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FRIDAY, 26 APRIL 2024, 23:39

World

The fight for Congo’s cobalt

Today at 22:45 PM, via NPR

NPR’s Throughline hosts Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei speak with professor Siddharth Kara on the fight for Congo’s resources.

Education

Teaching assistants deployed to ‘routinely cover’ lessons in England and Wales

Today at 20:00 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: New research shows extent to which schools are struggling to provide qualified teachers for every class

Hundreds of thousands of pupils in England and Wales are being educated “on the cheap” by low-paid teaching assistants (TAs) covering lessons for teachers who are off sick or have quit, according to new research.

A desperate teacher recruitment crisis, compounded by inadequate...

Education

Uganda: Is Play Necessary in Education?

Today at 19:36 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] Play is a fundamental building block for healthy child development not just fun and games as is perceived by many.

Lifestyle

WATCH: Viral Pet Video – 26 April 2024

Today at 17:33 PM, via The South African

Watch this viral pet video that will leave you in “awes” and “lols”. Buckle up; you are not ready for this cuteness overload!

Science/Tech

Judge Dismisses Superconductivity Physicist’s Lawsuit Against University

Today at 23:20 PM, via Slashdot

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by superconductivity physicist Ranga Dias against his employer, the University of Rochester in New York. From a report: In February, a university investigation found that he had committed scientific misconduct by, among other things, fabricating data to claim the discovery of superconductors — materials with zero electrical resistance — at room...

Science/Tech

British Intelligence Moves To Protect Research Universities From Espionage

Today at 22:43 PM, via Slashdot

The head of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency warned the country’s leading research universities on Thursday that foreign states are targeting their institutions and imperilling national security. The Record: “We know that our universities are being actively targeted by hostile actors and need to guard against the threat posed to frontier research in the most sensitive sectors,” said the...

Science/Tech

Millions of IPs Remain Infected By USB Worm Years After Its Creators Left It For Dead

Today at 21:22 PM, via Slashdot

A now-abandoned USB worm that backdoors connected devices has continued to self-replicate for years since its creators lost control of it and remains active on thousands, possibly millions, of machines, researchers said Thursday. ArsTechnica: The worm — which first came to light in a 2023 post published by security firm Sophos — became active in 2019 when a variant of malware known as PlugX...

Health

Biden Delays Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

Today at 20:42 PM, via New York Times

The proposal had been years in the making, in an effort to curb death rates of Black smokers targeted by Big Tobacco. In an election year, the president’s weak support among Black voters may have influenced the postponement.