Friday, January 31, 2025

Bill Seeking A Ban Of Teens In Social Media Has Been Refiled

United States Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) are re-introducing a bill that aims to ban social media platforms from knowingly letting kids aged under 13 from using them. The bipartisan Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA) was introduced last year, but it...

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Bill On Family Rights Refiled Again

The United States Republicans in the House and Senate introduced a bill last 23 January called the "Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act", upping the fight over parental rights. The goal of bill is to apply the strict scrutiny test to protect parental rights when it...

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Anti-Jew Protestor Suspended From Columbia U

Columbia University released a statement that it has suspended one student after "expediting" its investigation into a group who disrupted a class on Israeli history. Demonstrators handed out flyers with "violent imagery" to students attending a History of Modern Israel class...

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Ben Shelton Hits At "Embarrassing" Australian Tennis Broadcasters

Things are heating up outside the tennis courts after American tennis player Ben Shelton claims that he has been "shocked" by the actions of TV broadcasters at the Australian Open. He called some of the interviews "negative" and "disrespectful". Shelton's comments come just...

Saturday, January 25, 2025

China Determined To Pursue "Strong Education Nation" By 2035

China has issued a strong statement to pursue its first national action plan to build a "strong education nation" by 2035, which it said would help coordinate its education development, improve efficiencies in innovation and build a "strong country". The plan, issued by the...

Monday, January 20, 2025

Australia Open Crowd Gets A Taste Of Their Own Heckling

A victorious Danielle Collins blew kisses to a hostile Australian Open crowd and thanked fans for helping her land a "big fat pay cheque" as she celebrated a win over home hopeful Destanee Aiava. The American 10th seed also slapped her backside and cupped her hands to her...

Friday, January 17, 2025

Racist Students Were Spared By Rutgers From Heavy Penalty

Many Jewish students at Rutgers are accusing the administration President Joe Biden of cutting what they see as a sweetheart deal with the university that lets it off the hook for allowing a persistent culture of antisemitism. The settlement, announced by the Department of...

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Florida Proposal Seeks To Ban Illegal Immigrants From Schools

In the United States, a Florida state lawmaker has introduced a bill to ban illegal migrants from being admitted to some public colleges and universities. Republican state Sen. Randy Fine proposed the legislation the day after GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis called for a special legislative...

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Texas A&M University Cancelled Trip To Conference That Excludes Whites And Asians

Texas A&M University tried to pull a reverse discrimination after specifying that only applicants of a particular race can attend the upcoming conference trip in Chicago. Last 13 January, conservative activist Christopher Rufo posted an image of the university promoting...

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

"China's Glass King" Set To Launch Private University

A new university being proposed by the Chinese billionaire founder of Fuyao Glass Industry Group, the company featured in the Oscar-winning 2019 documentary American Factory, has received preliminary approval from education authorities. The Chinese Ministry of Education granted...

Monday, January 13, 2025

UFC Champ Khabib Nurmgomedov Was Allegedly Asked To Deplane

Frontier Airlines is being called out on social media after a clip surfaced showing a famous UFC fighter get into a dispute on-board until he was escorted off his flight. The video shows Russian hall of fame athlete Khabib Nurmgomedov debating airline staff in the U.S. while...

Saturday, January 11, 2025

3D Holograms Are Becoming Popular

Holograms in 3D are becoming an online gaming trend and may become a staple of science fiction for decades. However, at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, London-based company HYPERVSN is showing off what it says are human-sized, digital avatars that...

Friday, January 10, 2025

BMI or VO2? What Is A Good Measure?

Body mass index (BMI) has been a controversial health measurement for years, with critics pointing out that it can be misleading. For instance, it doesn't distinguish between the muscle mass and fat mass. Still, it's a relatively easy stat for doctors to calculate, so it continues...

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Elisha Cuthbert Is A Trending Topic Right Now

The actress from the 2004 film "The Girl Next Door" is a hot topic in social media in the last two days. Elisha Cuthbert, renowned for her role as Danielle in that film, sparked some interest in social media after a user’s post this question on X (formerly Twitter): "What actor...

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Hard-To-Kill Norovirus Is Spreading Fast

The Norovirus, sometimes called the "winter vomiting disease" or "two-bucket disease" — because it causes both vomiting and diarrhea — is on the rise across the Unites States, even as seasonal flu is taking off and walking pneumonia rages on. Wastewater data and reports from...

Monday, January 6, 2025

Teacher Received $450K For Refusing To Use Preferred Pronouns

A school dstrict in Ohio was forced to pay US$ 450,000 to a middle school teacher who resigned for refusing to address two transgender students by their preferred names and pronouns. Jackson Local School District reached a settlement in December with the teacher, Vivian Geraghty,...

Saturday, January 4, 2025

Baby Sling Warning

A medical examiner issued a warning about the risks from the "babywearing" trend after a six-week-old boy died while being breastfed hands-free in a sling. James Alderman, known as Jimmy, was in the baby carrier while his mother moved around their home at the time of his...

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Korean Researchers Found A Way To Turn Cancer Cells To Normal

There is a trailblazing advancement happening right now in cancer therapy as researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a technology that transforms colon cancer cells into normal-like cells without destroying them. This innovative...

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Djokovic Hits At 'Double Standards' In Tennis

Tennis legend Novak Djokovic has hit out at perceived double standards in tennis doping investigations as he claimed the sport is being "kept in the dark" over the Jannik Sinner case. Djokovic, now being coached by Sir Andy Murray, added his voice to concerns after Nick Kyrgios...