Meta investors settle $8bn lawsuit with Zuckerberg over Facebook privacy
Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to settle a multibillion dollar lawsuit with a group of shareholders…
Astronomers may have glimpsed evidence of the biggest stars ever seen
Artist’s impression of a field of Population III stars 100 million years after the big bang NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva/Spaceengine/M. Zamani Distant galaxies may be full of truly enormous stars, which reach masses up to 10,000 times that of the sun. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is allowing astronomers to examine these galaxies in the…
UK did ‘too little, too late’, leading to thousands more deaths
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent ‘Too little, too late’: What’s in the Covid inquiry report… in 68 seconds The UK response to Covid was “too little, too late” and led to thousands more deaths in the first wave, an inquiry into government decision-making says. The report also said lockdown may have been avoided if voluntary steps such…
Johnson oversaw ‘toxic culture’ in No 10, inquiry finds
Paul Seddon,Political reporter and Sam Francis,Political reporter PA Media Boris Johnson oversaw a “toxic and chaotic” culture within government that led to poor Covid decision-making, the inquiry into the pandemic response has found. In a much-awaited report, inquiry chair Baroness Hallett said the former prime minister should have responded more urgently to the developing crisis….
New Scientist recommends the Society of Wildlife Artists’ annual expo
Dean Patman’s found-object sculpture of a red underwing moth Dean Patman Penny SarchetManaging editor, London I’ve long wanted to attend the Society of Wildlife Artists’ annual Natural Eye exhibition, and a few weeks ago, I finally did. The art showcase ran at the Mall Galleries in London in October, and it is available to browse…
Refugees and Asylees: Recent Changes in Access to Health Coverage and Other Assistance
Introduction Since 1980, the U.S. has had a formal system for admitting refugees and asylees—individuals and their families who are unable to return to their country of nationality due to a well-founded fear of persecution for certain protected reasons. The right to seek asylum is rooted in international law, and the system reflects the U.S.’s…
Ancient tracks may record stampede of turtles disturbed by earthquake
The possible turtle tracks at Monte Cònero, Italy Paolo Sandroni Strange impressions in a rock face in Italy may have been left by a stampede of sea turtles disturbed by an earthquake around 83 million years ago. Free climbers discovered the unusual features in an area that is off limits to the public on the…
Century-old catalysis puzzle cracked by measuring a fraction of an electron
A research team from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering and the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering has successfully identified and measured the fraction of an electron involved in catalytic manufacturing. Their findings, published in the open-access journal ACS Central Science, clarify why precious metals such as gold,…
What's in the Covid inquiry report… in 68 seconds
The report looks at whether lockdowns were timely and reasonable, and what impact rule-breaking at the heart of government had on public confidence. Source link
Japanese spacecraft faces a massive challenge from a house-size asteroid
Astronomers have gathered new data on the asteroid 1998 KY26 using observatories across several continents, including the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT). These coordinated observations show that the asteroid is almost three times smaller than earlier estimates and rotates far more rapidly. The object is the planned 2031 destination for Japan’s Hayabusa2…
This engineered fungus cuts emissions and tastes like meat
A recent study published November 19 in Trends in Biotechnology reports that scientists used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to improve how efficiently a fungus produces protein while also lowering the environmental footprint of that production by as much as 61% — all without introducing foreign DNA. The modified fungus has a meatlike flavor and is…
