Hidden details of world ’s most famous sled dog revealed in massive genomics project
In 1925, a sled dog named Balto made headlines around the world when he braved fierce winds, a raging blizzard, and splintering river ice to bring lifesaving serum to an isolated Alaskan town struck with diphtheria. (Although another sled dog,
Togo, may deserve most of the credit
.) Now, researchers have pieced together a fuller picture of the celebrated canine from DNA taken from the underbelly of his stuffed, faded carcass. Aided by hundreds of newly sequenced genomes and an extensive database of dog DNA, they were able to glean details about Balto’s size, appearance, and stamina not captured in historical ph...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Amazon, Bing, and Google on EU law's extra scrutiny list
Not to be outdone by the UK's copycat DMCC bill yesterday, European regulators have let the world know about the first few tech giants to make their super strictly monitored hitlist under its own antitrust regs, aimed at curtailing the power of Big Tech. In an announcement, the European Commission…#dmcc #bigtech #europeancommission #vloses #digitalservicesact #wikipedia #google #statcounter #commission #bing (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Thierry Breton says EU Digital Services Act content rules will apply to Apple, Meta, Google, TikTok, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, and others from August 2023
[1/2] The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google in a combination photo BRUSSELS, April 25 (Reuters) - Alibaba's (9988.HK) AliExpress, Amazon's (AMZN.O) Marketplace, Apple's App Store and 16 other tech companies will be subject to new EU online content rules as of August, EU industry chief…#amazon #apple #google #aliexpress #appstore #thierrybreton #alphabet #googlemaps #googleplay #googlesearch (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Twitter adds blue checks to accounts of dead celebrities
When Elon Musk first announced Twitter would start charging for verification, he the company’s legacy “lords & peasants” system was “bullshit.” Now, just days after winding down the old system , Twitter has begun handing out blue ticks to celebrity users and accounts with more than one million…#elonmusk #twitter #twitterblue #neilgaiman #woke #lebronjames #stephenking #engadget #wikipedia #lanhamact (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
There Is No A.I
As a computer scientist, I don’t like the term “A.I.” In fact, I think it’s misleading—maybe even a little dangerous. Everybody’s already using the term, and it might seem a little late in the day to be arguing about it. But we’re at the beginning of a new technological era—and the easiest way to…#terminator #matrix #aieven #samaltman #openai #siliconvalley #wikipedia #hal9000 #llm (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
US'National Divorce' Appears To Already Be Happening
US 'National Divorce' Appears To Already Be Happening Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The so-called “national divorce” that was promoted earlier this year by some Republicans appears to be occurring organically, according to a new analysis of U.S. population trends.…#jackphillips #epochtimes #republicans #uhaul #elmstreet #montpelier #vt #wikimediacommonsccby #donaldtrump #censusbureau (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Complaints grow over $1 billion U.S. Antarctic icebreaker design
In Antarctica, German and South Korean icebreaking research ships regularly fly helicopters to reach remote glaciers. The U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) 30-year-old
RV Nathaniel B. Palmer
can also carry helicopters. And the British Antarctic Survey’s new
RRS Sir David Attenborough
has not only a helideck and hangar, but also a “moonpool” port in its hull for deploying undersea instruments.
The planned design for the $1 billion U.S. Antarctic Research Vessel (ARV), a proposed icebreaker intended to replace the
Palmer
in the early 2030s, includes neither of those feat...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 20, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Neuralink
This article is to understand about Neuralink project{What}? and {How} it works? This will be a huge article and I request you to kindly have patience and…#neuralink #barackobama #elonmusk #mars #hyperloop #openai #brain #neuron #dendrites #wikipedia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Elon Musk's SpaceX Set To Launch Starship Rocket On Symbolic Cannabis Date Of 4/20
Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk is known for supporting cannabis. He has been promoting it occasionally and, recently, by allowing cannabis brands onto Twitter, where he is also CEO. Now, at SpaceX (where he is also CEO), Musk is planning an inaugural test flight for April 20, an unofficial holiday…#teslainctsla #elonmusk #twitter #marijuanaenthusiasts #superheavy #brittneygriner #russian #photocourtesyofnorad #wikimediacommons (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Stability AI releases ChatGPT-like language models
Stability AI, the startup behind the generative AI art tool Stable Diffusion, today open-sourced a suite of text-generating AI models intended to go head to head with systems like OpenAI’s GPT-4. Called StableLM and available in “alpha” on GitHub and Hugging Spaces, a platform for hosting AI…#stabilityai #stablediffusion #openai #pile #pubmed #stackexchange #wikipedia #stanford #alpaca #emadmostaque (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The ‘invented persona’ behind a key pandemic database
When Jeremy Kamil started to sequence samples of the rapidly spreading pandemic coronavirus in the spring of 2020, it was clear where he should deposit the genetic data: in
GISAID
, a long-running database for influenza genomes that had established itself as the go-to repository for SARS-CoV-2 as well.
Kamil, a virologist at Louisiana State University’s (LSU’s) Health Sciences Center Shreveport, says he quickly struck up a friendly relationship with a Steven Meyers, who used a gisaid.org email address. The two often exchanged emails and talked on the phone, sometimes for hours, about the pandemic and da...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 19, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Luxury Beliefs And Energy Policy: The Fatal Conceit
In a remarkable interview on Wednesday with anchor Laura Ingraham of Fox News, Norman Fenton, Professor Emeritus of Risk at Queen Mary University of London, spelt out just what the “net zero” economy really means. Net zero, to remind ourselves, is the rallying policy battle cry of all major…#lauraingraham #normanfenton #emeritusofrisk #worldbank #heathrow #belfastglasgow #wikipedia #healthcare #climatechangeact #mattridley (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Russian court fines Wikipedia for article about Ukraine war
A Moscow court on Thursday again fined Wikipedia for a Russian-language article it refused to remove about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the latest in a series of government moves to silence objective reporting or criticism of the war and restrict the Russian public’s access to information. The…#moscow #wikipedia #russian #ukraine #wikimediafoundation #tass #vladimirputin #throughroskomnadzor #somevoiceofamerica #russians (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Russian court fines Wikipedia for article about Ukraine war
A Moscow court has again fined Russian Wikipedia for not removing an article about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.#moscow #russianwikipedia #ukraine (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Texas judge's ruling to ban mifepristone nationwide cites Wikipedia, contains pro-life talking points, and gets basic facts about abortion wrong: Experts say …
A person looks at an Abortion Pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a computer on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images A Texas judge on Friday issued a ruling overturning FDA approval of an abortion medication. The ruling…#mifepristone #arlington #virginia #fda #wikipedia #matthewkacsmaryk #vineetdubey #custodiodubeyllp #trump #jennifergriffith (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
