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• AI Analysis of 40,000 Public Comments Reveals Strong American Support for Federal Cannabis Rescheduling

  Published: Apr 30, 2026

  Section: Research

  A joint study by Johns Hopkins University and UC San Diego used artificial intelligence to evaluate the largest body of public input on federal cannabis policy to date. The finding...

• ELIN Group CEO Elizabeth Jack-Rich Positions Africa as Essential Industrial Hub for Global AI Expansion

  Published: Apr 30, 2026

  Section: Africa

  At the UNLEASH Global Business Conference in Washington, Dr. Elizabeth Jack-Rich argued that Africa’s vast physical resources and industrial potential are the foundational requirem...

• New American Heart Association framework reveals brain health is shaped by cumulative factors from childhood through adulthood

  Published: Apr 29, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  A scientific statement published in the journal Stroke identifies psychological health, environment, and social conditions as critical lifelong influencers of brain function. Resea...

• Johns Hopkins Study Links New Right Media Consumption to Doubled Rates of Vaccine Hesitancy in Adults

  Published: Apr 28, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  A new survey of nearly 3,000 adults by Johns Hopkins University identifies a significant correlation between conservative digital news habits and skepticism toward the MMR vaccine....

• Evolutionary Insights Reveal Chimpanzee Cultural Complexity and Bonobo Imaginative Capacity

  Published: Apr 24, 2026

  Section: Environment

  Recent scientific breakthroughs indicate that great apes possess mental abilities previously thought to be uniquely human, including the capacity for "secondary representation" and...

• Urban Seismic Noise Levels Plummeted During 2024 Total Solar Eclipse as Human Rhythms Halted

  Published: Apr 18, 2026

  Section: Research

  Research presented at the 2026 Seismological Society of America Meeting reveals a distinct "seismic hush" in cities within the path of totality during the April 2024 eclipse. While...

• Novel Dual-Inhibitor Drugs Achieve Complete Tumor Remission in Preclinical Immunotherapy Trials

  Published: Apr 3, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland have developed a first-in-class class of oral drugs that target both HIF-1 and HIF-2, the "master regulator...