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Remember running the mile in school? The Presidential Fitness Test is coming back
Rachel Treisman
For generations of U.S. schoolchildren, phrases like "shuttle run" and "sit-and-reach" likely conjure vivid memories of what was once a staple of American physical education: the Presidential Fitness ...[Continue Reading]
NPR
1 day ago
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Wi-Fi 8 won't be faster, but will be better - more details emerge just hours after Wi-Fi 7 protocols are officially ratified
Efosa Udinmwen
<ul><li>Wi-Fi 8 plans to fix edge-of-coverage dropouts where extenders usually fail to keep things running smoothly</li><li>Wi-Fi 7 maxes out throughput while Wi-Fi 8 makes sure it works everywhere, ...[Continue Reading]
TechRadar
1 day ago
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People are really struggling: Cost pressures forcing asthma patients to cut back on medication, says Asthma Society
Laoise Murray
Nearly a quarter of respondents to a survey by the Asthma Society of Ireland have said they went without asthma medication in the previous three months because of its cost. Combination inhalers, the ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
1 day ago
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Nick Griggs: It very quickly went from a running injury to a serious medical illness
Ian O'Riordan
The worst thing Nick Griggs could have done after being told his left knee was seriously infected was to consult Dr Google. Especially for something like osteomyelitis, which he had never heard of. N ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
1 day ago
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A night with Dublin Fire Brigade: I didnt recognise my former colleague until he was pronounced dead
Niamh Browne
It is just past midnight on Sunday morning. The air is thick with smoke; the smell is tarry and metallic. A burnt-out car lies on the green of a Finglas housing estate on the northside of Dublin. R ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
1 day ago
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Worldview: Ireland has too many quangos and too many lawyers feeding off its clientelist politics
Paul Gillespie
If government is the group of people who run a state and the formal rules and institutions by which they do so, governance is how they go about that through networks, processes, interests, ideologies ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
1 day ago