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A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland: Here's why it has ...

RNZ 27 Mar 2025
... with big ideas about how to rearrange US society ... They advocated replacing them with experts in science and engineering, who would "objectively" manage resources for the benefit of society.
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Scientists Record First Sounds Ever Known To Be Made By Sharks

Slashdot 27 Mar 2025
sciencehabit quotes a report from Science.org. Whales sing, orcas squeal, and sea turtles croak ... Now, researchers report the first evidence that sharks make sounds, too, described today in Royal Society Open Science ... .
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UT to get North India’s largest floating solar power plant

The Times of India 27 Mar 2025
Crest (Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science & Technology Promotion Society), UT, will implement the project.The floating solar plants, in addition to generating renewable energy, also help in ...
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Trump Killed Public War Research. Stargate Will Make It Secret—and Far More Dangerous

Scheerpost 27 Mar 2025
universities to investigate particular topics, emphasizing social and behavioral sciences ... national security state corrupting civil society and academia in order to maintain U.S.
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Partial solar eclipse to make sun shrink for many in North America (sorry, California)

East Bay Times 27 Mar 2025
Grab eclipse glasses ahead of time to spot the sight safely through a local science museum or ordering online from a seller cleared on the American Astronomical Society’s website.
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KSOU convocation: Guv urges students to embrace challenges as opportunities

The Times of India 27 Mar 2025
Every challenge should be seen as an opportunity for growth,' he said.Highlighting the role of youth in shaping society, he remarked, 'Educated youth drive national progress, whether in science, technology, business, arts, or social service.
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Prominent Taiwan scholars condemn political persecution by Lai Ching-te, DPP authorities

China.dot.org 27 Mar 2025
In the statement issued on Wednesday, the scholars, including medical scientist Chen Pei-jer, and Daiwie Fu, an honorary professor with the Institute of Science, Technology and Society at Taiwan-based ...
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Scientists Record Sharks Making Sounds Intentionally for the First Time

Greek Reporter 27 Mar 2025
Credit. / CC BY 4.0 ... The team needed to hold the juvenile sharks for a few minutes during this study, which they published in the Royal Society Open Science journal ... Learn more ... — News from Science (@NewsfromScience) March 26, 2025 ... ....
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Columbia U President to Faculty: Don't Worry, I Lied to the Trump Administration

Hot Air 27 Mar 2025
We need the academy, and even an academic elite with the freedom to explore ideas and even to challenge the moral and ethical norms of our society. We need curious scientists, superb teachers of science, literature, and history.
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‘Surprised’ scientists capture what sharks sound like for the first time ever: audio

New York Post 27 Mar 2025
What does the shark say?. Oceanic researchers proved that “Jaws” isn’t the silent killer it’s depicted as after recording shark noises for the first time, as detailed in a study in the Royal Society Open Science journal ... 3 ... 3.
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Elon Musk gets ‘good news’ from UK’s Royal Society

The Times of India 26 Mar 2025
“The view of council is that making judgments on the acceptability of the views and actions of fellows, particularly those that might be regarded as political, could do more harm than good to the society and the cause of science in general.
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Vanderbilt names technology visionary, Matthew Johnson-Roberson, as first dean of the College of Connected Computing

Nashville Pride 26 Mar 2025
I, and the School of Engineering faculty, staff and students, look forward to collaborating deeply with him and his colleagues in ways that profoundly impact science and society for the betterment of ...
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Donald Trump’s ‘war on woke’ is fast becoming a war on science. That’s incredibly dangerous ...

The Guardian 26 Mar 2025
Science and academia have been particularly targeted ... She is also a member of Independent Sage and vice president and EDI lead for the UK Operational Research Society. This article is based on by Independent Sage on the importance of DEI in science.
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Lawsuits targeting diversity efforts in science are multiplying

Ars Technica 26 Mar 2025
The lawsuits join a recent uptick in legal action against universities, departments, and professional societies that host programs intended to increase diversity across academia, including in the sciences.
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