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Новости за 03.07.2024

Phys.org 

Study finds minority status, social origin, gender, and weight can all count against a German kid's grades

A new study done in more than 14,000 ninth graders in Germany has revealed that students experience grading bias based on their gender, body size, ethnicity and parental socio-economic status. These negative biases stack on each other, meaning that students with multiple intersectional identities get significantly lower grades than their peers regardless of their true abilities.

Phys.org 

Why do you keep your house so cold? Study suggests childhood home temperature can predict adult thermostat settings

Childhood home temperature and community connectedness can help predict how U.S. residents set their thermostats, offering new ways to encourage energy conservation and combat climate change, according to a study published July 3 in the journal PLOS Climate by Dritjon Gruda from the National University of Ireland Maynooth and Paul Hanges from the University of Maryland.

New Scientist 

The best science fiction books of 2024 so far

From a quantum-bubble reality show from Peng Shepherd to a murderous valet bot from Adrian Tchaikovsky, enjoy this year's best science fiction so far if you're heading off on your travels, says Emily H. Wilson

Technology Review  

A polyester-dissolving process could make modern clothing recyclable  

Less than 1% of clothing is recycled, and most of the rest ends up dumped in a landfill or burned. A team of researchers hopes to change that with a new process that breaks down mixed-fiber clothing into reusable, recyclable parts without any sorting or separation in advance.  “We need a better way to recycle…

Scientific American 

Anti-abortion Heartbeat Bills Cause Immense Suffering

The rise in infant mortality in Texas shows that in states with strict abortion bans, forcing people to carry non-viable pregnancies to term codifies cruelty and unnecessary pain

InfoWorld 

JetBrains launches Qodana Self-Hosted

JetBrains has released an on-premises edition of Qodana, the company’s code quality platform based on the static code analysis engine of JetBrains IDEs. With Qodana Self-Hosted, users can manage and maintain the platform on their own infrastructure.

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