Good morning, and happy Tuesday! Did you know that the human brain is physically incapable of feeling pain? Pain, by scientific definition, is the subjective experience we have when our brain interprets signals it receives from pain receptors–also known as nociceptors–elsewhere in our body. However, the brain itself doesn’t have any of those pain receptors. Wish we would’ve known that during our high school biology class…but hey, that’s what fun facts are for! Anyway, here’s what we have for you: In Today’s Brief
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Supreme Court hears arguments around affirmative action in schoolsU.S. Supreme Court justices began hearing arguments yesterday in two cases around policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina that consider race among other factors in evaluating applications for admission. Students for Fair Admissions, formed by Edward Blum, is seeking to overturn the Supreme Court’s 2003 ruling in the case Grutter v. Bollinger, which found that colleges could consider race in their admissions in order to bolster diversity on campuses. Blum’s group filed separate lawsuits against Harvard and UNC in 2014. One lawsuit accused Harvard of violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars discrimination based on race, color, or national origin under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance; the other accused UNC of violating the 14th Amendment. The cases being argued are Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard, and Students for Fair Admissions v. the University of North Carolina. |
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Workers flee from Chinese iPhone factory amid a Covid lock-inWorkers are fleeing Foxconn’s iPhone manufacturing facility in Central China to escape Covid-19 restrictions that kept them from leaving for more than two weeks. A Covid-19 outbreak occurred at Foxconn’s iPhone manufacturing compound and in the surrounding city of Zhengzhou earlier this month, which triggered containment protocols under China’s zero-Covid policy. As a result, the company introduced lock-in and closed-loop operations, meaning that workers were allowed to move only between their dorms and production lines. After videos surfaced of workers climbing fences and spilling onto roads outside the facility, Foxconn said it would not stop workers from leaving while following proper protocols. Foxconn’s Zhengzhou facility employs over 200,000 workers, and some analysts estimate that roughly 10% of global iPhone production capacity may be affected by the outbreak. Per sources familiar with the matter, Foxconn plans to shift some iPhone production to other sites in China to maintain output levels. |
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Taylor Swift becomes first artist to claim top 10 spots on Billboard Hot 100Taylor Swift has become the first artist in history to occupy all top 10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 in a single week. Each song in the Hot 100’s top 10 is from Swift’s new album Midnights, which was released on October 21st on Republic Records. Swift’s single “Anti-Hero” holds the top position on the Hot 100, marking her ninth career No. 1. Previously, the artist with the most songs in the Hot 100’s top 10 in a single week was Drake, who occupied nine of the top 10 spots in September 2021. Swift’s latest album also currently sits at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, earning the biggest week for any release in seven years. Midnights is Swift’s 11th No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 1.578M equivalent album units in the tracking week of October 21-27, according to Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music). It is the largest one-week total since the debut week of Adele’s 25 shifted 3.482M equivalent units in December 2015. |
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Looking Back…On November 1st: Michelangelo’s fresco on the Sistine Chapel ceiling becomes available for the general public to see (1512); the Maastricht Treaty enters into force, thereby establishing the European Union (1993); James Cameron’s film Titanic has its first public screening at the Tokyo International Film Festival (1997); current Apple CEO Tim Cook is born (1960). |
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