WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The House Judiciary Committee released the following testimony by Ryan Bangert, senior vice president for strategic initiatives at the Alliance Defending Freedom, from a June 9, 2026, hearing entitled "The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II": * * * Dear Chairman Jordan, Ranking Member Raskin, and Members of the Committee: Alliance Defending Freedom is one of the nation's most successful Supreme Court advocates, with 18 wins since 2011 and two more decisions pending. We work in the courts and with  more PR

MIAMI, Florida, June 23 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * Collaboration Over Ego: How Dr. Cynthia Levy's Global Leadership Earned a Prestigious Hepatology Honor * Recognized by the European Association for the Study of the Liver, Dr. Cynthia Levy's collaborative approach is advancing research, improving care for rare liver diseases and shaping the next generation of hepatology leaders. When Cynthia Levy, M.D., professor of clinical medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Med more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, June 22 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * Could nighttime light affect brain health? UK researchers investigate Alzheimer's links * A growing body of research suggests that sleep may be more than a symptom of Alzheimer's disease -it may also play a role in how the disease develops and progresses. Now, new research from the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is shedding light on how everyday environmental factors and inflammation in the brain could influence sleep, circadi more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, June 23 -- The Foundation for Economic Education issued the following commentary by Editorial Director Katrina Gulliver: * * * Enterprising the Final Frontier A review of 'New Space Capitalism' by Rainer Zitelmann. - In his new book, New Space Capitalism: The Entrepreneurial Path to the Stars, Rainer Zitelmann presents the idea that private enterprise is the best way for space exploration to go forward, pointing out the ways in which public funding, since the days of the Moon landing, has been too uneven (and insufficien more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, June 22 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * High-severity fires burn 30 times more acreage than 40 years ago, researchers find * Key takeaways * From 1985-2024, high-severity forest fire increased thirtyfold in California, outpacing restorative fire, a UCLA study found. * Increases in fire severity correlate with drying trends linked to climate change, especially in densely forested areas. * Severe fires kill trees instead of giving them a chance to recover, changing the more PR

PLYMOUTH, England, June 22 -- The University of Plymouth posted the following news: * * * New theory aims to provide hope for people with fibromyalgia and ME/CFS * Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS are debilitating conditions and patients can feel misunderstood and abandoned, in addition to a wide range of physical and mental symptoms. Several psychological and biological theories have been proposed as ways to explain why the conditions occur, but there is no agreement over whether any one theory is true. Now Emeritus Professor Professor Michael  more PR

HOUGHTON, Michigan, June 22 -- Michigan Technological University posted the following news release: * * * Statistics Alumna's Undergraduate Research on Cardiovascular Disease and Alzheimer's Published in Journal of the American Heart Association * Huskies in Michigan Tech's statistics bachelor's degree program don't just participate in impactful research, they take the lead -like spring 2026 graduate Aili Toyli, whose work was recently published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. In recent years, medical researchers have fo more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 23 -- The University of Cincinnati posted the following news: * * * Humidity cycles steer insect behavior UC researchers identify new circadian rhythms. Does it affect us, too? By Michael Miller, 513-556-6757, michael.miller3@uc.edu Some insects are attuned to daily cycles of humidity just as they are to daylight and temperature. In a novel experiment at the University of Cincinnati, researchers isolated kissing bugs, fruit flies, mosquitoes and spider beetles in a climate- and light-controlled environment and found more PR