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Education

Sexual harassment more than twice as prevalent at England’s top universities, analysis finds

Yesterday at 16:39 PM, via The Guardian

Harassment reported by 35% of students at ‘high tariff’ institutions compared with 17% at those with lowest entry grades

Students at England’s leading universities were more than twice as likely to experience sexual harassment than those at “lower tariff” institutions, according to analysis.

Data from a national survey of undergraduates shows that 35% of students at “high tariff”...

Science/Tech

Fiber Optic Cables Can Eavesdrop On Nearby Conversations

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Cold War spies planted bugs in walls, lamps, and telephones. Now, scientists warn, the cables themselves could listen in. A fiber optic technique used to detect earthquakes can also pick up the faint vibrations of nearby speech, researchers reported this week here at the general assembly of the European Geosciences Union. Freely available...

Science/Tech

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Today at 07:00 AM, via Wired

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Health

Trump Plans to Fire F.D.A. Commissioner Marty Makary

Yesterday at 22:40 PM, via New York Times

Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.

Health

There Are Ants in This Canadian Hospital. Again.

Yesterday at 20:51 PM, via New York Times

A hospital in Manitoba had to postpone a “limited number of elective surgeries” after ants appeared there for the third time since 2024.