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Link:  http://www.care2.com/causes/organ-chips-could-replace-animal-experiments.html Imagining a world where thousands upon thousands of animals no longer suffer in biomedical research and drugs actually help the people they’re meant to save may not be as far off a dream as it seems with the development of ‘organ chips.’ A $70 million research project that will develop transparent silicon microchips…

The Big Tech billionaire behind Russia smears and the Trump rape lawsuit.

The momentum of #MeToo on campuses has encouraged advocates to push for a broader definition of misconduct, more-lasting consequences for perpetrators, and accountability to the community.

According to three debut novels: A house in the Hamptons, a mentor she can trust, to “be a slut.”

The Native Scholar Who Wasn’t https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/magazine/cherokee-native-american-andrea-smith.html Andrea SmithCredit...Photo illustration by Joan Wong. Source photograph by Tom Zasadzinski/Cal Poly Pomona; Alamy. Sections The Native Scholar Who Wasn’t More than a decade ago, a prominent academic was exposed for having faked her Cherokee ancestry. Why has her career continued to thrive? Andrea SmithCredit...Photo illustration by Joan Wong. Source photograph by ...

Academias troubling trend: White people passing as people of color CNN 2/16/2021 Analysis by Brandon Tensley, CNN © Jim Cole/AP In this photo taken Wednesday April 6, 2016 students walk past the historic Thompson Hall at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. The water system serving the University is among more than two dozen in New Hampshire that have exceeded the federal lead standard at least once in the last three years. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) By now, its become ...