Columbia University to cut 180 jobs due to federal grant revocations

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 16:10 UTC

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White House axed grants even as college agreed to demands including ceding control of Middle East studies department

New York’s Columbia University is slated to cut 180 staffers whose work was support…

Scientists reveal exactly how many deaths could be prevented by 2050 if greenhouse gas emissions are drastically reduced

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 14:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Cutting greenhouse gases will reduce number of deaths from poor air quality, say scientists at the University of Leeds.

The number of oral sex partners that can raise your chance of lethal cancer almost 10-fold, according to experts - are you at risk?

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 12:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Dr Hisham Mehanna, an expert in cancer at the University of Birmingham, said seven in 10 throat cancers are believed to be caused by a virus commonly spread by oral sex.

Blackstone offers €200mn return guarantee to fund UK railway arch deal

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 18:15 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

Promise is similar to a controversial enticement to University of California to halt a flood of redemptions

Disturbing new study reveals how everyday number all adults use can be early indicator of CANCER

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 03:45 UTC

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New research from The Ohio State University, Emory University and University of Verona found an unlikely number all adults are affected by could raise the risk of dying from cancer.

University students are 'told not to ask a person's pronouns' in case it's triggering

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 08:55 UTC

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Students at Liverpool University have now been told asking someone for their pronouns is not inclusive and could be triggering.

Baby food pouch hysteria? It’s just another way of making mothers feel guilty | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

found 2025 › May › 04 (Sun) @ 07:10 UTC

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We need a society that supports parents and makes good food choices achievable – not more lecturing of exhausted mums

Like many modern mothers, I have on occasion piped cold bolognese directly from a …

The way universities can survive the Trump era? Band together in an alliance | David Kirp

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 19:02 UTC

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Nato for higher education – a mutual defense pact is a long-shot approach, but it might just convince the bully in the White House to back off

Higher education is under attack from the person who inha…

UN judge jailed in UK after forcing woman to work as slave

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 19:02 UTC

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Lydia Mugambe stopped young Ugandan woman holding down steady job and made her work as her maid, court told

A UN judge has been jailed for six years and four months after forcing a young woman to work…

Scientists record seismic tremors from title-clinching Liverpool win over Spurs

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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Anfield celebrations of Alexis Mac Allister strike caused tremor with peak magnitude of 1.74 on Richter scale

Labelling a win as “seismic” has become a lazy and overused term. But not in the case of L…