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France24.com (en) 

Jabeur's woes continue with early Rome exit, Djokovic begins bid

Tunisia's Jabeur, who is ranked ninth in the world, was beaten by unseeded American Kenin in a gruelling match which lasted two hours and 17 minutes in the hot Rome sunshine. Jabeur, who in 2022 became the first Arab and Tunisian player to win a WTA 1000 title, looked to be on the right track after reaching the quarter-finals in Madrid. But she slumped to a poor defeat on Friday, continuing a dreadful season so far in which the 29-year-old has had to deal with a chronic knee injury resurfacing. Читать дальше...

Phys.org 

Genetic study of cauliflower reveals its evolutionary history

A team of plant-breeding specialists at Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Science's State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding and other institutions has, via genetic analysis, revealed some of the changes that cauliflower has undergone throughout its evolution.

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Pro-Palestinian protesters demand endowment transparency. But it's proving not to be simple

Some universities are vowing to provide information about how much university endowment money is invested in companies profiting from the Israel-Hamas war amid calls from pro-Palestinian protesters. As part of that effort, the University of Minnesota disclosed this week that about $5 million of its $2.27 billion endowment investments are tied to Israeli-based companies or U.S.-based defense contractors. To protesters it's a first step. More than a dozen students spoke Friday to the university’s Board of Regents, demanding further action. Читать дальше...

RingSideReport.com 

Life Is Not Fair

By Ron Signore If you have kids, you are familiar with the phrase, ‘life isn’t fair.’ It is one of the truest phrases anyone can say. It is really the equivalent of the southern states saying, ‘bless your heart,’ where we really don’t care how you feel, that is just life. We have all had […]

Thefishsite.com 

Kelp Blue makes XPRIZE shortlist

Kelp Blue, company that seeks to restore marine biodiversity and promote carbon sequestration by farming seaweed, has been named as one of 20 finalists of the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition.

Err.ee (en) 

Madise: Estonian pupils' rights not violated by foreign-language classmates

Schools across Estonia will begin switching to Estonian-language education this fall, and some parents are worried that helping large numbers of kids with other native languages catch up on their Estonian will negatively impact the quality of native Estonian-speaking children's education. Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise, however, finds that this does not violate the latter kids' rights.