The Forgotten Woman Who Transformed Forensics
Designed to gather and preserve biological evidence found on the body of a person reporting a sexual assault, it introduced standardized forensics into the investigation of rape where there had ...
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A woman invented the rape kit. So why was a man given credit for it?
Rape kits were widely known as "Vitullo Kits" after a Chicago police sergeant. But a new book tells the story of Marty ...
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China Reacts As WHO Issues Reminder About COVID Responsibility
China has responded after the World Health Organization (WHO) again urged it to disclose data that could shed more light on the origins of COVID-19, which killed over 7 million people worldwide ...
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Five years on, WHO urges China to share COVID-19 origins data
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday (Dec 30) implored China to share data and access to help understand how COVID-19 began, five years on from the start of the pandemic that ...
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The Young And The Restless Spoilers Thursday, Jan 2 UPDATE: Mariah vs Ian, Sharon Vanishes, Nick’s Clue
The Young and the Restless spoilers reveal there is no new episode on Wednesday, January 1. So, what’s happening on Thursday, January 2, 2025? Fans will see Mariah Copeland (Camryn Grimes) react to ...
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Homebrewing helped spark the craft beer boom. Now interest is waning.
On the first Thursday in October, the only homebrew supply shop in New York City held its final homebrew swap. John LaPolla, who owned Bitter & Esters with business partner Douglas Amport since ...
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William Thilly, MIT genetics professor who invented Apple Jacks cereal, dies at 79
William Thilly had many job titles during his life: groundbreaking researcher into human genetic mutations, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, and the inventor of Kellogg’s Apple ...
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Who invented the airplane? What to know about the first flight and who was responsible.
They really pioneered the practice of aeronautical engineering we see today." Who invented the first successful airplane depends on how people define an aircraft, Paone said. Wilbur and Orville ...
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Why do they call it Boxing Day? How Victorians invented it
Boxing Day is usually spent letting the children destroy the house with their new toys and gadgets, while adults head out to some of the biggest shopping sales of the year. Others take the day to ...
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Digging Into Claims the CIA Invented the Term 'Conspiracy Theory' in the 1960s
The idea that the CIA invented the term is itself a bit of a conspiracy theory. An earlier post on X, shared Nov. 22, 2024, tied the claim to the late-1960s release of a CIA memo, writing ...