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Nerds have longevity — and the numbers to prove it

So far, this has been a really good century for nerds, with lots of jobs, higher pay and an abundance of promotions. Then there’s the admiration we get, however reluctant it may seem, in almost every TV show and a multitude of movies. With the exception of medieval dramas, there’s…

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Newcastle man jailed for killing a father following random one-punch assault in Manchester last year

Callum Crosbie, 23, of Colebridge Close, Newcastle was sentenced to seven years behind bars

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The UK has a new open-door immigration policy – as long as you went to Harvard

Britain’s new visa scheme for ‘high potential individuals’ is yet another reminder that borders only exist for the poor

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Tesla Battles For Top Battery Engineers As EV Competition Heats Up

As demand for EVs rises, it's not just chips and other supplies that are in short supply. Skilled engineers with the proper battery know-how are also limited.

InsideEVs

School of life reigns supreme

Some 12th-grade students may have been up several nights awaiting the announcement of the Thai University Central Admission System late last month. My ex-colleague's daughter was one of those who were eventually admitted to Srinakharinwirot University. Others who were rejected still had a chance to win in the university's direct…

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Scientists Use Gel to Make Pill Swallowing Easier for Children

For most children and even some adults, swallowing pills or tablets is difficult. To make it easier to give those medicines, researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have created a drug-delivering gel to facilitate pills swallowing.

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Artificial 'inventors' are pushing patent law to its limits

It was the veritable search for a needle in a haystack. With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, researchers at MIT were sifting through a database of more than 100 million molecules to identify a few that might have antibacterial properties.

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11 time capsules waiting to be opened

In a galaxy not so far away (OK, it's Skywalker Ranch) there's a Star Wars capsule we'd love to crack

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Lost at sea? Here’s a desalination unit that fits in a suitcase

MIT scientists have developed a portable desalination unit, the size of a suitcasethat requires less power than a mobile phone charger.

The New Daily

Have we hit the limits to growth?

Fifty years ago this spring, one of the most influential books of the twentieth century was published. Written for the Club of Rome by Donella Meadows and colleagues at MIT, The Limits to Growth used new computer models to forecast an uncontrollable collapse in the global population and economy if…

Bangkok Post

2 Safe Stocks to Buy During an Uncertain Market

The Federal Reserve appears firm on its commitment to implement multiple interest rate hikes in 2022 to curb runaway inflation. Amid widespread market uncertainties and an anticipated economic slowdown, we think it could be wise to bet on quality stocks KT (KT) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTTYY), which possess…

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Activision's controversial diversity tool was years in the making

An early architect had warned about turning diversity into "a numbers game."

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House Cleaning: Study Finds Cells Take Out The Trash Before They Divide

The discovery was made using a new method the MIT team developed for measuring the dry mass of cells.

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"Cambridge, we have a problem"

"Cambridge, we have a problem" doesn't quite have the same ring to it

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Cryptography pioneer Silvio Micali on where crypto is headed

Some 40 years ago, Silvio Micali and his colleague Shafi Goldwasser wanted to figure out how to play poker together on their phones. They needed a way to ensure neither could know the other player's hands.

The Street

William Shatner Wants To Work At Twitter (And He's Not Alone)

Even a MIT scientist is using Twitter to ask Elon Musk for a job.

The Independent UK

Grimes blames Twitter for ‘public mental health’ issues amid takeover by her ex-partner Elon Musk

The musician’s ex and Tesla titan announced last month that he’d reached an agreement to buy the platform for $44bn

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MIT's new paper-thin speakers could line your future living room

Researchers at MIT have developed new manufacturing techniques that allow for thin speakers that use a fraction of the electricity of a normal audio setup.

The Conversation

How Robert Langer, a pioneer in delivering mRNA into the body, failed repeatedly but kept going: 'They said I should give up, but I don't like to give up'

The mRNA vaccines developed against COVID-19 owe a lot to the work of Robert Langer, a pioneer in the delivery of mRNA. Langer, who is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology David H. Koch Institute Professor and director of the Langer Lab, helped lay the foundation for the underlying delivery mechanism…

Inverse

60 years ago, a forgotten NASA balloon in space changed how we watch TV forever

Echo 1 launched to space in the 1960s — on April 24, 1962, it made history by transmitting the first television broadcast via satellite, transforming global communications in the process.

Reason

After 53 Earth Days, Society Still Hasn't Collapsed

The Limits to Growth is still “as wrongheaded as it is possible to be.”

Inverse

Astronomers catch a stellar explosion a millionth as powerful as a supernova

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read stories about a new kind of star explosion, why Oreos always crack when you split the cookie, and more.

Investors Business Daily

How Giuliana Tesoro Helped Shape The High-Tech Fabric Industry

No one knew the importance of fabric better than Giuliana Cavaglieri Tesoro. She pioneered innovations in the field.

Inverse

Scientists finally know why Oreo filling always sticks to one side

A PhD candidate at MIT wrote a paper looking at the fluidics of creme in an Oreo cookie, and how twisting the cookies results in the creme adhering to one side.

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