Racist and sexist depictions of human evolution still permeate science, education and popular culture today

Systemic racism and sexism have permeated civilization since the rise of agriculture, when people started living in one place for a long time. Early Western scientists, such as Aristotle in ancient Greece, were indoctrinated with the ethnocentric and misogynistic narratives that permeated their society. More than 2,000 years after Aristotle’s writings, English naturalist Charles Darwin […]

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24,250+ Employees Laid Off Amid Startup Funding Winter

So far, 24,256 employees have been laid off by 84 startups, including unicorns BYJU’S, Chargebee, Cars24, LEAD, Ola, OYO, Meesho, MPL, LivSpace Innovaccer, Udaan, Unacademy and Vedantu 19 edtech startups, including four of the seven edtech unicorns, laid off 9,000+ employees As the funding winter intensifies, here are the startups that have issued pink slips […]

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Modern physics can’t explain it – but our new theory, which says time is fundamental, might

Over the short span of just 300 years, since the invention of modern physics, we have gained a deeper understanding of how our universe works on both small and large scales. Yet, physics is still very young and when it comes to using it to explain life, physicists struggle. Even today, we can’t really explain […]

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Skip right to the data with electronic medical records

Scientific knowledge, as measured by numbers of papers published, has been estimated to double every 17.3 years. However, it takes an average of about 17 years for health and medical research – going from basic lab studies on cell cultures and animals to clinical trials in people – to result in actual changes patients see […]

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How a 1940s scientist made ‘vegan wool’ from peanuts

Woollen clothing has been around for as long as humans have been wearing clothes and sheep have been domesticated. Indeed, our distant ancestors used sheep for three things: food, clothing and shelter – wool makes good insulation and helps to keep in the warmth. The UK is still one of the largest wool producers in […]

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Will we ever have a fundamental theory of life and consciousness?

What’s the difference between a living collection of matter, such as a tortoise, and an inanimate lump of it, such as a rock? They are, after all, both just made up of non-living atoms. The truth is, we don’t really know yet. Life seems to just somehow emerge from non-living parts. This is an enigma […]

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KG Mobility to focus on quality over brand name as an EV market contender

KG Mobility Chairman Kwak Jea-sun speaks during the ″Vision Tech Day″ event held at Kintex, Gyeonggi, on Tuesday. [KG MOBILITY]   KG Mobility will strengthen its mobility capability in an effort to become a stronger contender in the electronic vehicle (EV) market.   The carmaker, previously known as SsangYong Motor, presented its plans to enlarge […]

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US chip controls threaten China’s technology ambitions – The Denver Post

By JOE McDONALD (AP Business Writer) BEIJING (AP) — Furious at U.S. efforts that cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips, China’s leaders appear to be struggling to figure out how to retaliate without hurting their own ambitions in telecoms, artificial intelligence and other industries. President Xi Jinping’s government sees the chips […]

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Tech war brewing as China hits back at U.S. restrictions on advanced computer chips – National

Furious at U.S. efforts that cut off access to technology to make advanced computer chips, China’s leaders appear to be struggling to figure out how to retaliate without hurting their own ambitions in telecoms, artificial intelligence and other industries. Read more: China says latest U.S. export controls on chips will ‘isolate and backfire’ on America […]

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