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Ahern questioned impartiality of RUC with Blair in 1998 talks
An apparent failure by the RUC to investigate sectarian murders of Catholics was raised by taoiseach Bertie Ahern with the British prime minister, Tony Blair in 1998, according to declassified files released in Belfast on Tuesday. In a memo for ministers in
China says its space station dodged Starlink satellites twice this year
Astronomers aren't the only ones taking issue with SpaceX's Starlink satellites. As CNETreports, China has filed a with the United Nations over two reported near-collisions between the in-progress Tiangong space station and Starlink vehicles. According to
Researchers used CT scans to virtually unwrap a pristine mummy
In 1881, archaeologists discovered the mummy of Amenhotep I in Deir el-Bahari, a village outside of Egypt's famous Valley of the Kings. For 140 years, scientists have been unwilling to unwrap the king’s body out of fear they’ll damage his ornate face mask and
Apple grants engineers rare stock bonuses to stanch defections, report says - CNET
Trying to keep key workers from quitting for gigs elsewhere in Silicon Valley, Apple issued bonuses worth as much as $180,000, according to Bloomberg. ...
Fight against seafood fraud has another gadget in its arsenal
A new seafood scanner is the latest tool that will help combat misleading labelling. ...
Omicron Variant May Help Beat Delta, Study Suggests
In the lab, antibodies produced during an Omicron infection protected against Delta. If Omicron dominates in the real world, that could lead to a less dire future. ...
Carroll County Fire Company Donates Engine To Firehouse Destroyed By Kentucky Tornadoes
WESTMINSTER, Md. (WJZ) — The season of giving is far from over for Reese Volunteer Fire Company, which is about to make a charitable donation for the greater good after a tornado devastated a fire station in Kentucky a few weeks ago. Capt. Ken Hyde Sr,
Less is more: Engineers behind Millennium Tower fix have a new strategy
In a letter to the building's general manager sent Monday, lead project engineer Ronald Hamburger said crews would seek to minimize and expedite work to be performed on Millennium Tower. ...
China Slams US Over Space Station's 'Close Encounters' With SpaceX Satellites
Beijing on Tuesday accused the United States of irresponsible and unsafe conduct in space over two "close encounters" between the Chinese space station and satellites operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX. Tiangong, China's new space station, had to
Smart ring may monitor chronic illnesses
For CES 2022, health tech company Movano is announcing the Movano Ring which aims to help people affordably monitor chronic illnesses and better understand their data. The rings will measure all the basic metrics, including heart rate, heart rate variability
Amazon gets stylish Echo Dot
Although Amazon’s Echo Dot has been around for a few years, there’s a limited-edition version of the speaker designed in collaboration with Diane von Furstenberg’s DVF brand. Called the Echo Dot x Diane von Furstenberg series, the Echo Dots in this range come
World’s first bus-train starts rolling in Japan
The world’s first dual-mode vehicle, or DMV, which can travel both on highways and railroad tracks, made its public debut on Saturday in Kaiyo, Japan. The DMV runs on traditional rubber tires on the road, but also has steel wheels that
DoorDash Is Requiring Engineers To Deliver Food
DoorDash, the food delivery app based out of San Francisco, is requiring all its nondelivery employees, including CEO Tony Xu, to do a "dash" once a month -- and some employees are seemingly furious. SFGate reports: MarketWatch first reported that the WeDash
Nearly 100 rogue, glow-in-the-dark planets are floating in our galaxy, scientists find
The historical discovery of the planets could be an indicator that billions more could be floating in space without any orbit, researchers say. ...
Woman in 80s airlifted to hospital after crash in Donegal
A woman in her 80s was rushed to hospital by air ambulance after a crash in Co Donegal on Tuesday. The collision between a car and a van on the outskirts of Ballyshannon happened at 2.25pm. The crash happened close to the Cavangarden junction for Cashelard. A
California is 1st state to top 5 million cases amid omicron surge
California became the first state to record more than 5 million known coronavirus infections, according to the state dashboard Tuesday, which was delayed by the holiday weekend. The milestone, as reported by the California Department of Public Health, wasn’t
Aaron Rodgers: Science that 'can't be questioned' is 'propaganda'
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is
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24 States Under Extreme Weather Alerts: Weather Fueled By Climate Change Disrupts Life Across The U.S.
2022 is forecast to be one of the hottest years on record, but first the U.S. must endure a season of blizzards, avalanches and flash floods. ...
Study: Cats know masters’ location through hearing, not sight
Cats apparently pinpoint their masters’ locations through auditory signals, not by sight, according to a research team. Felines often turn their faces away when their names are repeatedly called by their owners. This action does not mean the cats dislike their
Green trains on their way to power one of the world's richest mining regions
A global mining organisation and an Australian freight operator have teamed up to make one of the most resource-rich regions in the world a little greener. ...
European Powers Call For 'Urgency' As Iran Nuclear Talks Resume
Diplomats from the three European countries directly involved in the negotiations to breathe new life in a faltering nuclear deal with Iran have stressed the "urgent" nature of talks. The eighth round of negotiations aimed at reviving the agreement,
DoorDash is requiring every employee, from engineers to CEO, to make food deliveries
SAN FRANCISCO -- DoorDash is asking its employees, all the way up the ranks to its CEO, to again make a delivery at least once a month. Some are not cheering the news. The on-demand food delivery company in the New Year will reinstate a program, called WeDash,
New Salem fire chief informs Selectboard on need to replace fire engine
NEW SALEM — The town’s fire chief went before the Selectboard this week to bring members up to speed on the condition of one of his department’s fire engines. Fire Chief Joe Cuneo said the oldest of his four trucks is holding its own right now, but he wanted
Step inside the life of a professional seed hunter
Gavin Phillips spent six years searching for a rare and endangered plant. His efforts met with little success — that is, until his second-last day on the job. ...
Apple gives some engineers a rare $180,000 bonus to prevent them from defecting to Meta ...
Apple has given its engineers significant stock bonuses starting at $50,000 to as much as $180,000 in a bid to stave off defections to its rivals, specifically Meta. The group includes those working in silicon
How This Climate Scientist Felt After Watching ‘Don’t Look Up’
My perspective as a scientist studying climate change on the disaster movie, Don't Look Up. ...
How nit glue could help answer head-scratchers about our ancestors
Scientists say ancient human DNA can be recovered from the cement made by head lice to stick eggs to hair An unusual source of ancient human DNA could help scientists unpick details of our ancestors’ lives and answer longstanding questions. The source? Nit
Head Lice Provide Best Ever Human DNA Extracted From Mummies
Jurassic Park chose mosquito fossils as the harborers of Dino DNA, but a different kind of parasite recently came to the rescue in preserving the genetic material of ancient humans yielding samples of unprecedented quality. Trapped within the "cement" head
Space telescope faces major test as sunshade deployment begins
It will take about five days to deploy the James Webb Space Telescope's fragile sunshade in a complex and high-risk procedure. ...
Restriction-Heavy DC, New York Report Highest Coronavirus Cases Per Capita in U.S.
Restriction-heavy Washington, DC, and New York are reporting the highest daily average of coronavirus cases per capita in the United States, Tuesday's data found. ...
How an Engineer and a Doctor Built a Dynamic-priced, AI-Fueled Sneaker Store
Sponsored Content Engineering and medicine are two very different fields and you don’t often see people from either of these areas coming together to work on a fashion-related project. However, there are always those who start new and interesting partnerships
Alexa told a child to try a dangerous stunt because that's what the search engine said
It can be hard to keep children entertained in the week between Christmas and New Year's. So, it's not surprising that a 10-year-old in the UK turned to Amazon's Alexa digital assistant for some fresh ideas after her family finished their list
Science Foundations (Episode 11): Measurements of Electricity
From the lab, Joel Thomas showcases the four ways electricity is measure; ohms, amps, volts, and watts. He uses water hoses and a
Tiny tardigrades walk like insects 500,000 times their size
/ SEM Micrograph of a tardigrade, more commonly known as a water bear or "moss piglet." (credit: Cultura RM Exclusive/Gregory S. Paulson/Getty Images) There's rarely time to write about
With US swamped by omicron, Biden scraps travel bans
(credit: Craig Hastings | Getty Images) President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued a proclamation revoking
Researchers identify 14 new shrew species in Indonesia
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana researchers have identified 14 new species of shrews on an Indonesian island where seven in that genus were previously known. There were so many and some look so similar that after a while Louisiana State University biologist
Egmore Museum plans to build new archaeology wing and science centre
Proposal for the projects is being sent to the Central government, says official ...
China launches mineral survey and science outreach satellites
China launched the Ziyuan 1 (02E) Earth resources observation satellite and a small amateur radio satellite on Saturday, Dec. 25. ...
Surprise Discovery May Lead To Affordable Cultivated Steak
By Diana Bletter In the future, the ideal steak will be sizzling, charbroiled — and probably made from cultivated meat. However, companies that produce cell-based meat are challenged to make production affordable. Recently, researchers at Israel’s
2021: A turning point in the fight against the climate crisis?
From floods to tornadoes and extreme droughts,
King of Prussia-based Bala Consulting Engineers names new CEO
Kimberly Burkert will become the first female CEO at the company and the first woman to lead a large, regional engineering firm in the Philadelphia area. ...
Experts Open Time Capsule Found at Gen. Lee Statue Site
RICHMOND, Va.—Conservation experts in Virginia’s capital Tuesday pulled books, coins, ammunition, documents, and other artifacts from a time
President of flight attendants' union slams CDC for shortening the quarantine period: 'It was all ...
White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci and AFA-CWA president Sara Nelson. Greg Nash/Tom Brenner/Associated Press A flight attendant union has criticized the CDC for changing its quarantine guidelines from 10 to five days. President of the Association
For Dolphins, it’s simple math: 2 wins, and playoffs await
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Beat Tennessee this week, beat New England the week after that, and the Miami Dolphins are going to the playoffs. It’s simple. It won’t be easy. The Dolphins probably won’t be favored against the Titans, might not even be favored in
'So difficult': Winter snow, cold slam Northwest and Sierra
SEATTLE (AP) — The Pacific Northwest and Sierra Nevada mountain range grappled Tuesday with another day of snow, ice and unseasonable cold that has disrupted traffic, caused closures and forced people to find refuge in emergency warming shelters. Across
China upset about needing to dodge SpaceX Starlink satellites
/ A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in May 2021 carrying the 29th batch of approximately 60 satellites as part of SpaceX's
State legislatures poised to act on abortion restrictions
By Wilson Ring | Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Early in the new year, the Vermont House of Representatives is due to begin debate on an amendment that would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution and send the question to voters in
Watch live: Santa Clara County’s new booster mandate for some workers
At 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Santa Clara County public health officials will discuss a new health order that requires
The world’s first !! Tweet on Twitter using only your thoughts on paralysis.
Patients with paralysis are unable to move their fingers. But you can type messages on Twitter using only your thoughts. It allows paralyzed patients to type text messages using commands directly from the brain following previous news of the discovery. Uses
NSE-BSE bulk deals: TCG Fund sells stake in GG Engineering
TCG Fund today sold 549,306 shares of GG Engineering at Rs. 12.35 apiece through a bulk deal on the BSE. ...
NHTSA reopens investigation into Hyundai, Kia engine fires - Roadshow
It's the continuation of a problem that's plagued Hyundai and Kia vehicles for quite some time. ...
Rand Paul: 'Thousands' Likely Died Because Anthony Fauci 'Deemphasized' Therapeutics
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) suggested that "thousands" have likely died in the U.S. from the Chinese coronavirus because Dr. Anthony Fauci "deemphasized the idea that there are therapeutics," focusing solely on vaccines. ...
Five Coronavirus Promises Joe Biden Broke in 2021
President Joe Biden has broken five coronavirus promises throughout his 2021 presidency. ...
The Real Science Behind the Movie “Don’t Look Up”
The new movie “Don’t Look Up” — now available on Netflix — is not your usual sci-fi disaster film. Instead, it is a biting parody on the general public’s dismissal and indifference to science. While the movie is about a comet on a collision course
Rural students losing interest in Science stream after SSC: Goa CM
Panaji, Dec 28 (IANS) Students in Goa's rural areas are losing interest in the Science stream after matriculation, Chief Minister
James Webb Space Telescope About to Perform Critical Transformation
The James Webb Space Telescope is three days into its journey to the second Lagrange point but it is about to attempt its most perilous operation yet. The telescope will begin extending its primary and secondary mirrors, along with its incredibly delicate
Hyundai reportedly stops developing new combustion engines
Hyundai only just released its first ground-up electric car, but it's apparently ready to leave combustion engines behind. As Electrekreports, Korea Economic Dailysources claim Hyundai shut down its research center's engine design unit sometime this
Giant asteroid three times as big as Statue of Liberty to ‘skim’ past Earth TOMORROW
A HUGE asteroid is heading towards Earth and should come close to our planet on Wednesday. Nasa has labeled
After shaking up Exxon’s board, Engine No. 1 widens its sights
Few had heard of Engine No. 1 until it shocked corporate America this year by pushing Exxon Mobil to revamp its board of directors, in part to focus more on clean energy. Now it’s bringing its active-ownership approach to the world of stock index funds, which
The Scientist Editors' Favorite Stories of 2021
A look back at some of the articles we most enjoyed reading, writing, and editing this year ...
Here’s what Skyrim’s Riverwood Looks Like in Unreal Engine 5
Back when it was released towards the end of 2011, The Elder Scrolls 5:
Germany's power supply secure despite nuclear phase-out: minister
BERLIN, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The power supply in Germany is secure despite the country pushing ahead with its nuclear phase-out, Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck said on Tuesday. At the end of this year, the operating licenses for
NASA Enlisted Theologians To See How We'll React To Alien Life
NASA turned to religious thinkers and theologians to help assess and understand the existential conundrum that humanity could face if we discover alien life elsewhere in the universe, it has been revealed. The project, titled "The Societal Implications of
Melted imidazole as solvent to fabricate a porous carbon supported catalyst
This study is led by Dr. Shaojun Dong (Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences). At the beginning of this work, researchers wanted to design a simple method to synthesize Co nanoparticles. This is because that the Co NPs are very
The surprising science of sunscreen, sand and ice cream
Ahh, summer at the beach! The sun on your face, sand between your toes, an ice cream in your hand. For scientists young and old, a trip to the beach is also a perfect opportunity to explore the peculiar properties of some fascinating fluids. Through thick and
Sustainable food packaging that keeps harmful microbes at bay
A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US, has developed a 'smart' food packaging material that is biodegradable, sustainable and kills microbes that are harmful to
Alexa 'challenges' 10-year-old girl to put penny in wall socket - mimicking dangerous TikTok trend ...
Amazon's Alexa will provide users with challenges to complete when asked, but a mother was shocked when the digital assistant suggested her 10-year-old daughter try a potentially deadly TikTok challenge. Kristin Livdahl tweeted
Dr Reddy’s laboratories gets DCGI’s nod to launch Molnupiravir capsules in India
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a Santa Claus costume helps an auto rickshaw driver to wear a protective face mask as he distributes the masks for free during the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Ahmedabad, India, December 24, 2021. REUTERS/Amit
A Brief History of Time
This landmark book is for those of us who prefer words to equations; this is the story of the ultimate...
Will 2022 be the year we start taking online privacy seriously?
Governments are drafting new laws to protect your privacy online, but are people even that bothered about companies using their data? ...
The Most Beautiful Places In The World, According To Science
Wanderlust meets AI in this unique study that reveals the most spectacular natural wonders around the world. ...
SFBT Tuesday Digest: DoorDash engineers to deliver; Google's 'Street View' suit
Meanwhile, Covid infection case rates featuring the omicron variant in San Francisco and Marin counties have already risen past their high marks for the delta variant. ...
2021 Top Ten: Tech
Along with AI and JADC2, the year's top tech stories include the Army's December announcement of a vaccine that covers all possible COVID variants. ...
World's Largest Wind Farm Has Officially Started Producing Power
Electricity has started flowing from the Hornsea 2 wind farm, which will become the world's largest offshore wind farm when it is complete. Located off the UK's east coast, it's unlikely to hold the title long, however. The expansion of onshore wind has
How Can Psychedelics Help Heal Mental Illness?
An infamous public health campaign once famously claimed that drugs do nothing but turn users’ brains into fried eggs. However, a growing body of research suggests that psychedelics may in fact help unscramble the mind, resulting in major improvements in
For mammals, eating other animals can increase cancer risk
/ These rodents seemingly manage to avoid developing cancer. (credit: ) Cancer is a sad fact of life, as nearly 40 percent of people are diagnosed with it at some point in
What was the "science" that led the CDC to suddenly change its quarantine guidance?
Until yesterday, people who tested positive were asked to isolate for 10 days. As of yesterday, people who test positive are asked to isolate for five days and then — if they have no symptoms — to mask up for the next five days if they plan to be
Epic California Blizzard Brings Snowiest December On Record To The Sierras
Following a summer that saw snowpack drop to practically zero in California’s mountains, the Sierra Nevada has quickly flipped from one extreme to another thanks to an epic storm that pummeled much of the west coast over the holiday weekend. ...
