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Wigan brush aside Castleford in Super League

Yesterday at 23:11 PM, via BBC News

Liam Marshall and Ryan Hampshire score two tries each as Wigan sweep past Castleford to keep pace at the top of Super League.

Education

Yale students continue hunger strike in protest over Israel’s war on Gaza

Yesterday at 22:28 PM, via The Guardian

Protesters into seventh day of hunger strike in support of Palestinians and in effort to demand university divestment

A group of students at Yale University were on Friday into the seventh day of a hunger strike in support of Palestinians in Gaza and in a protest to pressure the university to divest from any weapons manufacturing companies potentially supplying the Israeli military.

The group...

Education

Sunak rejects offer of youth mobility scheme between EU and UK

Yesterday at 19:52 PM, via The Guardian

Labour also turns down European Commission’s proposal, which would allow young Britons to live, study and work in EU

Rishi Sunak has rejected an EU offer to strike a post-Brexit deal to allow young Britons to live, study or work in the bloc for up to four years.

The prime minister declined the European Commission’s surprise proposal of a youth mobility scheme for people aged between 18 and 30...

Entertainment

Focalistic’s new hit speaks to your core

Yesterday at 13:59 PM, via SowetanLIVE

President Ya Straata’s new single Pressure is aptly titled because it highlights the attitude of overcoming constraints to perform at your best as artists and athletes.

Science/Tech

23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki Considers Taking Company Private

Today at 00:40 AM, via Slashdot

Ashley Capoot reports via CNBC: Anne Wojcicki, the CEO of 23andMe, is considering a proposal to take the genetic testing company private after its stock price tumbled more than 95% from its 2021 highs. A late Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wojcicki is working with advisors and plans to speak with possible financing sources and partners. She “wishes to maintain...

Science/Tech

‘Women Who Code’ Shuts Down Unexpectedly

Today at 00:02 AM, via Slashdot

Women Who Code (WWC), a U.S.-based organization of 360,000 people supporting women who work in the tech sector, is shutting down due to a lack of funding. “It is with profound sadness that, today, on April 18, 2024, we are announcing the difficult decision to close Women Who Code, following a vote by the Board of Directors to dissolve the organization,” the organization said in a blog post....

Science/Tech

A Chess Formula Is Taking Over the World

Yesterday at 23:25 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Atlantic: In October 2003, Mark Zuckerberg created his first viral site: not Facebook, but FaceMash. Then a college freshman, he hacked into Harvard’s online dorm directories, gathered a massive collection of students’ headshots, and used them to create a website on which Harvard students could rate classmates by their attractiveness, literally and...

Health

Heat-Related ER Visits Rose in 2023, CDC Study Finds

Thursday at 21:41 PM, via New York Times

As record heat enveloped the nation, the rate of emergency room visits increased compared with the previous five years, a sign of the major health risks of high temperatures.

Health

Scotland Pauses Gender Medications for Minors

Thursday at 19:22 PM, via New York Times

The change followed a sweeping review by England’s National Health Service that found “remarkably weak” evidence for youth gender treatments.