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Sign up to Róisín O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter, Now Hear This, to stay up to date on all things musicListen now Get your free emailThe team behind Horrible Histories got it right when they cast Kate Nash as Boudica in the 2019 film Rotten Romans. Like the ancient Iceni queen, Nash (whose debut album, Made of Bricks, hit the charts at No. 1 in 2007) was dangerously underestimated by misogynists in both the industry and the media, but she refused to back down from the pop world. She shook her red hair at haters and continued to spit sarcastic, barbed,…

Although schools are closed, students are still studying.Georgia College & State University’s Academic Outreach and Science Education Center recently hosted a science camp for students in grades 3 through 9 where they explored the science behind the food they eat.The University of Georgia’s Academic Outreach has been providing educational programs to residents of the Middle Georgia region for nearly 60 years. According to their website, Academic Outreach’s mission is to provide learning experiences for people in Baldwin County and neighboring communities. Academic Outreach works in partnership with the University of Georgia’s Center for Science Education to engage the community and…

Earlier this year, Closer to Truth host Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviewed Monash University philosopher of mind Tim Bain and asked, “Does brain science eliminate free will?” (April 14, 2024, 9 minutes and 5 seconds). Many of the materialistic arguments against free will are based on neuroscience experiments conducted in the early 1980s by physiologist Benjamin Libet (1916-2007). Libet showed that brain activity associated with the choice to perform a simple action (the readiness potential) precedes awareness of the choice. This was seen at the time as evidence against free will. Bain offers a different approach. Robert Lawrence Kuhn: [0:00] Tim,…

Getty Images The Denver Broncos added a prominent figure to their front office on Thursday when general manager George Paton announced that former Stanford head coach David Shaw had been hired as senior personnel executive. This marks Shaw’s first return to the NFL since 2005.Shaw actually interviewed for the Broncos’ vacant head coaching position in 2023 before Denver ultimately acquired Sean Payton in a trade. Payton and Shaw both served as offensive assistants with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1997 and reportedly stayed in contact last year. The former Stanford head coach spent 12 years at his alma mater, compiling a…

The Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program has awarded $15,000 scholarships to five students to compete at the 2024 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Los Angeles, California, in recognition of excellence in research areas such as rocket engines and autonomous vehicles.The award, in the form of the Director of Naval Research (CNR) Scholarship Award, is presented by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to recognize students in grades 9-12 who have developed and presented high-quality science and engineering projects.The awards were presented at ISEF, the world’s largest science and…

“China still ranks first in the Nature Index after it was expanded last year to include more than 60 medical journals,” the state-run Guangming Daily reported on June 10.The number of Chinese research institutions listed in the Nature Index has risen sharply in recent years, surpassing the number of papers published by researchers at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.In 2023, Chinese institutions surpassed U.S. institutions for the first time, a lead that has been maintained this year and even expanded by some institutions.According to the index, the top 10 Chinese institutions publishing the most research papers are the Chinese…

One of my earliest childhood memories is being kicked out of Sunday school.I remember my suburban church basement classroom, with its beige cinderblock walls and Bible-themed coloring books, and the discomfort I felt as a five-year-old.As my teacher was engrossed in a lesson about Adam and Eve, I asked, “What about evolution?”I had heard of Charles Darwin and his theories, but they didn’t line up with my teacher’s story about humans being created from clay and a rib.In that classroom, evolution, rather than a unified concept of biology, was considered heresy.I never went back to Sunday school, but it sparked…

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be on a two-day official visit to India starting Friday in a bid to further expand the already close ties between the two countries. This will be the first official bilateral visit by a foreign leader since the new government was formed following the Indian Lok Sabha elections. Hasina was among seven top leaders from India’s neighbouring countries and the Indian Ocean region who attended the inauguration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India’s Union Council of Ministers at the Presidential Palace on June 9. Prime Minister Modi and Prime Minister Hasina are scheduled…

Though Marcy Alvis Walker’s family received food stamps and sometimes had their utilities cut off, her parents convinced her they were your average middle-class black family. They encouraged her to follow her dreams, telling her they could come true if she worked hard. The small problem was that Walker’s dream was an elusive one for a broke, uneducated black woman: to become a New York Times bestselling author. Now, as a published but not bestselling author, she wishes she had a backup plan. —In an article for Oprah magazine, critically acclaimed and award-winning author Dorothy Allison said: What I know…

James Blunt has said that he has never received good reviews before, but he is starting to receive positive reviews thanks to the newly released Netflix documentary, James Blunt: One British Wonder. The 90-minute documentary follows Blunt on his 2022 tour, with frequent flashbacks to chronicle his career. It’s honest, funny, and at times moving, as the self-deprecating pop star recalls how he suddenly became a national pariah. His recollection of just how unpopular he was is the only time in the film where Blunt seems lost for words and genuinely hurt.James Blunt performing at the Royal Albert Hall in…