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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Isolated. Abused. Overworked. These are the themes that emerged when I invited nine Black women to chronicle their professional experiences and relationships with colleagues as they earned their Ph.D.s at a public university in the Midwest. I featured their writings in to get my Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction. …

In “Dune: Part 2,” Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) rallies the Fremen people against the oppressive House Harkonnen, leading to an epic clash that unites characters from across the galaxy that author Frank Herbert first visited in his 1965 science-fiction novel “Dune.” Director Denis Villeneuve’s sequel, which comes out on Friday, March 1, is a complex portrait of a people at war that has already garnered widespread critical acclaim. Naturally, any game that’s officially tied to it must echo that sense of scale and…

In December, the US Census proposed changes to how it categorizes disability. If implemented, the changes would have slashed the number of Americans who are counted as disabled, when experts say that disabled people are already undercounted. The Census opened its proposal to public comment; anyone can submit a comment on a federal agency rulemaking on their own. But in this specific case, the people who were most affected by the proposal had more obstacles in the way of giving their input.  “It was really important to me…

Posted in: Comics, Marvel Comics, Preview | Tagged: star warsIn Star Wars: The High Republic #3, Jedi Master Keeve Trennis faces a dilemma that could alter the galaxy's fate. Will she succeed?Published Mon, 15 Jan 2024 11:27:07 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Star Wars: The High Republic #3 drops on Jan 17 with Jedi Master Keeve Trennis. The issue features a betrayal, an unexpected ally and a monumental Jedi decision. Marvel's latest entry promises grand space opera stakes with treachery and…

Researchers found that Ice Age sabertooth cats and dire wolves had a high rate of osteochondrosis in their joints, based on over 1,500 limb bones studied from the La Brea Tar Pits. This research suggests a potential link between these ancient species’ health issues and those of modern domestic animals. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Study finds surprisingly high incidence of osteochondrosis in these extinct predators.Ice Age sabertooth cats and dire wolves experienced a high incidence of bone disease in their joints, according…

As the Israeli military pounded Gaza City in early November, Dr. Hammam Alloh made his way through the city’s Al Shifa Hospital. Days later, Israel’s assault on the hospital would trap staff and patients inside while reserve fuel ran out. But that day, on his rounds, he watched as his patients suffered — even as he lacked the basic resources to help them. Related Israel’s total siege on Gaza stopped access to food, fuel, medicine, and potable water, and left hospitals without access to…

This story is part of CBC Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.The impacts of climate change hit Canada hard in recent years, from the deadly heat dome of 2021 to the country's worst-ever wildfire season last summer. And those devastating environmental disasters provoked a lot of anxiety among pregnant individuals."Pregnancy, even without heat and smoke, is a time when…

If there is an event more synonymous with the folly of man than the Star Wars Holiday Special then no one has yet discovered it. The two-hour, 1978 TV show, which sent Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford’s Han Solo and Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia to Kashyyyk (the home planet of the Wookiees) for something called “Life Day” is notoriously one of the most execrable pieces of entertainment ever committed to film. It has never been re-broadcast, and George Lucas once said he would have personally destroyed each and…

Image: DisneyWith Hollywood actors now striking, it doesn’t just mean that various big budget productions now have to cease. It also means that until the strike is actually done, actors can’t promote any of their upcoming work (those that fall under SAG-AFTRA rules) in any capacity. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future TechAs a result, it means that Disneyland premiere of the upcoming Haunted Mansion reboot was without its top-billed cast, which includes the likes of Rosario Dawson, Lakeith Stanfield, and Danny…

It’s easy pickings to pile on Disney and its woeful recent run at the box office, but things could somehow be about to get even worse if the latest projections surrounding Haunted Mansion are to be believed. Director Justin Simien may have assembled a star-studded cast that features LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, and many more, but the opening weekend estimates are fairly disastrous for a movie that’s estimated to have cost around $157 million…