A five-year-old prodigy (1930)

🎹 Listen: To the last living student of pianist Sergei Rachmaninov, declared a virtuoso at age 5. Ruth Slenczynski surprised musical critics by playing Beethoven — specifically, a minuet in G major.

Kim Kardashian blames ChatGPT for failing her law exams

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The world’s most famous student lawyer learned the hard way that you can’t trust AI for everything. Get the scoop in this short podcast.

🐣 Not a practical yolk: Ever seen a chicken hatch from an open egg? A Japanese student actually pulled it off, and the video’s racking up thousands of upvotes on Reddit. The clip shows him cutting the egg open and injecting things into the embryo. After 21 days, a chick pops out. Strange but amazing. 

$60,000

The median annual pay for HVAC techs, no bachelor’s required. That’s about the same as a liberal arts grad, minus the $43,000 student debt. Hot take: Installing AC might actually be the cooler job. Blame “AI-xiety,” but better a wrench in hand than a résumé lost in the algorithm.

3 years straight

How long Utah’s been crowned Best State in America by U.S. News. From Footloose punch line to economic powerhouse, Utah’s glow-up is the stuff of chamber-of-commerce dreams. It’s got a booming tech sector, top-tier math scores and a 6% smoking rate; Utah is basically a straight-A student in a startup hoodie.

7:1

Yeah, so that myth is totally wrong. A new dog-age calculator says your pup’s “human years” age isn’t as easy as multiplying by 7. A 2-year-old dog is basically a full-grown adult, depending on the breed, according to scientists. So yes, your “puppy” might be old enough to refinance their student loans.

How to get a student discount on Apple products

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Are you a student? Let me tell you how you can snag some awesome deals on Apple products, in one minute.

ChatGPT: Teachers, don't be late again

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Is it cheating if a student uses ChatGPT to create a completely unique essay? I have the answer, in 60 seconds.