Editor’s note: Robert Bruno is a professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the director of the Labor...

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Will a coronavirus vaccine be a cure-all?

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Editor’s note: Global health authorities are frantically pursuing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the hope that it will allow everyone...

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Where does the U.S. withdrawal leave the World Health Organization?

asianct - August 20, 2020 0

Editor’s note: The Trump administration gave formal notice in July that it intends to withdraw from the World Health Organization – an...

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Reuters: Billionaire Sumner Redstone, media mogul who headed Viacom, dead at 97

asianct - August 12, 2020 0

Viacom and CBS Chairman Emeritus Sumner Redstone, the media mogul who took his father’s movie theater chain and built it into an...

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Obituary: Olivia de Havilland, star of Hollywood’s Golden Age

asianct - July 27, 2020 0

Dame Olivia de Havilland, who has died at 104 in Paris, was one of the last survivors of Hollywood's Golden Age.

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Why is the NFL team in Washington, D.C., changing its name?

asianct - July 22, 2020 0

The NFL team in the nation’s capital will no longer be the Redskins. The name is being retired. Jay Rosenstein, a Center for...

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Can Major League Baseball owners, players avoid another work stoppage?

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Editor’s note: Daniel A. Gilbert is a labor and history professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and author of the 2013 book “Expanding the Strike...

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Sharing the beauty and wonder of physics

asianct - July 17, 2020 0

SOME YEARS AGO, an acquaintance realized he was on the same flight as physics professor Nadya Mason when he overheard a conversation between...

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BBC: Magic School Bus author Joanna Cole dies at 75

asianct - July 16, 2020 0

Joanna Cole, writer of the award-winning Magic School Bus series which made science fun for generations of children, has died at the...

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NPR: ‘Mythbusters’ Star Grant Imahara, Electrical Engineer And Robotics Wiz, Dies At 49

asianct - July 14, 2020 0

Electrical engineer, robotics wiz, Mythbusters' cast member, Disney consultant, TV host and Hollywood animatronics designer Grant Imahara died Monday. He was 49.

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What tips can help educators convert in-person courses to online instruction?

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What are the special or unique challenges of adapting medical education to online delivery, and how can those be addressed or overcome?

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CNN: Dalai Lama Fast Facts

asianct - July 6, 2020 0

The Dalai Lamas are considered the manifestations of the Bodhisattva (Buddha) of Compassion, who chose to reincarnate to serve the people.

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