Community Calendar

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Murad Debuts New Ultra-Rich Moisturizer

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murad, Inc. has announced the launch of Hydro-Dynamic Ultimate Moisture, an uber-rich, all purpose moisturizer that combines an extraordinarily luxurious recipe of ingredients to quench dry, dehydrated skin and restore youthful resilience and tone. With a formula rooted in The Science of Cellular Water™, Murad’s proprietary system for optimizing cell ...

Executive Conversations: Whitesides, Ryan on life science firms finding success in developing nations

Chemist and life sciences pioneer George M. Whitesides and serial entrepreneur Una Ryan are part of a movement to develop low-cost, easy-to-use drugs, diagnostics and other technologies that will primarily aid people in developing nations. The two met with Mass High Tech to discuss how life sciences companies can achieve success by serving humanity before profit.

No Mr. Right? More women start families via artificial insemination

Jennifer Aniston came under fire this week for comments about her movie “The Switch,” in which she plays a single woman who became pregnant using donor sperm. It’s a choice more women than ever are making.

Lady With The Lamp

Florence Nightingale is remembered as the pioneer of professional nursing, but it was a minor part of life compared to her passion was for a new religion. Striving to unite with the 'God within', whose Laws were consistent with scientific knowledge, Florence was a radical theologian who urged religious reform. On the centenary of her death, biographer Val Webb reveals the real Florence ...

Woman suffrage was a long-fought battle in Nebraska

August marks 90 years since the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gives women the right to vote.

Islam's answer to MTV

In trying to make Islam relevant to youth, 4Shbab is part of a recent trend that, from Cairo to Kuala Lumpur, has inspired restaurants with Islamic themes, Islamic entertainment centers and even Islamic water parks and beaches.