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SATURDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2025, 16:45

Education

Northwestern Agrees to Deal With Trump Administration

Today at 04:43 AM, via New York Times

The university will pay $75 million to regain its research funding and end investigations, the second highest payment by a school facing pressure from the administration.

Entertainment

URC result: Lions down rusty Bulls at Loftus

Today at 16:03 PM, via The Citizen

Both sides were slow to get going after their URC break, but the Lions were sharper and secured just their second-ever URC win against the Bulls.

Science/Tech

‘Nature’s original engineers’: scientists explore the amazing potential of fungi

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Unique properties of fungi have led to groundbreaking innovations in recent years, from nappies to electronics

From the outside, it looks like any ordinary nappy – one of the tens of billions that end up in landfill each year. But the Hiro diaper comes with an unusual companion: a sachet of freeze-dried fungi to sprinkle over a baby’s gloopy excretions.

The idea is to kickstart a catalytic...

Motoring

Hundreds of flights cancelled as Airbus recalls planes

Today at 08:34 AM, via TopAuto

Airlines across the world cancelled hundreds of flights and scrambled to adjust schedules, as a major Airbus software glitch threatened to derail a crucial holiday travel season. 

Health

F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines

Today at 05:26 AM, via New York Times

The agency’s top vaccine regulator said that a review had found that the children were likely to have died “because of” the shots. But public health experts want to examine the data.