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Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the “beyond” possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by case.
The University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies is one of the most prominent parapsychology research units in the world. Credit…Matt Eich for The New York Times
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By Saskia Solomon
Reporting from Charlottesville, Va. and Amherst, Va.
In an otherwise nondescript office in downtown Charlottesville, Va., a small leather chest sits atop a filing cabinet. Within it lies a combination lock, unopened for more than 50 years. The man who set it is dead.
On its own, the lock is unremarkable — the kind you might use at the gym. The code, a mnemonic of a six-letter word converted into numbers, was known only to the psychiatrist Dr. Ian Stevenson, who set it long before he died, and years before he retired as director of the Division of Perceptual Studies, or DOPS, a parapsychology research unit he founded in 1967 within the University of Virginia’s school of medicine.
Dr. Stevenson called this experiment the Combination Lock Test for Survival. He reasoned that if he could transmit the code to someone from the grave, it might help answer the questions that had consumed him in life: Is communication from the “beyond” possible? Can the personality survive bodily death? Or, simply: Is reincarnation real?
This last conundrum — the survival of consciousness after death — continues to be at the forefront of the division’s research. The team has logged hundreds of cases of children who claim to remember past lives from all continents except Antarctica. “And that’s only because we haven’t looked for cases there,” said Dr. Jim Tucker, who has been investigating claims of past lives for more than two decades. He recently retired after having been the director of DOPS since 2015.
It was an unexpected career path to begin with.
“As far as reincarnation itself goes, I never had any particular interest in it,” said Dr. Tucker, who set out to solely become a child psychiatrist and was, at one point, the head of U.Va.’s Child and Family Psychiatry Clinic. “Even when I was training, it never occurred to me that I’d end up doing this work.”
Now, at 64 years old, after traveling the world to record cases of possible past life recollections, and with books and papers of his own on the subject of past lives, he has left the position.
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While the growth of electric vehicles will vary by region, global expansion will be primarily driven by key areas such as China and India.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are on track for significant growth in 2025, with global sales expected to increase by 30%.
According to S&P Global Mobility, EVs are projected to account for 16.7% of global vehicle sales, up from 13.2% in 2024. This means that by next year, 15.1 million battery electric vehicles (BEVs) could hit the road, a major jump from the 11.6 million estimated for 2024.
While the global EV market is expanding, the pace of growth will differ widely across regions, shaped by factors like government policies, incentives, tariffs, and the development of charging infrastructure.
In the U.S., EV sales are expected to rise by 36%, reaching 11.2% of the car market. However, this growth largely hinges on what the new administration will do regarding EV tax credits and tariffs on foreign-made vehicles.
China continues to lead the global EV market, with electric vehicles set to represent nearly 30% of the country’s car sales in 2025. However, as the market matures, the growth rate will slow to 20%. Even with this slowdown, China is poised to surpass internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles for the first time in 2025, aligning with the government’s ambitious target to have EVs make up 50% of new car sales by 2035. But the competition in China is fierce, with an oversupply of models, price wars, and the declining presence of foreign automakers pushing local brands to the forefront.
Meanwhile, in Europe, despite challenges like Germany’s weakening EV sales due to the reduction in subsidies, the market is still poised for growth. EV sales in Western and Central Europe are expected to jump by 43%, reaching over 20% of the market share in 2025. Even though countries like France and Spain are scaling back their subsidies, Europe’s transition to electric is continuing to gain momentum.
As automakers reassess their electrification strategies—shifting some focus to hybrids—analysts remain optimistic about the future of EVs. The global shift to electric is undeniable, even as regional challenges and policy changes shape how quickly this transformation unfolds. The EV boom is far from over, and 2025 is set to be another pivotal year for the industry.

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Rutgers University is the latest institution of higher education that has settled with the U.S. Department of Education over discrimination allegations by Jewish, Israeli, Arab, and Muslim students. The alleged discrimination was on the basis of national origin, including shared ancestry, throughout the university’s four campuses: New Brunswick, Newark (including Rutgers Law School), Camden, and Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences (RBHS), since October 2023.
Between July 2023 and July 2024, the university received more than 400 complaints. Of those reports, 293 were by students with Jewish ancestry and/or Israeli national origin and ancestry, and 147 reports were by students with shared Palestinian, Arab, South Asian, and/or Muslim ancestry.
The investigation found that Rutgers likely operated a hostile environment without redress as required under Title VI.
To resolve the Title VI complaint, Rutgers has agreed to:

The resolution letter and resolution agreement are available on the Office for Civil Rights website.
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Denton ISD isn’t considering adopting a controversial new elementary school curriculum.
Bluebonnet Learning is a curriculum developed by the Texas Education Agency that was approved by eight of the 15 members of the State Board of Education last November.
The program, which is written for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, drew criticism because of the heavy inclusion of biblical teachings. District 14 State Board Representative Evelyn Brooks, whose territory includes Denton County, was one of the three Republicans to join the state board’s four Democrats to vote against the curriculum. Texas districts that adopt Bluebonnet Learning can get $60 per student for adopting the curriculum. The curriculum was the first open education resource textbooks that TEA has published since the passage of House Bill 1609, which requires the agency to provide open resource materials, which are free to use, for key grades.
“We’ve had several questions about Bluebonnet, and I just wanted to let you know our curriculum team has provided a response that, at this time, Denton ISD is not considering adopting Bluebonnet,” said Denton ISD Superintendent Susannah O’Bara.
The superintendent touched on the curriculum after a speaker brought it up during the final school board meeting of 2024. O’Bara said the district has fielded questions from parents about the curriculum. During the 2024 school year, Denton ISD reported that among the 33,335 students attending district campuses, at least 57 languages are spoken in addition to English, a number that sheds light on the cultural and religious pluralism in Denton ISD classrooms.
The speaker, who identified as being Jewish, asked the elected leaders and administrators to consider the possible negative consequences of the curriculum, and pointed out the prevalence of decorations that are related to Christmas in the district’s central services building.

“I urge you to hold the line against the forces that would have teachers indoctrinate instead of educate, and reject the Bluebonnet curriculum,” she said. “I also urge you to think about the others during this holiday season. School district culture should reflect the entire community they serve.”
Critics took issue with the curriculum for a number of reasons, including worries that it was part of a state-led push to use Texas public schools to promote Christian Nationalism. Parents opposed to the curriculum found fault with the way, they said, it glossed over slavery and racism in history texts. Americans United for the Separation of Church and State said the curriculum allowed the state to promote Christianity to a young and captive audience, just as Americans are opting out of church attendance and membership in record numbers.
Last November, Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Republican lawmakers said the curriculum’s inclusion of Christian and Jewish content would educate Texas students about the religions’ influence on cultural and legal landscapes.
“The passage of Bluebonnet Learning is a critical step forward to bring students back to the basics of education and provide the best education in the nation,” Abbott said. “These transformative educational materials are voluntary and free for schools and teachers to use.”
Parents and residents are able to review curricula that district administrators recommend for school board approval.

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In this biweekly series, racing analyst J. Keeler Johnson shares promising horses from his handicapping watch list, reviewing runners who have recently caught his eye and previewing horses scheduled to run back in the near future.
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Saturday
Santa Anita, race 5: A couple of watch list members are entered to race in the seven-furlong San Vicente (G2) at Santa Anita, which has drawn a small but high-quality field of potential Road to the Kentucky Derby contenders.
One is Barnes, a $3.2 million yearling acquisition who rallied to win his debut sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs at Churchill Downs by a head. The son of six-time leading North American sire Into Mischief raced greenly that day, so he has upside to improve for the red-hot jockey and trainer duo of Juan Hernandez and Bob Baffert.
Baffert has also entered Romanesque, a Del Mar debut winner slated to be ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith. Romanesque won a 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight by 2 1/4 lengths and earned a 93 Brisnet Speed rating, higher than the 88 that Barnes posted in his debut.
Defeating runaway Bob Hope (G3) winner Bullard won’t be easy, but Barnes and Romanesque both warrant respect in the San Vicente. With improvement, either could challenge for victory.
Santa Anita, race 7: Eagles Flight, a heralded half-brother to 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline, will make his long-awaited second start in a one-mile $50,000 allowance optional claimer at Santa Anita.
The son of Curlin out of Feathered impressed when debuting in a six-furlong maiden special weight at Santa Anita last May, rallying from seventh place to win by 2 3/4 lengths. He’s trained fast for his return and is adding blinkers, so don’t be surprised if Eagles Flight shows more tactical speed on Saturday.
Gulfstream Park, race 10: Guns Loaded showed promise in two starts as a juvenile. In his debut dashing seven furlongs at Saratoga, he finished second in a maiden special weight despite stumbling start. Then in a six-furlong maiden special weight at Churchill Downs, he led by daylight at every call, setting hot fractions along the way, to score by 2 3/4 lengths.
The latter effort yielded a strong 98 Brisnet Speed rating, suggesting Guns Loaded is the horse to beat while stretching out over one mile for Saturday’s Mucho Macho Man at Gulfstream. None of his rivals have run faster on the Brisnet scale and fast workouts in Florida, including a bullet five furlongs in 59.75 seconds, suggest Guns Loaded is sitting on a strong 3-year-old debut.
Oaklawn, race 9: Kale’s Angel impressed in his dirt debut at Oaklawn last month, employing pace-pressing tactics to dominate the 5 1/2-furlong Advent by 5 3/4 lengths in the strong time of 1:04.40 seconds.
Kale’s Angel’s speed may allow him to escape with an easy lead while stretching out over 1 1/16 miles for the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn. Six of the last eight editions of this Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier have been won in gate-to-wire fashion, often by sprinters stretching out in distance, so there’s plenty of precedent for horses like Kale’s Angel to shine in the Smarty Jones.
Sunday
Oaklawn, race 5: Bishops Bay showed talent as a 3-year-old in 2023, finishing second in the Peter Pan (G3) to future champion Arcangelo and second in the Ohio Derby (G3) to Kentucky Derby runner-up Two Phil’s.
Bishops Bay subsequently spent 16 1/2 months on the sidelines before making his lone start as a 4-year-old in a $50,000 allowance optional claimer on Nov. 11 at Horseshoe Indianapolis. His comeback was solid; after settling in third place, he rallied to win easily by two lengths in the respectable time of 1:39.98 seconds.
Now 5 years old, Bishops Bay is taking the next step of his comeback in a $62,500 allowance optional claimer at Oaklawn. He’s the 7-5 morning-line favorite to win the 1 1/16-mile contest, and a victory will likely vault him back to the graded-stakes ranks.
Santa Anita, race 7: Silent Law dominated her first two starts as a juvenile, including the six-furlong Anoakia, before settling for second place by 1 1/4 lengths in the seven-furlong Desi Arnaz.
It’s possible seven furlongs is a little farther than Silent Law wants to run, but we’ll get a better idea when she starts in the seven-furlong Santa Ynez at Santa Anita, a Road to the Kentucky Oaks qualifier awarding 10 qualification points to the winner. She’s getting a rematch with Desi Arnaz winner Practical Dream – who had previously finished second in the Anoakia – so the Santa Ynez is the rubber match.

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January 3, 2025 / 10:18 AM EST / CBS News
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has beamed home its first detailed update eight days after making a record-breaking approach to the sun, the agency announced.
The spacecraft confirmed its systems and instruments are “healthy and operating normally,” NASA said in an update released Thursday, a week after the probe passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the scorching star.
NASA said scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory began receiving more detailed telemetry — or “housekeeping data” — from the spacecraft on New Year’s Day. The update showed that Parker had executed pre-programmed commands and that its science instruments were operational during the record-breaking approach.
“While Parker Solar Probe was closer to the Sun than any other human-made object in history, it operated just as it was designed to do, and made observations that no one has been able to make before,” Parker Solar Probe Project Manager Helene Winters said in a statement. “From the heat shield to the solar array cooling system, there was so much enabling technology required to fly this mission, and to gather data scientists have awaited for decades. Parker Solar Probe’s ability to thrive in the hostile environment around the Sun is a tribute to the team that designed and built this remarkable spacecraft.”
Parker, which launched in 2018, has flown through the sun’s crownlike outer atmosphere, or corona, and the spacecraft is expected to circle the sun through at least September. The probe’s next two close flybys of the sun will occur March 22 and June 19, NASA said Thursday.
Parker is the fastest spacecraft built by humans, and reached a top speed of 430,000 mph at closest approach, according to the Associated Press. The probe is outfitted with a heat shield that can withstand temperatures up to 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit, the AP reported.
Researchers are hopeful that data from Parker will help them learn more about how and where solar winds are formed as well as why the sun’s outer atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than its surface.
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