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Axios
3 days ago
Education

Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestine protesters at Yale

Yale University protesters arrested for encampment demanding divestment from military weapons manufacturers. [ more ]
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3 days ago
Education

Dozens of Yale Students Arrested During Campus Protests

Pro-Palestinian protests at Yale resulted in 47 arrests, calling for divestment from military weapons manufacturers. [ more ]
Washington Post
3 days ago
Education

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale

Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale University over Gaza war protests. [ more ]
Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month ago
Education

"New communism" group disrupts Yale professor's class

The Revolutionary Communist Party disrupted a Yale University professor's class advocating for 'new communism'.
The professor and his students were forced to move to another room due to the disruption caused by the Revcoms. [ more ]
Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month ago
Education

No emerging consensus on standardized test policies

The University of Michigan adopted test-optional policy, while Yale implemented a test-flexible policy. [ more ]
Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months ago
Education

Yale adopts "test-flexible" admissions policy

Yale University adopting test-flexible policy allowing replacement of SAT/ACT with AP/IB exams.
Intent is to increase diversity and not disadvantage low-income, first-generation, or rural students. [ more ]
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Sun Sentinel
1 week ago
Miami

Convicted ex-U.S. diplomat says 'radical politics' at Yale turned him into Cuban spy

Manuel Rocha's upbringing in Colombian housing projects led to scholarships for education at Yale, where he was radicalized into a spy for Cuba. [ more ]
Washington Post
2 months ago
Education

Yale will again require standardized test scores for admission

Standardized test scores are the best predictor of academic performance at Yale University.
Yale University will start requiring standardized test scores for admission, with more flexibility for applicants. [ more ]
Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 months ago
Education

Yale adopts "test-flexible" admissions policy

Yale University adopts test-flexible policy allowing AP and IB exam submission.
Middle ground decision on standardized testing addresses diversity and access. [ more ]
www.nytimes.com
2 months ago
Education

Yale to Require Standardized Test Scores for Admissions

Yale University and Dartmouth College are reverting to requiring standardized test scores for admissions.
Institutions like MIT are reinstating testing requirements while many others are keeping test-optional policies amidst declining SAT takers. [ more ]
Axios
2 months ago
Education

Some elite colleges are rethinking SAT requirements

Yale is reconsidering its move to make standardized testing optional, joining other universities in the debate over vetting prospective students.
The correlation between SAT and ACT scores and student success is complex and uncertain, with conflicting research and viewpoints among educators. [ more ]
New York Post
3 months ago
Education

Yale Law School dean mired in scandals is 'frontrunner' to become next president: report

Heather Gerken, the controversial dean of the Yale Law School, is the frontrunner for the position of university president at Yale University.
Gerken has faced criticism for her handling of campus politics and her response to students' concerns over antisemitism on campus. [ more ]
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New York Post
4 months ago
Education

Harvard early admission applications drop 17% amid antisemitism claims

Harvard's early admission applications have dropped to a four-year low, while its competitors saw increases in the number of students seeking early admissions.
The drop in applications comes as Harvard faces backlash for not condemning antisemitism on campus.
The University of Pennsylvania also saw a significant increase in early admissions applications despite similar criticism. [ more ]
Dezeen
1 year ago
Design

British architect Michael Wilford dies aged 84

British architect Michael Wilford, who was best known for his bright and colourful postmodern buildings created together with James Stirling, has passed away at the age of 84.The news of his passing on Friday 10th March was confirmed today in an email to Dezeen from his daughter, Karenna Wilford.Wilford was born in East Sussex in 1938.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Education

Stanford blames inflation for highest tuition hike in at least a decade

First, it was gas and groceries.Now, it's college tuition.Stanford University is blaming inflation for its largest tuition increase in at least a decade, a 7% hike that will push undergraduate tuition to nearly $62,000 and the total cost of attendance including room and board to above $82,000 in the next academic year.
SFGATE
1 year ago
Education

2 Bay Area law schools say no to US News rankings

sshepard/Getty Images The UC Berkeley School of Law joined the law schools of Harvard University and Yale University last week in cutting ties with U.S. News & World Report's rankings.The top universities will no longer provide data to the publication, alleging the report can be harmful to attracting a diverse set of prospective students.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Chicago judge overseeing police consent decree, Ald. Edward Burke case is leaving for SCOTUS job

U.S. District Judge Robert Dow, whose high-profile cases include the Chicago police consent decree and the racketeering charges against Ald.
East Bay Times
1 year ago
Education

2 UC schools in Top 20 list are the only ones charging less than $50,000 annually

The cost of higher education is climbing upward, and attending one of the top schools in the country comes with a price tag to match: Nineteen of the top 20 national universities cost $55,000 or more for a year's tuition and fees.
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SFGATE
10 months ago
SF real estate

Live Large for Less: 5 Legit Mansions You Can Buy for Less Than a Million Bucks

Realtor.comNot related to a testy media tycoon?Don't have the stomach to be a bitcoin billionaire?No one in your family has royal blood?Not to worry!You don't have to be a millionaire to live well in one of these five mansions we've found for under $1 million.Seriously, these places are so posh, they could tempt a prince to move to America.
KQED
10 months ago
Science

Magic Mushrooms May Treat Depression. But Hurdles to Psilocybin Access Abound | KQED

"A lot of 'dones,' a lot of 'ols,'" she said.Some of them helped her sleep, but left her feeling numb.She recalled thinking, "I still feel sad, so what are we doing here, antidepressants?"Diamond was curious whether a clinically guided mushroom trip would help, and she enrolled in this clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms," for her type of bipolar depression.
Futurism
1 year ago
Science

Hubble May Have Spotted a Supermassive Black Hole Breaking Free From Its Galaxy

Scientists using the ever-faithful Hubble Space Telescope (HST) believe they've spotted their most terrifying discovery to date: A "rogue" supermassive black hole, unshackled from the heart of its galaxy, prowling across the cosmos at nearly a thousand miles per second.If their findings hold water, it would make for some of the best evidence to date of a supermassive black hole being ejected from its host galaxy.
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Washington Post
1 year ago
Science

The pigs had been dead for an hour. Scientists made their hearts beat again.

Hours after pumping synthetic fluids through the bodies of dead pigs, a team of researchers from Yale University observed their hearts beginning to beat faintly.Blood circulation was restored, and some cellular functions were revived in vital organs such as the heart and liver.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Science

The pigs had been dead for an hour. Scientists made their hearts beat again.

Hours after pumping synthetic fluids through the bodies of dead pigs, a team of researchers from Yale University observed their hearts beginning to beat faintly.Blood circulation was restored, and some cellular functions were revived in vital organs such as the heart and liver.
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1 year ago
Science

The Large Hadron Collider will embark on a third run to uncover more cosmic secrets

Ten years ago, scientists were able to discover the Higgs Boson particle and help make sense of the our universe using the Large Hadron Collider.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
US news

The Tangled Roots of Memorial Day and Why It's Celebrated

Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest for travel in the United States and the unofficial start of summer; a day for cookouts, beach trips and auto races.But how did Memorial Day, held on the last Monday of May in honor of America's war dead, begin?Here is a brief refresher: The holiday grew out of the Civil War, as Americans Northern, Southern, Black and white struggled to honor the staggering numbers of dead soldiers, at least 2 percent of the U.S. population at the time.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

These twin sisters have been named valedictorian and salutatorian of their high school

The two best students at one New York high school aren't just related they're twins, and they're bringing sibling rivalry to a whole new level.Twin sisters Gloria and Victoria Guerrier were respectively named valedictorian and salutatorian of West Hempstead Secondary School's Class of 2023 last week.
www.scientificamerican.com
11 months ago
Science

The Closest Living Relative of the First Animal Has Finally Been Found

Deep, deep in geologic time, some 600 million or 700 million years ago, the very first animals evolved on Earth.Their closest relatives that still live today include sponges, sea anemones and comb jellies.But exactly which of these is truly the closest relative to the very first animals has remained one of the most contentious questions in evolutionary biology.
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1 year ago
Arts

My Unsung Hero: A belated thank you

In this week's My Unsung Hero, Sarah Feldman thanks someone for their gift more than 20 years ago.ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Time now for "My Unsung Hero," our series from the team at Hidden Brain telling the stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.Today's story comes from Sarah Feldman.
Social Media Explorer
1 year ago
Online marketing

Twitter Will Remained Blocked In Russia - Social Media Explorer

Moscow has blocked all access to Twitter since February in a wider effort to limit the spread of propaganda.... [+]
getty  Users in Russia won't be able to use Twitter even though Elon Musk restored thousands of accounts.Moscow blocked Twitter access in February as part of its wider effort to stop the spread of information after it invaded Ukraine unprovoked.
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1 year ago
Health

A year only lasts 17.5 hours on the hell planet'

Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter.Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.The exoplanet 55 Cancri e goes by several names, but the rocky world located 40 light-years from Earth is most known for its reputation as a hell planet.This super-Earth, so named because it's a rocky planet eight times as massive and twice as wide as Earth, is so scorching hot that it has a molten lava ocean for a surface that reaches 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit (1,982 degrees Celsius).
San Francisco Bay Times
1 year ago
SF LGBT

An Excerpt from First Consonants, About the Life of a Stutterer - San Francisco Bay Times

By Michele Karlsberg-
Michele Karlsberg: John Whittier Treat writes: "Everyone stutters occasionally, but only a few of us are stutterers.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Not Even Trolls Can Ruin 'The Rings of Power'

Amazon's decision to impose a three-day delay before posting customer reviews of shows has the internet all abuzz.
Los Angeles Times
11 months ago
California

Design team chosen for memorial to victims of L.A.'s Chinese Massacre of 1871

(Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong and Judy Chui-Hua Chung)

It remains one of the most shameful episodes in Los Angeles history: in 1871, an angry mob lynched 18 Chinese men following a dispute - at a time when the city's population was barely 5,700.Now a monument will be built in downtown to honor the victims of this massacre.
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5 years ago
US politics

Amy Klobuchar Fast Facts

Here is a look at the life of Amy Klobuchar, US senator from Minnesota and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.Birth date: May 25, 1960 Birth place: Plymouth, Minnesota Birth name: Amy Jean Klobuchar Father: Jim Klobuchar, Star Tribune columnist Mother: Rose (Heuberger) Klobuchar, teacher Marriage: John Bessler (1993-present) Children: Abigail Education: Yale University, B.A. in political science, magna cum laude, 1982; University of Chicago Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1985 Religion: Congregationalist (United Church of Christ) Her last name is pronounced KLOW-buh-shar.
www.mercurynews.com
1 year ago
Parenting

Opinion: $20,000 baby boxes' aren't a solution to Roe's repeal

There was a time when U.S. parents who abandoned their children were a rarity and fit a narrow profile.Due to overwhelming cultural or social pressures, their unplanned pregnancy put them at significant risk, so they felt they had no choice but to hide the pregnancy, give birth alone and abandon the infant.
Futurity
2023 years ago
Parenting

Work-from-home parents watched kids more in COVID's first year

A dramatic shift toward remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic caused telecommuting parents in the United States to spend significantly more time "parenting" their children in the first year of the pandemic than they did before, according to a new study.In the study in the Journal of Marriage and Family, the researchers found that parents working remotely, particularly mothers, significantly increased the amount of time they spent on supervisory parenting-or "watching" their children as they did other activities, such as their job-related duties, not focused on childcare.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Afternoon, News: Regional Tax Penalties Waived, Portland Police Body Camera Policy Hits Impasse, and Let's Talk About Sex

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!Good afternoon, Portland!Happy Valentines Day to all you cuties out there.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

THE TRASH REPORT: Sensitive Boys, Dancing Pigs (Maybe?!) and Feral Cat Colonies

Hi everyone, and welcome to another edition of The Trash Report!I got some great gossips this week.I made them extra sloppy for you.I know how you kids like them sloppy.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

THE TRASH REPORT: Sensitive Boys, Dancing Pigs (Maybe?!) and Feral Cat Colonies

Hi everyone, and welcome to another edition of The Trash Report!I got some great gossips this week.I made them extra sloppy for you.I know how you kids like them sloppy.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia has relocated 6,000 Ukrainian children to camps in Russian territory, a report finds.

The Russian government is holding at least 6,000 Ukrainian children in camps in Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea, according to a U.S.-backed report published on Tuesday, part of what human rights advocates call Moscow's systemic attempt to Russify occupied parts of Ukraine.Most of the children, who are between four months and 17 years old, are being kept at integration programs that are designed to immerse them in pro-Russian ideals, the report said.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Europe news

Latest in Ukraine: Updates on Russia's war and a look ahead (Feb. 13)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) walks with French President Emmanuel Macron on the tarmac of Velizy-Villacoublay airbase as they prepare to board a flight together, en route to Brussels for a summit at European Parliament, on Feb. 9. Zelenskyy made a surprise Europe tour last week.Mohammed Badra/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukraine live briefing: Power restored to nuclear plant; Zelensky warns of 'radiation disaster' risk

Electricity has been restored to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, narrowly averting a "radiation accident," says Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.
www.kvue.com
1 year ago
Austin

3 UT Austin students bring Longhorn pride to 'Jeopardy! High School Reunion Tournament'

AUSTIN, Texas Three University of Texas at Austin students will compete in a new Jeopardy!tournament this week.The contestants originally appeared on Jeopardy!four years ago for the show's high school tournament.Senior Alison Purcell, senior Rohan Kapileshwari and junior Anish Maddipoti will now return for the Jeopardy!
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

Enrollment in Russian drops

Colleges and universities across North America and Europe are reporting significant declines in enrollment of first-year Russian-language students, with scholars blaming the Kremlin's war on Ukraine.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

Zelensky meets (virtually) with university leaders

Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, met virtually last week with presidents of members of the Association of American Universities.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Books

A flood destroyed all of Sarah's books, but a gift from a librarian changed her life

In his letter to Sarah Feldman, Bill Carver said that he hoped this copy of The Medieval Book would help her shape her new library collection after all her books were destroyed in a flood.Sarah Feldman In 2001, Tropical Storm Allison hit Houston.More than 70,000 houses were flooded, including the home of Sarah Feldman and her family.
Dezeen
1 year ago
Design

Upgrades to historic Toronto university building include scale-clad elevator

Canadian studios Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects have renovated a historic building at the University of Toronto to make it more accessible.Local firms Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects team up for the 2,230-square-metre project, which involved bringing cohesion to the different spaces through a set of contemporary interventions.
Dezeen
1 year ago
Design

David Chipperfield wins 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize

British architect David Chipperfield has been awarded this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize for his "understated but transformative" body of work that spans four decades.Chipperfield is the 52nd winner of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, which is considered the most significant award in international architecture.
Design Milk
1 year ago
Design

Evan Nesbit Pushes Paint in New Directions

Artist Evan Nesbit creates uniquely textured paintings that electrify your eyes while they tempt you to approach ever closer.His unusual technique reinvents the relationship between paint and "canvas" while playing with the idea what the "front" of an artwork means.Evan Nesbit: Marbled and Bewildered is his third solo exhibition at Van Doren Waxter gallery in New York, on view through February 11 th 2023.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Adam Carrington: Supreme Court justices' financial status has no bearing on legality of student debt relief

On March 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about the legality of President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan.Given the normal schedule followed by the Supreme Court, we shouldn't expect a final decision until at least June.But on Monday, CNN already was hard at work seeking to impugn the legitimacy of the ultimate decision.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Editorial: Putin is relocating Ukrainian children to Russian 're-education' camps. It's tantamount to a war crime.

One of Vladimir Putin's strategies during his brutal, illegal war in Ukraine has been to ensure that Russians only hear one version of reality.His.This week, the world learned that he's also applying that tactic to Ukrainian children.The Russian government has put thousands of Ukrainian children into what the Kremlin pitched as "recreation camps," but in actuality are re-education facilities aimed at Russifying the children with a pro-Moscow lens into Russian culture, history and society, according to a report released by Yale University and the Conflict Observatory, a program created by the State Department to document war crimes committed by Russian forces and their proxies in Ukraine.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Editorial: Northwestern's new football stadium looks like a luxury game-day experience with unimpeachable funding

Thanks to the Chicago Bears and the perennial arguments over Soldier Field, conversations about stadiums and renovations are commonplace for us.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Yale's hugely popular happiness course is revamped for teens

Health "A lot of teenagers are trying to be happy, but sometimes they're going about it the wrong way or putting effort into the wrong things."A widely popular course at Yale University about the psychology of happiness has been retooled for teens.It teaches them how to better manage stress and feel happier as they navigate their high school years.
The Sacramento Bee
1 year ago
California

Crews respond to fire in rural Placer County. Here is the status of evacuation alerts

A fire that sparked Sunday in Placer County prompted evacuation orders as crews battled flames that were burning vegetation and an outbuilding.
Social Media Explorer
1 year ago
Online marketing

Burger King Pride Campaign Faces Backlash On Social Media - Social Media Explorer

Burger King Austria posted the reveal of Burger King Austria's Pride Month Menu on Monday via Instagram ... [+]
Burger King Austria has revealed the Pride Whopper, which will go on sale until June 20.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Live Updates: Ukraine Rejects French Diplomatic Push and Vows to Press On

Ukraine rejected pressure to scale back its defenses and prepare for a diplomatic solution with Russia, highlighting the dim prospects for diplomacy as the war, which started more than 100 days ago, grinds to a deadly stalemate in the east.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

The truth behind gift guilt' and what to do about it

Planning meals, traveling and shopping for gifts are widely understood holiday stress factors for a lot of people, but receiving presents can also stir up uncomfortable feelings  what's known as gift guilt.Some may gasp at this notion, but it's a real phenomenon.You may think you should feel lucky and grateful when given a gift but instead suffer pangs of guilt.
BBC News
1 year ago
Health

Pig organs partially revived hour after death

By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent
The technique could increase the number of organs available for transplant and buy doctors more time to save a life.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

6 tasks you've been putting off that you need to do now

(CNN)Whether your approach to life maintenance is to plan out every detail or improvise at the last moment, chances are you've fallen into the trap of procrastination.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Health

Galapagos tortoise species was thought to be extinct until a female loner's discovery

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Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Nothing Says 'Christmas' Like a Lawsuit

'Tis the season to be suing.Which is to say, it's time for dispatches from America's annual Christmas Wars.* * * * * * *
Let's start in the Arkansas, where the mayor of Eureka Springs (population 2,171) has reversed himself and decided to allow a Nativity scene to remain in a public park.Originally, the town had asked that the privately owned exhibit be removed, evidently because of a threatened lawsuit.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Balenciaga Has Filed a Lawsuit It Won't Win

It's not every day that a famous fashion house files a $25 million lawsuit against the company that supplied props for a photo shoot.That Balenciaga has been driven to such a bizarre extreme suggests the extent of the damage the designer has suffered from a pair of advertising campaigns that crossed the line.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Can Trademark Law Stop a Racist Role-Playing Game?

An otherwise mundane motion for an injunction filed last week in a Seattle federal court opens with this startling sentence: "Defendants' to-be-released Star Frontiers New Genesis game contains despicable content including blatantly racist and transphobic content."
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Can Trademark Law Stop a Racist Video Game?

Test versions of the new game have been distributed to some potential players.
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It's no niche problem: Worldwide video game sales are expected to top $200 billion this year.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Calling a Man 'Bald' Isn't Sexual Harassment

Everybody relax.It's still safe to say "bald" in the workplace.News reports to the contrary notwithstanding, a UK employment tribunal didn't hold last week that using the word is sexual harassment.
time.com
1 year ago
Wellness

Why You're More Likely to Get Sick in the Winter, According to New Research

Fall and winter are traditionally boom times for respiratory virusesa point well proven by this year's confluence of influenza, RSV, and COVID-19.Almost 9 million people nationwide have been sickened by the flu already this season, RSV is surging among children, and COVID-19 continues to infect tens of thousands of people in the U.S. each day.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

A classic, tragic account of American incarceration

Books "The Other Side of Prospect," by Nicholas Dawidoff, tells the story of how a manifestly not-guilty 16-year-old confessed to the murder-robbery of an elderly Black man in the Newhallville neighborhood of New Haven, Conn."The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City"
By Nicholas Dawidoff
Norton.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Dartmouth to eliminate loans for undergraduate students

This will decrease the debt burden for hundreds of middle-income students and their families by an average of $22,000 over four years, the school said.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Mass. now has an official state dinosaur, and he's a cute little guy

Podokesaurus holyokensis is officially our dinosaur.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
Education

Students sue Yale University, alleging discrimination against students with mental health disabilities

Current students and an advocacy group are suing Yale University and its governing body, alleging systemic discrimination against students with mental health disabilities, according to a lawsuit filed in Connecticut federal court Wednesday.The lawsuit alleges the university discriminated against students with mental health disabilities and forced students to withdraw from the school after showing severe mental health disability symptoms.
Theregister
1 year ago
OMG science

Bright light from black holes caused by particle shock waves

Scientists have reported a "huge leap forward" in the understanding of light and other electromagnetic radiation emitted by black holes using NASA's newly deployed $188m space telescope IXPE.Beams of electrons smash into slower-moving particles causing a shock wave which results in electromagnetic radiation across frequency bands from X-rays to visible light, according to a research paper published in Nature this week.
Acm
1 year ago
Digital life

Quantum Computers Vulnerable to Eavesdropping Hackers

Allen Mi and colleagues at Yale University warn that even carefully wiping quantum computers of data would not thwart its theft by hackers.Companies offer timeshare access to nascent quantum computers.The researchers used artificial intelligence to assemble a model that identified quantum bit (qubit) fluctuations that happen when manipulating other qubits on IBM's quantum service, enabling them to detect what another user sharing the same machine was doing by observing only the qubits they had been assigned to use.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
NYC music

Geoff Nuttall, First Among Equals in Acclaimed Quartet, Dies at 56

Geoff Nuttall, a charismatic musician who played boldly as the first violinist of the acclaimed St. Lawrence String Quartet for more than three decades, and who was widely admired as the leader of the chamber music series at the Spoleto Festival USA, died on Wednesday in Palo Alto, Calif.
San Francisco Bay Times
1 year ago
SF LGBT

Hispanic Heritage Month: Theatre Rhino Charges into The Castro with Reyes' Bad Hombres - San Francisco Bay Times

By Crystal Liu-
For longtime patrons and supporters of Theatre Rhinoceros, it is well understood that subtlety is not the company's main concern.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Arts

Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough has died

Historian David McCullough, shown here in 2013, has died at 89.
He wrote extensively and compellingly about American history and won two Pulitzer Prizes.
Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty
1 year ago
Boston real estate

Robert Schiller Interview on the Housing Market Boston Condos For Sale Ford Realty

Robert Schiller Interview on the Housing Market
Will the housing market be impacted by a recession?
DATAVERSITY
1 year ago
Business intelligence

Webinar: Data Warehouse or Data Lake, Which Do I Choose? - DATAVERSITY

About the Webinar
Today's data-driven companies have a choice to make - where do we store our data?
DATAVERSITY
1 year ago
Business intelligence

Slides: Data Warehouse or Data Lake, Which Do I Choose? - DATAVERSITY

About the Webinar
Today's data-driven companies have a choice to make - where do we store our data?
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