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Student-athlete Samantha Wu practices with the gymnastics team in the mornings before class. On weekends, the team usually travels by bus to other universities for meets, sometimes arriving back to campus as late as 3 a.m. Wu says she has gotten better at managing her time compared to her freshman year.
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2 years ago Read more at The Daily Pennsylvanian

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2 years ago Read more at TechNode

Higher costs had the biggest impact on Asian businesses in 2023, according to a survey by UOB. More than 4,000 businesses in Southeast Asia and Greater China were surveyed in China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Of those polled, 32% said they were impacted by high inflation and 32% faced increased operating costs, while 24% said rising labor costs hurt their business.
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2 years ago Read more at NBC Boston

South Korean society, defined by high competition and the pressure to succeed, becomes unbearable for some, eventually leading to psychological problems. In 2022, 12,906 took their lives, as per Statistics Korea. The Asian nation had the highest suicide rate among OECD nations member countries.
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2 years ago Read more at Firstpost

Kazakhs are riveted by Kuandyk Bishimbayev’s trial, the first in Kazakhstan. The notion of “domestic violence” is currently absent from the country’s criminal code. On April 11, senators approved a bill toughening spousal abuse laws.
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2 years ago Read more at The Independent

Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics 111-101 to level Eastern Conference play-off duel. Heat torched the Celtics with 23 three-pointers.
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2 years ago Read more at BBC.com

University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists identified an environmentally friendly method to create paracetamol. The painkiller has a greener alternative researchers source by extracting and converting lignin, a plant compound with a similar molecular structure. It has long been a global go-to for temporary fever relief since the 1900s, according to the National Institutes of Health.
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2 years ago Read more at Daily Cardinal

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has announced the winners of this year's Scientific Image Competition. Winners include an image of the transparent belly of a glass frog that was awarded first place in the category. This image visualises the maize root microbiome – the ensemble of microorganisms living inor on the root – and how they process secondary metabolites of the plant. Participants can georeference the images by clicking on points they see in the image and
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2 years ago Read more at BBC Science Focus Magazine

Security footage from a west Wichita business shows thieves throwing a rock through its glass front door. In a matter of seconds, the men left with some keys in a lockbox. The owner said the men tried to use keys to get into some cars on the lot but weren’t able to get away with anything. They showed up again on Monday night with the keys and managed to drive off with one vehicle.
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2 years ago Read more at KWCH

38% of healthcare provider SMBs identify a real-time payment rail as their most used payment. This is more than twice the share that said credit cards or checks were their top method. These are just some of the findings detailed in “Small Business Real-Time Payments Barometer: Healthcare Edition”.
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2 years ago Read more at PYMNTS.com