John Glenn during the fiery re-entry NASA/Andy Saunders ON 20 February 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, but there were signs of trouble. As Glenn’s Friendship 7 spacecraft returned from its historic flight, a warning light indicated its heat shield had unlatched, risking complete incineration. This image (above) captures…
The Dispossessed takes place on the twin worlds of Anarres and Urras Naeblys/Alamy There was a wall. It did not look important. It was built of uncut rocks roughly mortared; an adult could look right over it, and even a child could climb it. Where it crossed the roadway, instead of having a gate it…
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Calamine lotion can be used to help relieve the itchiness of chickenpox spots Young children in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will soon be offered a free chickenpox vaccine on the NHS. It will be added to the list of standard childhood vaccinations from January 2026, and…
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC News and Aoife WalshBBC News Getty Images Chickenpox can start with flu-like symptoms, such as a high temperature and headache. All young children in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be offered a free chickenpox vaccine by the NHS from January next year. It will be given as two doses,…
ISC Stormcast For Friday, August 29th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9592, (Fri, Aug 29th) Source link
Air pollution remains one of Africa’s most pressing environmental health crises, causing widespread illness across the continent. Organizations like sensors.AFRICA have deployed hundreds of air quality sensors to address this challenge, but face a critical data problem: significant gaps in PM2.5 (particulate matter with diameter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers) measurement records because…
Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We’re happy to announce the latest release, Arti 1.5.0. Arti 1.5.0 continues development on important client features, including Counter Galois Onion encryption, Conflux, flow control and congestion control, and onion service proof of work. It also includes significant backend work for Arti…
This post is co-written with Julieta Rappan, Macarena Blasi, and María Candela Blanco from the Government of the City of Buenos Aires. The Government of the City of Buenos Aires continuously works to improve citizen services. In February 2019, it introduced an AI assistant named Boti available through WhatsApp, the most widely used messaging service…
2. Check Daily Hub for a quick look-ahead Daily Hub is a personalized digest in your Discover feed. Take a look to see what’s coming up on your calendar, relevant topics for you to deep dive on, recommended playlists and more. It’s also another place where you can find Magic Cue. Daily Hub will give…
Finance analysts across Amazon Finance face mounting complexity in financial planning and analysis processes. When working with vast datasets spanning multiple systems, data lakes, and business units, analysts encounter several critical challenges. First, they spend significant time manually browsing data catalogs and reconciling data from disparate sources, leaving less time for valuable analysis and insight…
