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Harvard announced on Wednesday that the billionaire hedge fund manager John A. Paulson has given a $400 million endowment to support the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences — the largest gift in the university’s history.
via John Paulson Gives $400 Million to Harvard for Engineering School – NYTimes.com.
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist.
via Researchers Find Missing Link Between the Brain and Immune System | Neuroscience News.
Scholars are just beginning to pore over the text, the oldest known copy of Galen’s “On the Mixtures and Powers of Simple Drugs.” It may well provide new insights into medicine’s roots and into the spread of this new science across the ancient world.
via Medicine’s Hidden Roots in an Ancient Manuscript – NYTimes.com.
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Monday’s flooding caused the release of partially treated, disinfected or untreated wastewater from 10 Austin Water facilities.
via Wastewater overflows from 10 Austin plants after flooding | KXAN.com.
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Found this for sale on eBay. It is a scanned photo print of one of the Hughes Intelsat II communications satellites.
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