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PISA 2025 and school rankings: Are we asking the right questions about schooling?
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PISA 2025 and school rankings: Are we asking the right questions about schooling?

The publication of the latest results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2025) on Sept. 8 prompted the usual flurry of commentary, comparisons and rankings. France has slipped, some countries have improved, while others have proved more resilient. As always, attention quickly turns to where each country stands.

📅 2026-09-14 14:00:01    •    Phys.org
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Crocodiles are famous for finding their way home. These ones didn’t
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Crocodiles are famous for finding their way home. These ones didn’t

Captive-raised saltwater crocodiles released into Bangladesh’s Sundarbans surprised scientists by settling into the wild rather than trying to return to their breeding facility. The result suggests that releasing larger, mature captive crocodiles could help restore depleted populations more successfully than relying only on vulnerable hatchlings.

📅 2026-09-14 13:46:25    •    ScienceDaily
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Pollinators keep a later calendar in human-modified landscapes, study finds
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Pollinators keep a later calendar in human-modified landscapes, study finds

Human development may be changing more than where pollinators live—it may also be changing when they are active. University of Florida researchers at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have found that pollinator seasons shifted later in the year across some of the most human-modified landscapes in the eastern United States.

📅 2026-09-14 13:40:10    •    Phys.org
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Employers look for resilient staff—then leave them to burn out
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Employers look for resilient staff—then leave them to burn out

"Resilience" is in danger of becoming a casualty of business buzzword bingo, but we know it matters. The World Economic Forum lists it as one of the most important skills for the future of work, and I've found it turns up on any list of key attributes, usually nestled under "attitude" or "personal effectiveness."

📅 2026-09-14 13:20:06    •    Phys.org
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Tiny 'whirlpools' discovered in atom-thin semiconductor
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Tiny 'whirlpools' discovered in atom-thin semiconductor

Monash University-led researchers have directly imaged tiny swirling structures inside an atomically thin semiconductor, opening new possibilities for future low-energy electronic technologies. Published in Science Advances, the study reveals structures known as merons and antimerons, nanoscale "whirlpools" of electrical polarization, in twisted layers of the semiconductor tungsten diselenide (WSe₂).

📅 2026-09-14 13:20:04    •    Phys.org
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Scientists discover strange link between low vitamin D and pain
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Scientists discover strange link between low vitamin D and pain

Low vitamin D levels may make recovery from breast cancer surgery more painful, according to a study of 184 women undergoing mastectomy. Patients with vitamin D deficiency were three times more likely to experience moderate to severe pain during the first 24 hours after surgery and also used substantially more of the opioid painkiller tramadol. They received slightly more fentanyl during surgery and experienced more postoperative nausea as well.

📅 2026-09-14 12:52:54    •    ScienceDaily
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Ultracold cesium atoms reveal Bethe strings predicted nearly a century ago
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Ultracold cesium atoms reveal Bethe strings predicted nearly a century ago

In 1931, physicist Hans Bethe predicted that, in certain one-dimensional quantum systems, particles can bind together to form multi-particle states known as Bethe strings. Unlike ordinary molecules, which are held together by chemical bonds, Bethe strings arise purely from interactions between particles and exist only in one dimension. For decades, Bethe strings remained primarily a theoretical concept.

📅 2026-09-14 12:40:08    •    Phys.org
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Fighting poverty today may build concern for the people of tomorrow
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Fighting poverty today may build concern for the people of tomorrow

Does helping people struggling to survive today make any difference for future generations? New research from the University of Utah has documented evidence that it does. Rather than viewing present-day poverty and long-term risks as competing priorities, the research team led by psychologist Kyle Fiore Law sees them as interconnected.

📅 2026-09-14 12:40:01    •    Phys.org
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Bizarre galactic radio source remains active for two decades with no detectable X-rays
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Bizarre galactic radio source remains active for two decades with no detectable X-rays

Astronomers have identified a peculiar radio transient in the Milky Way that has remained active for more than two decades, defying the behavior expected of known classes of galactic radio sources. The paper posted to the arXiv preprint server on Aug. 21 discusses the rare event that may have caused this bizarre radio emission.

📅 2026-09-14 12:00:05    •    Phys.org
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Starfish program creates new jobs
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Starfish program creates new jobs

In a win for people and the environment, new economic modeling from James Cook University researchers reveals that a $5 million investment to control crown-of-thorns (CoTS) starfish numbers in the Cairns region created 61 new jobs and generated $20 million in economic activity.

📅 2026-09-14 11:20:01    •    Phys.org
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Micro-dramas and the battle for attention
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Micro-dramas and the battle for attention

As tech companies like Meta, Google and TikTok face ongoing scrutiny over addictive platform design, the rapid rise of micro-dramas offers a glimpse into how AI, algorithms and commercial incentives could make digital entertainment even harder to put down.

📅 2026-09-14 11:00:03    •    Phys.org
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Ancestral commemorative head: A 500-year-old brass bust depicting an African king
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Ancestral commemorative head: A 500-year-old brass bust depicting an African king

This brass head depicts an "oba," or ruler of the Kingdom of Benin. (Image credit: Cleveland Museum of Art (Public Domain))Quick factsName: Ancestral commemorative headWhat it is: A copper-alloy sculpture of an African ruler's headWhere it is from: Edo, NigeriaWhen it was made: Mid-1500sIn the Kingdom of Benin, one of the oldest monarchies in West Africa, a traditional ruler known as an oba would commission a brass or bronze bust of their predecessor upon taking the throne. The bust of the past oba would then be set on an ancestral altar in the palace. But when the British Empire annexed the Kingdom of Benin into colonial Nigeria in 1897, the British looted thousands of African artifacts spa...

📅 2026-09-14 10:00:00    •    Live Science
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Nazir Afzal OBE launches part one of the independent review following the death of Professor Jason Arday
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Nazir Afzal OBE launches part one of the independent review following the death of Professor Jason Arday

Nazir Afzal OBE launches part one of the independent review following the death of Professor Jason Arday Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 09/14/2026 - 10:28 On Friday 4 September, the University announced in broad terms how the review process following the death of Professor Jason Arday will work. A statement was also published on the University website.We explained that part one will examine the support, interventions and protections available to Professor Jason Arday, and that the University Council had agreed to appoint Nazir Afzal OBE to serve as the independent lead of this part. The University Council has now agreed Mr Afzal’s terms of reference for part one of the review.Anyone who wishe...

📅 2026-09-14 09:28:12    •    Cambridge News
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