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Mysterious Illness Claims Over 70 Lives in Sudanese Town Under Siege

At least 73 people have died under mysterious circumstances in the Sudanese town of Al Hilaliya, which is currently under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF). The Sudanese Medical Union, as reported by Reuters, stated that the cause of death remains unclear, though those affected have been showing symptoms of severe diarrhea, overwhelming the local hospital.

Dr. Roy Vagelos: The Greek Angel of Columbia University Donates $1 Billion for Pharmaceutical Research

In mid-April of this year, Columbia University, a distinguished member of the Ivy League alongside institutions like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, became the epicenter of significant student protests triggered by the conflict in Gaza, which claimed thousands of civilian lives, including many children.

Jonathan Haidt – A shocking book: “Smartphones harm children’s mental health”

In a week, the new school year will begin, which this year is dominated by the announcement from the Ministry of Education regarding the ban on the use of smartphones in schools. One of the reasons for this move was Jonathan Haidt’s book: About one in five people on the planet -one in ten in Greece-belongs to Generation Z, or GenZers, also known as Zoomers.

Not your daddy’s Freud

In the fall of 2020, Ilan Zechory stepped down as president of Genius, the annotation site he founded with two friends from Yale. After more than a decade at the startup, he could have been forgiven for taking a break.

Now Zechory is hard at work again, though not running another zeitgeisty digital media site. Instead, the 39-year-old is training to be a psychoanalyst.

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