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Mar292021 by adminNo Comments

Survey: 1 in 5 Colorado high school students has access to a handgun

Health

March 29 (UPI) -- Roughly one-fifth of high school students in Colorado report having access to a handgun, according to the results of a survey published Monday by the Journal of Pediatrics. Advertisement Students were 24% more likely to report easy handgun access if they felt sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks, the data showed. In addition, they were about 30% more likely to report easy handgun access if they had attempted suicide or had been in a physical fight in the past year, the researchers behind the survey said. "Our findings highlight that it is relatively easy to access a handgun in Colorado for high school students," study co-author Ashley Brooks-Russell said in a press release. "This finding, combined with the high prevalence of feeling sad or depressed and suicid...

Mar252021 by adminNo Comments

Watch: Virginia school finds student’s lost wallet after 70 years

Business

March 24 (UPI) -- Officials at a Virginia school where a wallet was found during a remodeling project are returning the item to the woman who lost it as a student nearly 70 years earlier. Poquoson City Public Schools officials said a contractor working on the renovation project at Poquoson Middle School was going through the rubble of the building's demolished gym when he found a wallet in some duct work. Advertisement The wallet's contents included 85 cents, some Santa Claus stamps from 1951, a 1951 calendar and a pair of photos. Information found in the wallet identified the owner as Ester French, 85, who moved to Connecticut in 1957. School officials were able to contact French through a relative who still lives in the area, and the woman said she remembered losing her wallet during th...

Feb252021 by adminNo Comments

Survey finds ‘slutpage’ use may be common among U.S. college students

Science

Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Viewing and uploading to so-called slutpages -- mobile apps, websites and email lists that include non-consensual nude or semi-nude pictures of women -- is fairly common among college students in the United States, according to a new survey. Researchers at Michigan State University surveyed students at a large U.S. university, finding the problem of collecting, viewing and sharing pictures of women without their consent is a growing problem not only with teenagers, but also with college students. Advertisement Among participants in the survey, one in three admitted to viewing slutpages. Ten percent of respondents said they had used a secret photo storing app to collect or share nude images. And one in thirty admitted to posting nude images or videos online without the su...

Jan242021 by adminNo Comments

UK students create 3D-printed coral structures that could rebuild world’s damaged reefs

Technology

Students at the University of Exeter have developed an environmentally friendly technique that could help to rebuild coral reefs.The project, called CalcifEXE, uses genetically modified bacteria to make calcium carbonate, which can then be shaped into coral "backbones" using a 3D printer. The scientists hope they can then attach live coral to the backbones, before placing them in the ocean to grow new reefs."It will be lovely to think that it's going to become a new weapon in the fight against climate change," Dr Mark Hewlett, the students' supervisor, told Sky News. Image: Using genetically modified bacteria to make calcium carbonate produces no emissions, the scientists say Production of high quality calcium carbonate usually requir...

Sep242020 by adminNo Comments

Quarantine ordered for 2,500 students at elite Swiss school

Health

Swiss health authorities have ordered a quarantine for 2,500 students at a prestigious hospitality school after “significant outbreaks” of COVID-19 that are suspected to be the byproduct of off-campus partyingBy NADINE ACHOUI-LESAGE and JAMEY KEATEN Associated PressSeptember 24, 2020, 9:44 AM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleLAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Swiss health authorities have ordered a quarantine for a staggering 2,500 students at a prestigious hospitality management school in the city of Lausanne after “significant outbreaks" of the coronavirus that are a suspected byproduct of off-campus partying.Authorities in Switzerland's Vaud canton, or region, said all undergraduates at the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne, known as the Lausanne Hospitality Management Univ...