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Yale professor makes midterm exam optional after election results shocked students

A Yale economics professor made a scheduled test optional after receiving many “heartfelt notes” from students who were in shock…

Three more states approve recreational marijuana in the US

California, Massachusetts, and Nevada approved recreational marijuana on Tuesday. They joined four other states and Washington, D.C., which had already…

Anti-Trump protesters took the streets in Berkeley and Oakland

As Donald Trump defied the odds by becoming the 45th President of the United States, several hundred anti-Trump protesters took…

Low levels of vitamin D linked with increased asthma risk

Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with higher asthma risk, according to a new research presented at this week’s meeting of…

Humans are despoiling all Neanderthal genes present in the DNA

Nearly 100,000 years ago, anatomically modern humans migrated out of Africa and encountered a similar species in their way: the…

Republican Congress sets priorities: Goodbye Obamacare

Congressional Republicans announced to enact quick actions to push forward Donald Trump’s agenda, taking advantage of the GOP majority in…

Colorado to allow medically-assisted suicide

The people of Colorado have voted Proposition 106, the “End-of-life options act,” where two consenting physicians are allowed to deem an…

Elephant poachers are in the rise, study says

In 1990, the international community came to an agreement that bans the international trade of elephant ivory. Also, in 2016,…

The Simpsons predicted Trump’s presidency back in 2000

16 years ago, The Simpsons predicted that Donald Trump would become the president of the United States. The episode aired…

Antibody avoids microcephaly and other Zika effects in developing fetus

A study revealed that ZIKV-117, anti-Zika antibody, can protect developing fetuses from the virus and its most common consequence: Microcephaly.…