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Education

The Truth About Mary Todd Lincoln

Today at 13:00 PM, via New York Times

Retelling the story of a woman today requires a motivation to correct the historical record.

Education

Student loan interest could rise despite cap on rates

Today at 10:03 AM, via The Guardian

Temporary limit in England and Wales won’t stop many facing higher charges from autumn due to jump in inflation from Iran war

Government caps some student loan interest at 6%

Some students and graduates are likely to pay slightly less interest on their student loans than expected as a result of action taken by the government this week.

But while many higher earners will benefit from the news...

Science/Tech

Two-Week Social Media ‘Detox’ Erases a Decade Age-Related Decline, Study Finds

Today at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

Critics say social media is engineered to be as addictive as tobacco or gambling, writes the Washington Post — while adding that “the science has been moving in parallel with the court’s recognition.”A growing body of research links heavy social media use not only to declines in mental health but to measurable cognitive effects — on attention, memory and focus — that in some studies...

Science/Tech

Firefox vs. Chrome: Which Performs Better on a Linux Laptop?

Today at 17:34 PM, via Slashdot

Phoronix staged “a showdown” between Firefox and Chrome, testing them both on an Intel Panther Lake laptop running Ubuntu 26.04.JetStream 3.0 was announced at the end of March as the latest major web browser benchmark. This updated version of JetStream is focused on intensive portions of modern JavaScript and WebAssembly web applications… Google Chrome 147 came in at 1.47x the performance of...

Science/Tech

The End of ‘Star Trek’? Every Single Series Now Cancelled

Today at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

“Every single Star Trek series has been canceled…” reports ScreenRant. “There is “no Star Trek in production or greenlit for the first time in nearly a decade.” While there were five active Star Trek series just a few years ago, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds filmed its fifth and final season in the fall of 2025, and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy “wrapped filming its second and final season at...

Science/Tech

Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’

Today at 14:33 PM, via The Guardian

Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump’s proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program

The astronauts on board Artemis II were “almost poets”, Nasa’s administrator, Jared Isaacman, declared on Friday, referring to their inspiring words as they swung above the lunar surface.

They were, he said, “ambassadors for humanity” as they became the first humans...