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Two top universities in Japan may merge

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Image: Reports of a planned merger between two of Japan’s most prestigious universities, which come only months after a shift in government policy to reward top research performers, have prompted speculation in academe over whether there could be more such moves in the making. Oberlin University. Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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Svante Pääbo Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

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He also holds a position as adjunct professor at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, in Japan. Ad keywords: faculty Editorial Tags: Live Updates Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Confidence gap between scientists and the public

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researchers are more likely to report having a hostile online environment that respondents in countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan. Forty-four percent have personally experienced or know a close colleague subjected to some form of abuse or acrimonious interaction online—and U.S.

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With China's reopening, new challenges for recruiting

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Alternative destinations include the usual suspects in the West, namely, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, as well as destinations in Asia, such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Section: Admissions Global Editorial Tags: Admissions China Foreign Students in U.S. Disable left side advertisement?:

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Popular chemistry textbook's new edition will be free

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He has some ground to stand on: it's the only English-language resource used in India, Australia, Japan and Korea, and it's been translated into a litany of languages including German, Czech, Portuguese and Greek. "And I like the thought that everyone who reads it will see Peter."

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Looking for Love in 2024

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That was why I created a performance and installation last November, where I ran speed-dates with people from all walks, who also share their wishes for the future in the form of red tags that they tie to a staircase, which a visitor has termed ‘love letters to the future’ (Figure 1): Figure 1: ‘Peace and Love’ for 2050 (Tan 2023) That (..)

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Paper on masturbation raises eyebrows and red flags

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” This history isn’t mentioned in Andersson’s new paper, his first academic publication, called “I Am Not Alone—We Are All Alone: Using Masturbation as an Ethnographic Method in Research on Shota Subculture in Japan.” ” An Experimental Method? Seems designed pretty much for shock value.”