Thursday, April 25, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
They found that the artificial DNA successfully sorted 18 photographs into categories.
The three-judge panel went on to strike down Trump's immunity argument in a unanimous decision, stating they could not accept his assertion that a president has "unbounded authority to commit crimes." Such a stance, they warned, would "collapse our system of separated powers."
11 Sets of Twins to Graduate from Same Pennsylvania High School Together
Exclusive: The Boeing whistleblower testified for 12 hours before his suicide. Here’s what he saw at the planemaker that alarmed him
Project 2025
Nearly 1,300 stores are closing across the US in 2024. Here's the list.
Jamie Dimon warns the world order is being challenged — and bashes crypto once more
US Birth Rate Falls to Record Low
Iran sentences popular rapper to death for supporting Mahsa Amini protests
China Is Leading the Global Nuclear Power Build Out
Germany arrests EU Parliament staff member on China espionage charges
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Space junk is getting out of control. NASA estimates that low-Earth orbit alone contains 34,000 pieces of debris larger than 10 cm in diameter, 900,000 objects between 1 cm and 10 cm, and more than 128 million fragments between 1 mm and 1 cm. We need to take both passive and active measures before space junk makes Earth's orbital space unusable, write Aneli Bongers and José L. Torres, associate professor and professor, respectively, of macroeconomics at the University of Málaga.
Active volcano shocks scientists with $6000 gold eruptions in the biting cold of Antarctica
Report: Freedom of Expression in Generative AI – A Snapshot of Content Policies
Wind Overtakes Fossil Fuels as the UK’s Largest Power Generation Source
Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness, saying even insects may be sentient
Messenger: A battle over playing catch in a Ballwin backyard reaches a fevered pitch
Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia
Bird flu virus found in grocery milk as officials say supply still safe
Meta and Google stand ready to reap a TikTok ban’s rewards
US Air Force could rain hellfire with 1,500 new StormBreakers smart bombs
Monday, April 22, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
A revolution in helping Africa’s poor: Cash with no strings attached
Jonathan Haidt Wants You to Take Away Your Kid’s Phone
Louisiana’s flagship university lets oil firms influence research – for a price
6 countries earned top spot for the world's most powerful passport: See where the US ranks
Extreme heat wave in East Antarctica driven by record-breaking 'atmospheric river,' analysis finds
Hall pass from hunger: School vending machine offers free meals to students all day
Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale as college demonstrations grow
Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has teamed up with a nonprofit conservation company on a project to cryogenically store tissue from every endangered animal species in the U.S.
Ronan Farrow on the Scheme at the Heart of Trump’s New York Trial
Sunday, April 21, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
FBI Warns of Risk of Chinese Hack Attack on Energy Infrastructure
Israeli sources to Post: 'An eye for an eye'; not clear why Pentagon leaked info on attack
Israel will not accept responsibility for this attack for strategic reasons.
The Iranian 'spy ship' BEHSHAD (9167289), which had a hand in the Red Sea Crisis by assisting Houthis in launching attacks against commercial and naval vessels over the past several months, has now returned to Iran after a 3-year deployment. We were able to verify her in satellite imagery.
Volkswagen workers vote for union in Tennessee — a major win for organized labor
Extreme heat wave in East Antarctica driven by record-breaking 'atmospheric river,' analysis finds
California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days
U.S. agrees to withdraw American troops from Niger
California officers charged in killing of man held face-down for five minutes
From Fringe to Mainstream: The Rise of the BJP in India
Queen bumblebees surprise scientists by surviving underwater
Friday, April 19, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Pro-Palestinian protesters burn American flag in NYC, chant ‘death to America’: Watch
Los Angeles police officer who killed girl, 14, in department store will not face charges
Earth is experiencing its fourth mass coral bleaching event, according to an announcement released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the International Coral Reef Initiative. This year, 75 percent of the Great Barrier Reef–which is the size of Italy or Japan–has bleaching. In the Caribbean and particularly the Florida Keys, scientists can no longer assess the extent of bleaching from fly-over data gathering (a common way to determine bleaching rates) because there aren’t enough corals left to evaluate.
Online age verification laws are intended to protect children from explicit or harmful content. But some experts worry they will put private data at risk.
A record 2.1 million people in North and South America have been infected this year with dengue fever.
Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran, US official tells CNN, as region braces for further escalation
Ketogenic diet and BHB rescue the fall of long-term potentiation in an Alzheimer’s mouse model and stimulates synaptic plasticity pathway enzymes
Israel’s limited strike on Iran appears designed to avoid escalation
For the first time, U.S. may force polluters to clean up these ‘forever chemicals’
Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds
Thursday, April 18, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
China’s Crude Oil Imports Hit A Record High in 2023
Letter from Congressman Langworthy to Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack Re: Collaboration with CCP on Gain of Function Bird Flu Tests
Robert Kennedy Jr: President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer.
UAE Cloud Seeding
WORLD NEWS
A storm dumps record rain across the desert nation of UAE and floods Dubai’s airport
Chechnya Bans Music That Isn’t Between 80 and 116 Beats Per Minute
Widespread 911 outages hit several states
Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO
Are your kids being spied on? The rise of anti-cheating software in US schools
Clean energy’s dirty secret: the trail of waste left by India’s solar power boom
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds
The Covid treatment Paxlovid is most beneficial for unvaccinated people with risk factors, according to a recent study.
Colon cancer is linked to mouth bacteria.
Some Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Finally Get Their Day in Court, but All Deserve Justice
Al Shimari et al. v. CACI, which will be heard today, was only able to advance because it targeted a military contractor; U.S. courts have repeatedly dismissed similar cases against the federal government.
Tepco Flagship Nuclear Plant to Load First Fuel Since Fukushima
California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days
Degree in magic to be offered at University of Exeter - archive
A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say
AI's Original Sin
A Boeing engineer turned whistleblower says the planemaker needs ground all its 787 Dreamliners
Monday, April 15, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
IDF chief of staff says Israel will respond to Iran missile attack
“A small number of hits were identified, including at an IDF base in southern Israel, where minor damage was caused to infrastructure,” the Israeli military said.
Scoop: Biden told Bibi U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran
Houston hospital says doctor's changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants
AI CAN PRETEND TO BE STUPIDER THAN IT REALLY IS, SCIENTISTS FIND
Effect of high-dose Spirulina supplementation on hospitalized adults with COVID-19: a randomized controlled trial
In Sudden Reversal, Harvard To Require Standardized Testing for Next Admissions Cycle
US-Japan-Philippines Naval Triad Wades into the South China Sea
'Ridiculously early' Missouri cicada emergence could start this week. Here's why
Juvenile Crimes - Wesley T. Miller - Chapter 28
Saturday, April 13, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
NOTE FROM APRIL 15: THERE'S A GLITCH IN BLOGGER PREVENTING ME FROM CREATING ANY NEW POSTS.
Scientists develop biofortified rice to combat nutrient deficiencies
The Kremlin believes that destabilizing Africa would ease Russia's campaign in Ukraine.
Ghana Seeks to Delay Cocoa Deliveries Due to Lack of Beans
Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city
Houston hospital halts liver and kidney transplants after learning a doctor manipulated some records
The U.S. government needs to spend roughly $100 billion annually on carbon dioxide removal by 2050 to help the world avoid extreme climate change, according to a new analysis.
A new branch of science called "exposomics" shows how air pollution contributes to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, bipolar disorder and other brain diseases.
A new EPA rule will limit PFASs, or “forever chemicals,” in drinking water for the first time.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard seizes a container ship near Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Israel
Israel's use of AI to find targets in Gaza offers a terrifying glimpse at where warfare could be headed
Thursday, April 11, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016
More than 66% of Russian tanks killed by Ukraine are taken out by drones, report says — that's not a good thing
US Says China Spurning Farm Exports May Have Political Slant
China may be retaliating against farmland rules, Vilsack says
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has released a Statement as well as a Video showing their apparent Targeting over the last 72 Hours of several Locations in Southern Israel including Hatzerim Airbase, the Oil Port in the City of Ashkelon as well as another Vital Target in the City, and at least 2 Unknown Targets; despite there being No Evidence in Israel of the Attacks, they are claimed to have been conducted utilizing “Al-Arqab” Land-Attack Cruise Missiles, Modified Fateh-110 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles, and One-Way “Suicide” Drones.
‘Catastrophic,’ ‘a shock’: Arizona’s abortion ruling threatens to upend 2024 election
US Drones Are Expensive and Error Prone so Ukraine Turns to China
Doctors Making $350,000 Are Struggling to Find Long Island Homes
North Fork median home prices are approaching $1 million
Hamas leader repeats Gaza ceasefire call after sons and grandchildren killed
FBI concerned about possible coordinated attack in US after Russia massacre
crime levels are nearly as low today as they were in the 1960s.
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