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Court decisions vs political pressure in justice

In criminal court matters in democratic countries, after a suspect is arrested and tried, if found guilty who has the final say in court decisions? Is it the prime minister and, by extension, the government in power, or is it the court’s adjudicator guided by our written laws? When you hear a senior counsel (one

NASA, NAACP Partner to Advance Diversity, Inclusion in STEM Fields

During an event Thursday, NASA and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) signed a Space Act Agreement to increase engagement and equity for underrepresented students pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and to improve access to agency activities and opportunities. “NASA and the NAACP share a longstanding commitment to

NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Crewmates Return

NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko, will depart from the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, and return to Earth. Dyson, Chub, and Kononenko will undock from the orbiting laboratory’s Prichal module at 4:37 a.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 23, heading for a parachute-assisted landing at

WNBA Playoffs: Schedule, matchups, how to watch, where to watch

Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Connecticut Sun host the Indiana Fever, the Las Vegas Aces host the Seattle Storm, and two other first-round matchups are set. The WNBA playoffs are here, and first-round match-ups are set, with play beginning on Sunday, September 22nd…  » …

Triptans Trump Newer, More Expensive Meds for Acute Migraine

Four triptans are more effective for acute migraine than newer, more expensive medications for this headache type, new research suggested. Results of a large systematic review and meta-analysis showed that eletriptan, rizatriptan, sumatriptan, and zolmitriptan were more effective than lasmiditan, rimegepant, and ubrogepant, which investigators found were as effective as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs…  » …

Five Steps to Improve Colonoscopy Performance

As quality indicators and benchmarks for colonoscopy increase in coming years, gastroenterologists must think about ways to improve performance across the procedure continuum. According to several experts who spoke at the American Gastroenterological Association’s Postgraduate Course this spring, which was offered at Digestive Disease Week (DDW…  » …