressives in Congress declared, "We've studied President Biden's proposed $753 billion military budget, an increase of $13 billion from Trump's already inflated budget, and we can't, in good conscience, support this." Now that would be a show stopper, particularly if they added, "So we have decided
(2021-05-04). New Report Sheds Light on Vaccine Doomsday Cult. globalresearch.ca "The risk-benefit calculus is therefore clear: the experimental vaccines are needless, …
(2021-05-04). New Report Sheds Light on Vaccine Doomsday Cult. globalresearch.ca An explosive new study by researchers at the prestigious Salk Institute casts doubt on the current crop of gene-based vaccines that may pose a grave risk to public health. While the paper focuses strictly on Covid-related issues, it unavoidably raises questions about the new vaccines that contain billions of spike proteins that could greatly increase the chances of severe illness or death.
(2021-05-04). PREVIEW: What to Look for in the April Jobs Report. cepr.net (The monthly Employment Situation is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, May 7th at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) The economy added 916,000 jobs in March, it will likely do even better in April. With the vaccination process moving rapidly, infection rates falling, and pandemic restrictions being relaxed almost everywhere, people are …