In a major step toward promoting educational opportunities for underprivileged youth in Pakistan, Muslims of America and the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today in Washington, D.C. The partnership aims to fully sponsor 20 deserving students from underprivileged families across Pakistan, enabling them to complete undergraduate […]
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Iran satellite launch in early June failed: Pentagon
Iran failed in an attempt to launch a satellite into space in early June and apparently plans a new launch, according to the US Defense Department and images of the Iranian space center in Semnan province seen Wednesday. “US Space Command is aware of the Iranian rocket launch failure which occurred early June 12th,” […]
‘Finding the truth’: A biologist’s quest for scientific integrity
Since she stumbled upon her own work published under someone else’s name, Elisabeth Bik has scanned thousands of scientific papers for errors and fraud, publicly questioning what she considers red flags — and occasionally drawing fierce backlash. In one notorious example, controversial French doctor Didier Raoult is suing Bik for harassment after she flagged what […]