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Zuma Foundation denounces Epstein ‘smear’ allegations

Today at 16:10 PM, via SowetanLIVE

The Jacob Zuma foundation says it will not tolerate “attempts to smear” the former president’s reputation after his name was linked in files to the late sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Education

Texas vs. Plato: Censorship in the Academy

Today at 16:00 PM, via New York Times

Readers respond to a guest essay about the state’s effort to bar “officially disapproved ideas” from its university classrooms.

Education

The long-term cost of high student debt in the UK is not just for graduates | Heather Stewart

Today at 13:51 PM, via The Guardian

Labour’s changes to the student loan system have turned frustration into full-blown fury, which its opponents are likely to reap at the ballot box

Student loans: ‘My debt rose £20,000 to £77,000 even though I’m paying’

“It is not right that people who don’t go to university are having to bear all the cost for others to do so,” Rachel Reeves remarked this week, amid the increasingly angry...

Education

Private school parents targeted by fraudsters stealing fee payments

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to fraudsters’ bank accounts

Foreign students attending independent schools in the UK are being targeted by fraudsters seeking to intercept their fee payments, according to new research.

Some families have lost up to £10,000 after being duped into sending money to the bank account of a criminal, after receiving a fake...

Education

When the Doctor Needs a Checkup

Yesterday at 17:25 PM, via New York Times

The physician work force is aging fast, and some hospitals now require that older clinicians undergo testing for cognitive decline. Many have resisted.

Science/Tech

Catch a falling star: cosmic dust may reveal how life began, and a Sydney lab is making it from scratch

Today at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

Recreating cosmic dust may help answer questions about how meteorites hitting Earth came to contain the organic matter that they do

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How does one acquire star dust? One option, as the Perry Como song suggests, is to catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, so to speak: thousands of tonnes of cosmic dust bombard the Earth each...

Science/Tech

7 Best Prepaid Phone Plans (2026)

Today at 15:00 PM, via Wired

Forget the pricey, postpaid cell plans and two-year contracts. Save with one of these WIRED-tested options from US Mobile, Boost, and Google Fi.

Motoring

South Africa goes quiet on new bullet trains

Today at 07:00 AM, via TopAuto

The government has made no formal announcement regarding the National Rail Masterplan, which was supposed to be finalised by the end of 2025.

Health

A Predictor of a Good Social Life? Your Parents.

Yesterday at 12:02 PM, via New York Times

A decades-long study suggested that close relationships with family members during teenage years could lead to a rich network of friendships in adulthood.