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Black Americans express their faith at work more than other racial groups, studies show

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racial group, our two recent studies found. And we found that Black workers from all faiths are more likely than other racial groups to use their traditions to find meaning and purpose in their work and to feel called to their work. The largest group of Muslims in the U.S. But they also risk facing religious discrimination.

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Deep sea craft filmed unprecedented footage of a colossal squid

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But the Schmidt Ocean Institute, a well-traveled ocean exploration group, has used a high-tech robot to film the first-ever confirmed footage of colossal squid in its natural and remote marine environs. "It’s What's more, research expeditions have found that ocean life carries great potential for novel medicines.

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Movie theater trade group rebrands as Cinema United. Here’s what to know

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The group will now be known as Cinema United, president and CEO Michael OLeary told The Associated Press Tuesday. A recent study from the National Research Group said 76% of the American population ages 12 to 74 attended at least one movie in 2024. We need to constantly be building and growing and moving forward, OLeary said.

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New AI text diffusion models break speed barriers by pulling words from noise

Ars Technica

Inspired by techniques from image-generation models like Stable Diffusion , DALL-E , and Midjourney , text diffusion language models like LLaDA (developed by researchers from Renmin University and Ant Group) and Mercury use a masking-based approach.

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African Leadership Group acquires coding school Holberton

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Coding school Holberton today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by African Leadership Group (ALG). He then added the African Leadership University to reach a broader group of students, but still with a focus on leadership and entrepreneurship. Image Credits: African Leadership Group.

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New Equitable Giving Lab to Provide Insights Into Equity and Gaps in Fundraising for Under-Resourced Populations

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The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI is creating a new digital resource, the Equitable Giving Lab, that will bring an equity lens to philanthropy by measuring funding for under-resourced groups.

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After a Single Concussion, Kids Are 15 Percent Less Likely to Go to College

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"A mild, single concussion is often considered a relatively harmless event, but our research suggests that it can have long-term effects on learning and cognitive abilities," Mttnen, a doctoral researcher at the University of Tampere in Finland, told New Atlas of the study's findings. The results were fascinating and troubling.

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