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WorkThe dirty secret of private college scholarships - Business Insider Like a lot of seniors in high school, Maggie Beam was worried about getting into college. And her mom, Siobhan, was worried about paying for it. Siobhan was thrilled last January, when Maggie got into her top choice, Winthrop University, not far from their home in Charlotte, North Carolina. But that thrill turned to panic in April, when Maggie's financial-aid package arrived. Work
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WorkTop economist in China vanishes after private WeChat comments - WSJ A prominent economist at one of China’s top think tanks was placed under investigation, detained and removed from his posts after he allegedly criticized leader Xi Jinping’s management of the world’s second-largest economy in a private chat group, according to people familiar with the matter. WorkIrans new president faces a reality check in New York - WSJ Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was elected on a promise to revive his country’s weak economy by convincing the West to lift sanctions on its nuclear program. At his first big diplomatic test—the United Nations General Assembly this week—he’s set to walk away empty-handed.
WorkThe vast Hezbollah arsenal awaiting Israel in Lebanon - WSJ BEIRUT—Israel launched devastating attacks on Hezbollah in recent days with airstrikes and remote-control explosions that put the Lebanese militant group on the defensive and demonstrated Israel’s vast superiority in intelligence gathering and technology. WorkMillions of people are missing from U.S. disability data - STAT Swenor is the founding director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center. Landes is an associate professor of sociology and OHanley faculty scholar at Syracuse University. Hall is director of the Institute for Health and Disability Policy Studies at the University of Kansas.
WorkHow Foreign Investment Is Boosting U.S. Manufacturing - Harvard Business Review Foreign investment presents U.S. manufacturers with two opportunities. Although it might be tempting for manufacturers to invest in solving only their immediate workforce needs, a larger investment in building the regional workforce development pipeline can make for stronger suppliers, as well as a more capable talent pool in the future as the company prepares to grow.Second, one of the potential benefits of foreign investment for domestic firms is fresh ideas. But new ideas only make a difference if manufacturers are open to them and actively share knowledge with other firms. Work
WorkWork WorkInside a ferroelectric RAM chipFerroelectric memory (FRAM) is an interesting storage technique that stores bits in a special "ferroelectric" material.Ferroelectric memory is nonvolatile like flash memory, able to hold its data for decades.But, unlike flash, ferroelectric memory can write data rapidly.Moreover, FRAM is much more durable than flash and can be be written trillions of times. With these advantages, you might wonder why FRAM isn't more popular.The problem is that FRAM is much more expensive than flash, so it is only used in niche applications. WorkThe Death of LCDs, Means New Life for ChipsAround 20 years ago I was in a media briefing with a senior executive of AU Optronics, then Taiwan’s largest flat-panel maker. LCD displays were hot and the days of bulky cathode-ray tube TVs were numbered. WorkAveraging is a convenient fiction of neuroscienceAt any social gathering of neuroscientists, the conversation can turn to what’s holding back the field. “Funders,” some grumble, lamenting the amount of money thrown at microbiology instead. “Journals,” others chip in, grousing at the gatekeeping editors who stop new ideas from flourishing. “The tyranny of old-timers,” some newly minted principal investigator often mutters, cursing the difficulty of challenging entrenched ideas. WorkThe Many Lives of James Lovelock by Jonathan Watts ' man of many mythsAlong the driveway to James Lovelock's remote house of Coombe Mill was a warning one might hardly expect amid the tranquil Devon hills: a radiation hazard sign. It was not there simply to deter unwanted snoopers, for what lurked in Lovelock's private laboratory adjoining his house was truly hair-raising: radioactive sources, TNT and semtex. If there had ever been a fire, Lovelock laughed, "it would've blown up the house". WorkWorkWorkWorkIs the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine Better?Its fall, which means its time to get updated on the winter season shots. That includes vaccines for flu, RSV (for babies and the elderly) and, for anyone six months or older, COVID-19. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkGovernments are bigger than ever. They are also more useless - The Economist You may sense that governments are not as competent as they once were. Upon entering the White House in 2021, President Joe Biden promised to revitalise American infrastructure. In fact, spending on things like roads and rail has fallen. A flagship plan to expand access to fast broadband for rural Americans has so far helped precisely no one. Britains National Health Service soaks up ever more money, and provides ever worse care. Germany mothballed its last three nuclear plants last year, despite uncertain energy supplies. The countrys trains, once a source of national pride, are now always late. WorkWorkAmericans living abroad could swing key statesThe presidential election in November looks set to be an extremely tight contest, making the states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia even more crucial than usual. WorkWhy America hates to love chicken nuggetsChicken nuggets are a food I have never fed my kids, TikTok creator @thehealthywife says as she carefully places raw chicken breasts into a food processor, in a video from this spring that got more than 50,000 likes. Thats because I prioritize their health over convenience. WorkWhat the US can learn from the role of AI in other electionsWhen the generative-AI boom first kicked off, one of the biggest concerns among pundits and experts was that hyperrealistic AI deepfakes could be used to influence elections. But new research from the Alan Turing Institute in the UK shows that those fears might have been overblown. AI-generated falsehoods and deepfakes seem to have had no effect on election results in the UK, France, and the European Parliament, as well as other elections around the world so far this year. WorkChinese overcapacity is crushing the global steel industry - The Economist Each year China makes as much steel as the rest of the world combined. The vast scale of its output—around 1bn tonnes a year—is obscured by the fact that most of it stays in the country. Lately, however, China’s exports of the metal have surged, reaching 90m tonnes in 2023, up by 35% on the previous year (see chart 1). That may be a fraction of China’s total production, but it is more than what America or Japan make in a year. And it is enough to build a thousand Golden Gate bridges. WorkBiden, Addressing U.N., Will Argue His Vision Has 'Produced Results'Mr. Biden, who arrived in New York on Monday evening, will also meet on Tuesday with the secretary general of the United Nations, António Guterres, to discuss efforts between the U.N. and the United States to advance peace, safeguard human rights and help countries develop. And he will host a meeting of a coalition to address the global opioid crisis. WorkSpurned by Social Media, Publishers Chase Readers on WhatsApp“WhatsApp is a big community for Hispanics — it is the platform to go to to talk to family members and friends, outside the U.S. especially,” she said. Meta, which owns the app, says about 1.9 billion of its two billion users live outside the United States. WorkRestaurant Portions Are About to Get Smaller. Are Americans Ready?Some restaurants have already taken action. In January, Subway introduced a snack-focused menu that includes smaller bites like $3 hot wraps. Burger King’s largest franchisee shrank its 10-piece chicken nugget order to eight. Panera Bread’s You Pick Two — a cup of soup with half a sandwich or half a salad — is among its most popular menu items. WorkWorkWorkThe U.S. News College Rankings Are Out. Cue the Rage and Obsession.Indeed, to students and their parents, the rankings can be tools for narrowing college searches, and status symbols surrounding admissions to certain schools. To university leaders, the rankings are often publicly heralded but privately detested. To regulators, including Education Secretary Miguel A. Cardona, the rankings are responsible for “an unhealthy obsession with selectivity" and the development of “the false altar of U.S. News and World Report." WorkWorkThese Maternity Homes Offer Sanctuary, but It Can Feel OppressiveBut Florida allows most homes to operate without state standards or state oversight. An examination by The New York Times and the investigative podcast and radio show Reveal found that many homes require residents to agree to strict conditions that limit their communications, their financial decisions and even their movements. WorkWorkWorkTrump Gets a Lift From Arizona Ticket-Splitters Backing a Democrat for SenateIn 2022, Ms. Lake angered many traditionally Republican voters during her divisive governor’s race, feuding with the governor at the time, Doug Ducey, a conservative Republican, and angering supporters of Senator John McCain, who died in 2018, by saying her political rise “drove a stake through the heart of the McCain machine.” She further alienated some Republicans by filing a series of lawsuits after she lost her election, claiming that it had been stolen. WorkHarris Is Set to Visit Border, Trying to Cut Into Trump's Immigration EdgeBut she struggled in that role and drew criticism after telling the NBC News host Lester Holt in a 2021 interview, when he asked why she had not yet visited the southern border, that she had “never been to Europe” either. The Trump campaign has used that exchange in advertisements attacking her record on immigration. Ms. Harris traveled to the border soon after her interview with Mr. Holt. |
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