2024

TL/DR - Harvard College has announced that it will require applicants to submit standardized test scores for applications from fall 2025 onwards. This makes it the latest Ivy League school to reinstate this requirement after it was made optional during the COVID-19 pandemic. The university had previously stated that it would remain test-optional…

TL/DR - A study from UC Davis Health’s Department of Emergency Medicine suggests that high-quality emergency care for children may involve fewer CT scans. The study validates intra-abdominal injury (IAI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) prediction rules established by the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, aimed at reducing…

TL/DR - Japan is sending 250 additional cherry trees to the United States to mark the country's 250th anniversary in two years. This announcement comes a month after the National Park Service revealed plans to remove 300 trees, including 158 cherry ones, due to a project aimed at repairing crumbling sea walls. Three of the gifted trees have…

TL/DR - Phoenix police are investigating a shooting that resulted from an argument, leaving one man, 39-year-old Prince Lackey, dead and another man, 29-year-old Pedro Vazquez, in custody. Security video footage verified accounts of Vazquez arguing with Lackey and pulling a weapon from his waistband; Lackey was subsequently shot and Vazquez was…