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Academia’s meltdown over Trump’s science plan isn’t about policy. It’s about the cover letter

An op-ed argues that academic and scientific groups criticizing the Trump administration's 'Science: A New Golden Age' report are motivated by partisanship rather than substantive policy concerns. It credits the report's proposals on reproducibility, faster grants, and NSF X-Labs as private-sector-inspired fixes for a broken federal R&D system and warns about China's scientific rise.

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What the world map REALLY looks like: Plans to redraw the traditional globe and make Africa 'bigger' have been blasted by critics as 'wokery'. Now RONAN O'REILLY investigates truth behind the row

A UN vote has advanced a plan to replace the traditional Mercator world map with one that gives Africa a more accurate size, sparking debate over whether it is a genuine correction or politically motivated 'wokery.' The article traces the map's history, its colonial-era distortions, and the political row around it.

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Disturbing number of Americans don’t socialize at all on any average day: dismal new research

A new survey finds that more than two-thirds of Americans do no socializing on an average day, with social time declining and screen time rising over the past decade. A psychologist says Gen Z has been especially affected by COVID lockdowns and fewer free 'third places,' leaving them with weaker social skills but still hungry for connection.

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