Editorial responds to findings of pupil-on-pupil sexual abuse and argues schools need coordinated support beyond teachers.
Politicians must redouble their efforts to tackle a disturbing pattern of pupils assaulting classmates The Guardian’s findings about the extent of sexual abuse in schools require an urgent, calibrated response. Data revealing multiple rapes committed each year on school premises in England and Wales is hard to comprehend. Yet this is what freedom of information requests to police forces, covering the period from 2021 until last year, have revealed. As well as the severity of the offences, the y…
Reports how a congresswoman’s immediate postpartum period intersects with a deadline on federal charges tied to an ICE confrontation.
LaMonica McIver is only the 15th member of Congress have a baby while serving, and also the only member indicted for visiting ICE facility A US congresswoman who just gave birth to a baby girl faces a deadline this week on whether to seek a rehearing of a federal case against her by the Trump administration after an oversight visit to an immigration detention facility. LaMonica McIver, 40, represents New Jersey’s 10th congressional district. She gave birth to her second child last Thursday – a …
In mice, vagus-nerve stimulation immediately after practice strengthened long-term motor learning, highlighting a post-practice consolidation window.
Stimulating the vagus nerve after practice helped mice develop stronger long-term motor learning, revealing a potentially important window when the brain is still locking in a new skill. The effect was linked to rhythmic changes in brain blood vessels, hinting that body-to-brain signals may help prepare the brain for lasting change.