NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 9 (game #493)
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day…
Scientists just made CRISPR three times more effective
CRISPR gene-editing machinery could transform medicine but is difficult to get into tissues and disease-relevant cells New delivery system loads CRISPR machinery inside spherical nucleic acid (SNA) nanoparticles Particles entered cells three times more effectively, tripled gene-editing efficiency, and decreased toxicity compared to current delivery methods With the power to rewrite the genetic code underlying…
Scientists just cracked a 60-million-year-old volcanic mystery
What do the rumblings of Iceland’s volcanoes have in common with the now peaceful volcanic islands off Scotland’s western coast and the spectacular basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland? About sixty million years ago, the Icelandic mantle plume — a fountain of hot rock that rises from Earth’s core-mantle boundary — unleashed…
Disabled doctors consider leaving NHS over shift inflexibility
Jenny ReesHealth correspondent, BBC Wales British Medical Association Dr Alice Gatenby has been told “it’s too much hassle” to change shifts to accommodate her disability A disabled doctor, who believes the NHS sees it as “too difficult or inconvenient” to give her support, has considered leaving. Dr Alice Gatenby said senior colleagues told her she…
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules
If you were trying to learn how to get other people to do what you want, you might use some of the techniques found in a book like Influence: The Power of Persuasion. Now, a preprint study out of the University of Pennsylvania suggests that those same psychological persuasion techniques can frequently “convince” some LLMs…
Is gel nail polish banned in the UK?
Are gel nails banned in the UK? Other Side of the Story contacted Dr Naila Dinani, a consultant dermatologist at the Royal United Hospital in Bath. Dr Dinani appeared on the BBC Sounds Sliced Bread podcast to discuss nail polish and gels in August. She explained further about the TPO ban: “TPO is being banned…
The Food Chain
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Astronomers uncover a hidden world on the solar system’s edge
A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study’s School of Natural Sciences, has discovered an extraordinary trans-Neptunian object (TNO), named 2017 OF201, at the edge of our solar system. The TNO is potentially large enough to qualify as a dwarf planet, the same category…
Panama’s ocean lifeline vanishes for the first time in 40 years
During the dry season in Central America (generally between December and April), northern trade winds generate upwelling events in the ocean waters of the Gulf of Panama. Upwelling is a process that allows cold, nutrient-rich waters from the depths of the ocean to rise to the surface. This dynamic supports highly productive fisheries and helps…
Satellites confirm 1990s sea-level predictions were shockingly accurate
Global sea-level change has now been measured by satellites for more than 30 years, and a comparison with climate projections from the mid-1990s shows that they were remarkably accurate, according to two Tulane University researchers whose findings were published in Earth’s Future, an open-access journal published by the American Geophysical Union. “The ultimate test of…
