- Astronomers Detect Radio Signal from Strongly Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy. The galaxy existed nearly 9 billion years ago and the radio signal was emitted from this galaxy when the Universe was only 4.9 billion years old. https://www.sci.news/astronomy/radio-signal-strongly-gravitationally-lensed-galaxy-11576.html 41 comments science
- An 87-year-old grandmother from Sri Lanka has become the oldest person to earn a master's degree at this university in Canada https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/07/world/ontario-grandma-oldest-person-graduate-york-university/ 15 comments upliftingnews
- Astronomers agree: Universe is nearly 14 billion years old. Their observations, plus a bit of cosmic geometry, suggest that the universe is 13.77 billion years old – give or take 40 million years https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/01/astronomers-agree-universe-nearly-14-billion-years-old 322 comments science
- The universe is about 13.8 billion years old, according to new research according to a international team of astrophysicist. An object 1 megaparsec (around 3.26 million light-years) from Earth is moving away from us at 67.6 kilometers per second due to the expansion of the universe https://news.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-spotlight/scientists-confirm-age-of-universe-is-13-8-billion-years/?spotlight=4 3 comments science
- Universe Is 13.8 Billion Years Old, Scientists Confirm https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/15/age-universe-13-8-billion-years-scientists-confirm/3287409001/ 5 comments science
- Space Mysteries: If the universe is 13.8 billion years old, how can a star be more than 14 billion years old? https://www.space.com/how-can-a-star-be-older-than-the-universe.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab 7 comments space
- Astronomers discover the oldest, most-distant galaxy cluster yet found. Located 13 billion light-years away, the baby protocluster provides a snapshot of when the universe was just 800 million years old, helping astronomers piece together how the cosmos formed and evolved over time. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/09/the-oldest-discovered-cluster-of-galaxies-is-revealing-the-early-universe 5 comments science
- Hundreds join student's climate-change pledge: No kids until Canada takes action | 18-year-old McGill University student pledges to not have children until she is sure the Canadian government is taking serious steps to battle climate change - and hundreds more are following in her footsteps https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/no-future-no-children-pledge-1.5286721 190 comments worldnews
- Scientists at The University of Queensland propose new theory of how multi-celled animals developed, upending century-old understanding https://stories.uq.edu.au/news/article/evolutionary-discovery-rewrite-textbooks/index.html 8 comments science
- Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he regrets participating in 'Old South' parties at Auburn University https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/20/tn-gov-bill-lee-kappa-alpha-old-south-party-auburn/2904953002/ 13 comments politics
- 21 Year Old Abdus Salam at Cambridge University https://i.dawn.com/primary/2017/01/58886e98f063e.jpg 3 comments pakistan
- 2,500-year-old mummy found in what was thought to be an empty Egyptian coffin at Sydney University http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-26/mummy-found-in-what-was-thought-to-be-an-empty-coffin/9589110 18 comments nottheonion
- If The Universe Is 13.8 Billion Years Old, How Can We See 46 Billion Light Years Away? https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2018/02/23/if-the-universe-is-13-8-billion-years-old-how-can-we-see-46-billion-light-years-away/#6ec8379e1303 56 comments space
- Gargantua in the mist: A precocious black hole behemoth at the edge of cosmic dawn. The new quasar is spotted at a redshift of 7.54, when the Universe was only 690 million years old, or 5% of its current age. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/aouf-git120517.php 3 comments science
- [AUTO] I'm a 21 year old student about to transfer to a university two hours away. Thinking about taking out loans to buy a used car. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6txv6x/auto_im_a_21_year_old_student_about_to_transfer/ 9 comments personalfinance
- I'm 18 years old and soon to start going to the university and I have couple of questions https://www.reddit.com/r/marketing/comments/6l9iej/im_18_years_old_and_soon_to_start_going_to_the/ 11 comments marketing
- Archaeologists from the Charles University in Prague have unearthed a 4,500-year-old 59-foot boat at a site in Egypt http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/02/03/ancient-4500-year-old-boat-discovered-in-egypt.html 32 comments worldnews
- Hardline Muslim students at Jihadi John's old university 'refuse to speak to women' http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/606710/islamic-society-university-westminster-jihadi-john-report-panel-mohammed-emwazi-isis 26 comments worldnews
- Scientists at The Ohio State University have developed a nearly complete human brain in a dish that equals the brain maturity of a 5-week-old fetus https://news.osu.edu/news/2015/08/18/human-brain-model/ 12 comments science
- A 102-year-old German woman will become the oldest person to receive a PhD, which will be awarded to her by the Hamburg University on June 9, almost eight decades after the Nazis blocked it because her mother was Jewish. http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/odd+news/woman-102-gets-her-phd-after-being-denied-by-nazi-regime/article/434672 8 comments worldnews
- South African university removes statue of colonialist - Hundreds of South African students cheered loudly Thursday as a crane lifted the decades-old statue of a British colonialist — celebrating the end of what they described as a symbol of white privilege. http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/04/09/south-african-university-removes-statue-of-colonialist 62 comments worldnews
- Iraqi libraries ransacked by ISIS in Mosul. Some of the books burned were around 5000 BC years old, a University of Mosul history professor said on the condition of anonymity https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2015/02/01/iraqi-libraries-ransacked-islamic-state-group-mosul/g5YDl4dV8kMDK01HGrQMHJ/story.html 15 comments books
- UK opens first clinic for child victims of female genital mutilation. About 60,000 girls under 14 years old, who were born in England and Wales, may be at risk of FGM or have already been cut, according to estimates released in July by rights group Equality Now and City University London. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/22/us-foundation-britain-fgm-iduskcn0hh0vl20140922 304 comments worldnews
- New superconductor world record set at 17.6 Tesla by the University of Cambridge scientists, breaking the previous decade-old record by 0.4 Tesla http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140626213359.htm 25 comments science
- 600 year old Voynich manuscript partially decoded by University of Bedfordshire professor http://www.beds.ac.uk/news/2014/february/600-year-old-mystery-manuscript-decoded-by-university-of-bedfordshire-professor 1068 comments worldnews
- 1,000 Bodies Found On University Of Mississippi Land Thought To Be From Old 'Lunatic Asylum' http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/10/1000-bodies-university-mississippi-insane-asylum_n_4761166.html 42 comments history
- What 95% Certainty of Man-Made Global Warming Means to Scientists. Arizona State University physicist Lawrence Krauss said the 95 percent quoted for climate change is equivalent to the current certainty among physicists that the universe is 13.8 billion years old. http://abcnews.go.com/technology/wirestory/95-certainty-warming-means-scientists-20357334 51 comments politics
- Nearby Ancient Star is Almost as Old as the Universe http://www.universetoday.com/100147/nearby-ancient-star-is-almost-as-old-as-the-universe/#.usloiryrzh0.reddit 404 comments science
- Babies may not have a 'moral compass' after all. New research from New Zealand's University of Otago is casting doubt on a landmark US study that suggested infants as young as six months old possess an innate moral compass that allows them to evaluate individuals as 'good' or 'bad'. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/uoo-bmn081512.php 103 comments science
- Oldest galaxy discovered so far in the Universe is 12.91 billion years old http://www.zmescience.com/space/oldest-galaxy-in-universe-12-billion-years-old-432143/ 176 comments science
- The Supreme Court let stand a $675,000 jury verdict against a 25-year-old Boston University student who downloaded 30 songs nearly a decade ago and then shared them with others on a peer-to-peer network. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/21/153199008/supreme-court-lets-stand-students-675-000-penalty-for-downloading 10 comments worldnews
- "What happened to Canada? It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the US became unpalatable. No nuclear weapons. No huge military-industrial complex. Universal health care. Funding for the arts. A good record on the environment. But that was the old Canada." http://www.americablog.com/2012/05/what-happened-to-canada-ans-corporate.html 376 comments worldnews
- How can the universe be 46 billion light years in radius and 13.75 billion light years old? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe#Size.2C_age.2C_contents.2C_structure.2C_and_laws 20 comments askscience
- Rep. Charles Rangel introduces HR.5741, universally drafting 18-42-year-olds, male and female, for military or other purposes. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-5741 199 comments politics
- Texas schools no longer must teach that the universe is 14 billion years old, saying, "I disagree with these experts. Someone has got to stand up to experts." Apparently the education board's job is now to refute knowledge instead of teach it. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16859-texas-vote-leaves-loopholes-for-teaching-creationism.html?page=1 17 comments reddit.com
- New Record for "Most Distant Object in the Universe" -- 13.1 Billion light years away, or a redshift of z=8.26, to a time when the Universe was only 625 million years old. http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091028/full/news.2009.1043.html 6 comments reddit.com
- University of Toronto archaeologists find cache of tablets in 2,700-year old Turkish temple http://www.palenews.net/2009/08/university-of-toronto-archaeologists.html 55 comments science
- How Can We See Galaxies 47 Billion Light Years Away When the Universe is Only 13 Billion Years Old? http://www.astronomybuff.com/how-can-we-see-galaxies-47-billion-light-years-away-when-the-universe-is-only-13-billion-years-old/ 14 comments space
- 18-year-old female physics student sells virginity for $20,000 to help pay for university http://www.jonholato.com/2007/07/06/18-year-old-teen-sells-virginity-for-20000/ 29 comments reddit.com
- Fossil Star Is Milky Way's Oldest (the 13.2-billion-year-old star was born half a billion years after the universe exploded into existence, say astronomers) http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/05/14/oldeststar_spa.html?category=space&guid=20070514153030&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000 2 comments reddit.com
