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- University of California to waive tuition for Native students – but not for all
- An optimist’s guide to the future: the economist who believes that human ingenuity will save the world
- Newcastle United v Liverpool: Premier League – live!
- Two weeks, no smartphone: how I tried – and failed – to kick my screen addiction
- Cheap and cheerful: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for budget cooking
- Call for direct UK rule of British Virgin Islands resisted by acting premier
- 40 of the best beaches in Europe
- ‘It looks like a river, but it’s actually the sea’: Jessica Auer’s best phone picture
| University of California to waive tuition for Native students – but not for all Posted: 30 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT Native students who aren't a member of a federally recognized tribe are dismayed that they are left out of the free tuition program Last week the University of California announced that the higher education system would waive tuition and student services fees for California residents who are members of federally recognized tribes. The announcement elated some Native people in California, who viewed it as a potentially life changing initiative. But it garnered harsh criticism from many others who are members of nations that aren't federally recognized and are deeply disappointed that an institution that stresses acknowledging historical wrongs suffered by Indigenous people can in the same breath leave so many out of such an important resource. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2022 01:00 AM PDT Oded Galor's 'Sapiens'-like history of civilisation predicts a happy ending for humanity. But should we trust him? Why is the Anglo-Saxon world so individualistic, and why has China leaned towards collectivism? Was it Adam Smith, or the Bill of Rights; communism and Mao? According to at least one economist, there might be an altogether more surprising explanation: the difference between wheat and rice. You see, it's fairly straightforward for a lone farmer to sow wheat in soil and live off the harvest. Rice is a different affair: it requires extensive irrigation, which means cooperation across parcels of land, even centralised planning. A place where wheat grows favours the entrepreneur; a place where rice grows favours the bureaucrat. The influence of the "initial conditions" that shape societies' development is what Oded Galor has been interested in for the past 40 years. He believes they reverberate across millennia and even seep into what we might think of as our personalities. Whether or not you have a "future-oriented mindset" – in other words, how much money you save and how likely you are to invest in your education – can, he argues, be partly traced to what kinds of crops grew well in your ancestral homelands. (Where high-yield species such as barley and rice thrive, it pays to sacrifice the immediate gains of hunting by giving over some of your territory to farming. This fosters a longer-term outlook.) Differences in gender equality around the world have their roots in whether land required a plough to cultivate – needing male strength, and relegating women to domestic tasks – or hoes and rakes, which could be used by both sexes. Continue reading... |
| Newcastle United v Liverpool: Premier League – live! Posted: 30 Apr 2022 04:03 AM PDT
A lovely day for football. There's plenty to look out for this weekend in the Premier League. Continue reading... |
| Two weeks, no smartphone: how I tried – and failed – to kick my screen addiction Posted: 30 Apr 2022 02:00 AM PDT James Ball spends countless hours a week staring at his iPhone. Would a fortnight with just old-school text messages and games of Snake shake him out of it? One Monday morning early this year, bleary-eyed and getting ready for work, I am interrupted by a notification on my phone: an Apple Screen Time alert, informing me my usage last week was up by 60%: to 19 hours 24 minutes a day. I stare at the numbers for a while. Anyone who gets the recommended eight hours' sleep is awake for just 16 hours a day – I apparently spent several hours more than that using my phone. I share a screengrab with friends, who react with concern, if not much surprise. That I am a heavy phone user hardly comes as a shock to me, either – I work as an editor at an investigative journalism organisation on a team of more than 20, I have a second job as a columnist and I spend more time on Twitter than is good for anyone's sanity. Being glued to my phone is virtually a career necessity, even if I am guilty of spending an excessive amount of time on the game Tents and Trees, too. Continue reading... |
| Cheap and cheerful: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for budget cooking Posted: 30 Apr 2022 01:30 AM PDT Low-cost cooking the Ottolenghi way, from deep-fried pizzas and a twist on that everyday favourite, the tuna pasta bake, to aubergine and egg curry Cooking is about the conversion of everyday ingredients – bags of flour, tins of tomatoes, dried pasta, spices – into something that ends up much more than the sum of its parts. I always think this when making pizza (which is always cheaper than buying it in): it's a simple base topped with a simple tomato sauce and whatever else you have that needs using up. The same can be said of pasta bakes and curry bases, which I always make in bulk, so they're ready in an instant to be supplemented with protein and/or veg. These are all ways to cut costs, while also enjoying the foods we know and love. UK readers: click to buy these ingredients from Ocado UK readers: click to buy these ingredients from Ocado Continue reading... |
| Call for direct UK rule of British Virgin Islands resisted by acting premier Posted: 30 Apr 2022 02:30 AM PDT UK dispatches minister after ex-leader charged with drugs offences and inquiry finds serious governance issues The acting premier of the British Virgin Islands has said he opposes a recommendation that the UK take direct control of the territory after his predecessor appeared in a US court on charges linked to drugs trafficking. Andrew Fahie, 51, was detained in Miami on Thursday for allegedly conspiring to import a controlled substance and laundering money, in an operation led by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Continue reading... |
| 40 of the best beaches in Europe Posted: 30 Apr 2022 02:00 AM PDT From flamingo-pink shores to wild coastlines and everything in between, our travel writers pick the continent's finest sands, and places to stay nearby Continue reading... |
| ‘It looks like a river, but it’s actually the sea’: Jessica Auer’s best phone picture Posted: 30 Apr 2022 02:00 AM PDT A spontaneous snap in Iceland in the first week of lockdown has taken on a new significance for the Canadian photographer Pre-pandemic, Canadian Jessica Auer split her time between Montreal and east Iceland. She was living in the former when the city announced its first lockdown in March 2020 and so, not knowing what lay ahead, she and her boyfriend, Zuhaitz, returned to Iceland. It's here that their kitchen window faces a fjord 25km long and 1km wide. "It appears like a really wide river, but it's actually the sea," Auer says. "A kilometre across, or a little less, sits this mountain. It changes constantly with the seasons and the light. This photograph was taken at sunset." The mirror-image binoculars on each side of the sill are left out for guests, who immediately gravitate towards them when visiting. "The window has such a sublime view. The mountain is usually peaceful, but we've seen backcountry skiers on it occasionally. On the water, ships pass by, the birdlife is varied and porpoise appear most weeks," Auer says. "Once a year, if we're lucky, we see humpback whales." Continue reading... |
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