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CRITICAL GAPS: ‘It’s Hollywood’: MPs slam leadership vacuums as higher education sector positions remain unresolved

Today at 11:26 AM, via Daily Maverick

As criticism mounts over acting appointments across the higher education sector, MPs have questioned why permanent appointments have not been filled. A leaked letter obtained by Daily Maverick reveals that a preferred candidate for the National Skills Fund was identified almost a year ago, yet no appointment has been finalised.

Education

Bruce Springsteen Opens His Music Center

Today at 05:04 AM, via New York Times

Jon Bon Jovi, Public Enemy and others joined him to ring in the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music, a $50 million archive and cultural hub.

Entertainment

Sharks lose another Bok to Japan

Today at 10:22 AM, via The Citizen

Fassi’s pending departure will leave the Sharks and coach JP Pietersen light in the fullback position.

Science/Tech

Weekly diabetes jab shown to reduce blood-sugar levels and body weight

Today at 11:16 AM, via The Guardian

Experts say results from trial of new triple hormone drug for type 2 diabetes are striking but further tests needed

A new triple-action weekly jab for type 2 diabetes could significantly reduce blood sugar and body weight, according to phase 3 trial results. Patients in the trial receiving weekly retatrutide injections for 40 weeks lost more than four times as much weight as those on placebo,...

Science/Tech

‘Steve Jobs In Exile’ Remembers the Birth of the Web and ‘Making Unix Taste Sweet’

Today at 09:34 AM, via Slashdot

Ars Technica shares some anecdotes from Steve Jobs in Exile, a new book released last month:[Author Geoffrey] Cain reminds us, in stunning detail, that Jobs’ “exile” era at NeXT was not only critical to his evolution as a man and an entrepreneur, but that it mattered for the rest of us, too. The technological innovations that came out of NeXT — notably, the NeXTSTEP OS — continue to live on...

Science/Tech

Scientists Edited Human Embryo Genes. But Questions Remain

Today at 06:41 AM, via Slashdot

“A DNA-editing feat involving editing the genes of early stage embryos was announced this week,” reports the Wall Street Journal. They describe the feat as “a far cry from designer babies, but nevertheless a step in that direction.”Dieter Egli, an associate professor of developmental cell biology at Columbia University and his co-authors, including Nathan Treff of Nucleus Genomics, a New...

Health

Are you feeling overwhelmed?

Friday at 19:57 PM, via BBC News

Kimberley Wilson gives some tips on how to deal with feeling overwhelmed.