Lab-grown brain cells play video game Pong
Researchers have grown brain cells in a lab that have learned to play the 1970s tennis-like video game, Pong. Read more
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Researchers have grown brain cells in a lab that have learned to play the 1970s tennis-like video game, Pong. Read more
Texas Tech University faculty members appear to be attempting to sabotage an event featuring Kayleigh McEnaney by encouraging people to reserve tickets with no intention of attending. Read more
A primary school whose top management were paid £1.49m last year has become among the first to use strike-busting legislation allowing them to hire agency workers to replace striking staff. Read more
Nearly four months after the reversal of Roe v. Wade, there is currently no proof to support the theory that college students would be leaving red state universities due to pro-life laws, according to an investigation by The College Fix. Read more
Many students preparing for job interviews and internships can now turn to campus “career closets” for free professional clothing—much of it donated by newly remote workers. Read more
Switzerland has reversed the decline of more than half of endangered frogs, toads and newts in one region, research finds. Read more
Perhaps no field, no industry, no pursuit of excellence has perpetuated quite as many barriers for women—and especially women of color—as STEM has in the past four decades. Despite myriad calls for more inclusion, their representation remains paltry at best. Read more
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s annual “First Amendment Day” came under fire as being “a condemnation event on the threat posed by free speech.” Read more
A woman has been told she cannot breastfeed her baby on campus at one of the world’s most prestigious arts schools. Read more
Barnard College, a private women’s college in New York City, will give students access to medication abortion — abortion pills — as soon as fall of next year, school officials announced Thursday. Read more