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Teen scientists already changing the world
Source: Science News Forty finalists took home more than $1.8 million in awards at the 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search. Indrani Das, 17, of Oradell, N.J., won the top award of $250,000 for conducting a three-year study of brain injury that identified a potential major mechanism of neuron death and a …
When should babies sleep in their own rooms?
Source: Science News When we brought our first baby home from the hospital, our pediatrician advised us to have her sleep in our room. We put our tiny new roommate in a crib near our bed (though other containers that were flat, firm and free of blankets, pillows or stuffed animals …
Bill to legalize marijuana in NJ takes first step at statehouse
Source: News 12 NJ TRENTON – A proposed bill to legalize recreational marijuana in New Jersey took its first step toward potentially becoming law on Monday. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on the new bill, which could become law in just six months. Gov. Chris Christie leaves office in six months, …
It’s Here! The Hacks Of Life!
Many of us sometimes at work or at home go to Youtube and look up videos on how to do something and something that I feel we all have in common is that we always feel like we have bad skin and on our nose’s we often see black heads. And for …
Is There a Multidimensional Mathematical World Hidden in the Brain’s Computation?
Two thousand years ago, the ancient Greeks looked into the night sky and saw geometric shapes emerge among the stars: a hunter, a lion, a water vase. In a way, they used these constellations to make sense of the random scattering of stars in the fabric of the universe. By …
Hours after release from jail, man commits another burglary: cops
Source: NJ.com HOBOKEN — A 34-year-old man with an extensive history of burglarizing apartments was charged again with a theft he allegedy committed just hours after he was released from jail, police said. David Diaz was arrested at the border of Jersey City and Hoboken on Friday afternoon and charged …
Former Yankee, Jersey City Superintendent on hand for Free Summer Meals event in Lincoln Park
Source: NJ.com JERSEY CITY — Former New York Yankee player Pat Kelly and Jersey City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Marcia Lyles were all in attendance at Lincoln Park on Friday as Jersey City announced its participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Free Summer Meals initiative this summer. At the event, …
Gov. Chris Christie’s approval rating falls to historic low
Source: News 12 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has the worst approval rating for any governor in states surveyed by one pollster in more than 20 years. A Quinnipiac University poll published Wednesday shows that 15 percent of voters approve of the Republican’s job performance. Eighty-one percent …
Trump to Cuba: Return woman convicted in trooper’s murder
Source: News 12 MIAMI – (AP) – President Donald Trump has demanded that Cuba return a woman convicted in the murder of a New Jersey state trooper.Trump made the demand for the return of Joanne Chesimard while announcing changes to Obama-era Cuba policy in Miami Friday. Chesimard was convicted in 1977 in …
Ex-officer receives max sentence in drunken driving crash
Source: News 12 NJ STATEN ISLAND – A former Linden police officer convicted in a fatal drunken driving crash received the maximum sentence on Wednesday. Pedro Abad was convicted last month on all charges brought against him in the 2015 wrong-way crash that killed Joseph Rodriguez and Frank Viggiano. During the trial, …
