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New policy aims to introduce bilingual education in South Africa
Russell H. Kaschula, Mbali Sunrise Dhlamini
Language has always been used as a political football in South Africa. This can be traced back to the competing English and Dutch colonizers, from the 17th to the early 20th centuries, each group try ...[Continue Reading]
Phys.Org
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Habitable Worlds are Found in Safe Places
Evan Gough
When we think of exoplanets that may be able to support life, we hone in on the habitable zone. A habitable zone is a region around a star where planets receive enough stellar energy to have liquid s ...[Continue Reading]
Universe Today
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The First Wooden Satellite Is Headed To the International Space Station
Jake Rossen
Space exploration often invokes the idea of durable, cutting-edge materials that can withstand extreme environmental challenges. But scientists in Japan suspect we dont need to abandon one of the old ...[Continue Reading]
Mental Floss
1 day ago
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The Prompt: Perplexitys Erroneous AI Election Info
Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes Staff, Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/
Welcome back to The Prompt, Perplexity launched a new platform that aims to keep track of election results but reports have found that it contained factual inaccuracies. SOPA Images/LightRocket via ...[Continue Reading]
Forbes
1 day ago
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BRCA only explains a fraction of breast cancers genes tied to metabolism may also up risk
emily.cooke@futurenet.com (Emily Cooke)
A new study has identified 80 genes that may increase the risk of developing breast cancer 70 of which were previously unknown to be tied to the disease. These gene variants genes that carry ...[Continue Reading]
Live Science
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Zoe SaldaaWas Afraid of Being Labeled a Sci-Fi Star Now Shes Embracing a Genre Thats More Than a Geeky Thing
Kate Erbland
Heres a piece of trivia you might have heard in recent months: In Hollywood big-buck historys grand annals, only one performer has ever been part of four films that grossed more than $2 billion eac ...[Continue Reading]
IndieWire
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