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Peer Review Can’t Save “Junk Science” from FRE 702 Judicial Gatekeeping – In re: Roundup Court Excludes Expert Whose Opinions Had Been Published in Peer-Reviewed Literature
When tasked with assessing the admissibility of expert testimony under Federal Rule of Evidence 702, courts often cite the so-called Daubert factors as criteria that guide the inquiry. Among those factors is “whether the [expert’s] theory or technique has been subjected to peer review and publication.” Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., 509 U.S. 579…
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Middle East Crisis: Critically Ill Children Allowed to Leave Gaza for First Time Since May
Sixty-eight people, including sick and injured patients and their escorts, crossed the border to get treatment, the Israeli military said. The evacuation was carried out in coordination with the U.S., Egypt and the international community.
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Kenya Protesters Call for President to Resign Despite His Withdrawal of the Tax Bill
The demonstrations were held despite his withdrawal of the tax bill that sparked days of protests. Some activists, fearing more bloodshed, warned people not to march to the president’s official residence.
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At Least 750,000 on Brink of Starvation and Death in Sudan, Experts Warn
A devastating civil war is pushing the country toward a full-blown famine, according to the international body that measures hunger.
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China Levels Graft Charges Against Former Defense Ministers
The two generals were accused of taking huge bribes and of corruption that reached into the armaments sector, indicating that the country’s military has not shaken off old habits.
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How to Escape From the Russian Army
Facing grim job prospects, a young Nepali signed up to join Russia’s military, which sent him to fight in Ukraine. His ordeal of combat, injury and escape turned into a tale worthy of Hollywood.
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Kara Walker Is No One’s Robot
At SFMOMA, the artist enacts a parable about trauma and healing in Black life — and makes her first foray into robotics. “I went down a little sci-fi rabbit hole the last couple years working on this piece.”
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Osgemeos Rocked Brazil. Can the Graffiti Twins Take the U.S., Too?
Their street murals, monumental sculptures, intricate drawings and vivid paintings pop up at Lehmann Maupin gallery on the eve of their Hirshhorn debut.
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Amsterdam Museum to Return a Matisse Work Sold Under Duress in World War II
The painting, “Odalisque,” was sold to the Stedelijk Museum in the early 1940s by a German-Jewish family desperate to escape the Nazis.
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The Hard Way, Or My Way? RIP Bill Cobbs (1934-2024)
Bill Cobbs walks into a fictional inn in fictional Llanview, Pennsylvania. He’s playing a building inspector on an undistinguished episode of the undistinguished soap opera “One Life To Live.” The show has several guest stars in that episode, including Jason Alexander and Eriq La Salle, both looking impossibly young. Not Cobbs. Cobbs was never a…
