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Sport

Brentford held to goalless draw at Leeds

Today at 00:34 AM, via BBC News

Leeds United play out a goalless draw against Brentford at Elland Road seeing themmove four points clear of the Premier League’s bottom three.

Education

Should the bank of mum and dad pay university debts?

Yesterday at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Those planning for uni in England and Wales this autumn can apply for student loans from Monday. Here are the options for families worried about debt

Our child is heading to university soon – should we try to pay their tuition fees upfront so they are not saddled with a debt for decades?

Our child is a recent graduate and their student loan debt is ballooning – should we help pay off some or...

Science/Tech

EFF Tells Publishers: Blocking the Internet Archive Won’t Stop AI, But It Will Erase The Historical Record

Today at 00:38 AM, via Slashdot

“Imagine a newspaper publisher announcing it will no longer allow libraries to keep copies of its paper,” writes EFF senior policy analyst Joe Mullin. “That’s effectively what’s begun happening online in the last few months.”The Internet Archive — the world’s largest digital library — has preserved newspapers since it went online in the mid-1990s… But in recent months The New York Times...

Science/Tech

Millions Face Mobile Internet Outages in Moscow. ‘Digital Crackdown’ Feared

Yesterday at 23:38 PM, via Slashdot

13 million people live in Moscow, reports CNN. But since early March the city “has experienced internet and mobile service outages on a level previously unseen.” (Though Wi-Fi access to the internet is still available…) Russian social media “is flooded with jokes and memes about sending letters by carrier pigeons or using smartphones as ping-pong paddles…”[Moscow residents] complain they cannot...

Science/Tech

Juicier Steaks Soon? The UK Approves Testing of Gene-Edited Cow Feed

Yesterday at 22:38 PM, via Slashdot

“Juicier steaks could soon be served up after barley was given the go-ahead to become Britain’s first gene-edited crop,” reports the Telegraph:In an effort to fatten up cows and get them to market faster, scientists have altered the DNA of Golden Promise barley to increase its fat content… [Regulators have approved the feeding of that barley to cows for further studies.] [T]he small increase...

Science/Tech

Can Private Space Companies Replace the ISS Before 2030?

Yesterday at 21:34 PM, via Slashdot

China’s orbital outpost Tiangong was completed in 2022 and is hosting up to three astronauts at a time, reports CNN. But meanwhile U.S. lawmakers are now signaling there’s not time to develop and launch a replacement for the International Space Station — considered the signal most expensive object ever built — before its deorbiting in 2030. A recent Senate bill calls for the U.S. to...

Health

David Botstein, Gene-Mapping Pioneer, Dies at 83

Friday at 23:25 PM, via New York Times

His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, sprawling human genome.