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Norway is taking major steps to prepare for potential war and famine as the country kicks off a plan to stockpile grain. Yesterday, Norway’s finance minister, Trygve Slagsvold Vedum, and Agriculture and Food Minister Geir Pollestad signed a deal with four private companies to store 30,000 tons of grain in 2024 and 2025. The companies

By Tarun Sai Lomte Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM Jul 1 2024 In a recent study published in Nature Metabolism, researchers showed that ketogenic diet (KD)-induced bile acids (BAs) are protective against obesity. ​​​​​​​Study:  Ketogenic diet-induced bile acids protect against obesity through reduced calorie absorption . Image Credit: Elena Shashkina/Shutterstock.com Background Obesity is associated with various

watch out, Porsche Macan — The 2025 Polestar 4: Great steering and a small carbon footprint stand out The styling is sharp inside and out, but the infotainment needs some polishing. Jonathan M. Gitlin – Jun 30, 2024 10:01 pm UTC Enlarge / The Polestar 4 is the latest entrant into the crowded midsize luxury

water scarcity — Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife Scientists are working to understand how the barrier is affecting the areas biodiversity. Ivn Carrillo, Knowable Magazine – Jun 30, 2024 11:15 am UTC Enlarge / This aerial picture taken on December 8, 2023, shows the US-Mexico border wall in Sasabe, Arizona.

By Dr. Chinta Sidharthan Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM Jul 1 2024 In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated whether acupuncture, previously used as an additional therapy alongside other medications for Parkinson's disease, improves sleep quality in Parkinson's patients. Poor sleep is known to accelerate the progression of the disease, making

At Thursdays debate, while Joe Biden struggled to put a sentence together, Donald Trump struggled to utter any sentence that wasnt about illegal immigrants destroying the country. Harsh rhetoricand policyon migrants and the border has long been a pillar of Trumps political identity, but it used to slot into a much wider range of grievances.

On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the hiring of 10 artificial intelligence experts as the first members of its new “AI Corps,” which will eventually become a 50-member advisory group. The new hires “will help DHS responsibly leverage new technology and mitigate risks across the homeland security enterprise,” a press release explained.

Dominance — Rocket Report: China flies reusable rocket hopper; Falcon Heavy dazzles “I have a problem: Rockets are built and kept in stock but not finding customers.” Stephen Clark – Jun 28, 2024 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / SpaceX’s 10th Falcon Heavy rocket climbs into orbit with a new US government weather satellite.SpaceX reader comments

One of President Joe Biden’s pledges upon entering office in 2021 was to expand Americans’ access to high-speed broadband internet. But despite apportioning tens of billions of dollars to the task, not one person has been connected to the internet as a result of the initiative. Contained within the 2021 infrastructure bill, the Broadband Equity

President Joe Biden had more than three years to roll back former President Donald Trump’s tariffs that are driving up prices for consumers and businesses. He did not, even though Biden had made clear during the last campaign that he knew Americans were bearing the cost of those trade policies. Instead, Biden chose to pander

After OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2019, members of the Sackler family, which controlled the company, arranged a resolution that included personal protection from civil liability for contributing to opioid-related deaths. That shield was part of a mass settlement that promised myriad litigants a total of $6 billion. The Supreme

Large language models — Google Translate just nearly doubled its number of supported languages This includes common languages like Cantonese and lesser-known ones like Manx. Samuel Axon – Jun 27, 2024 7:45 pm UTC Enlarge / The logo for PaLM 2, a Google large language model.Google reader comments 42 Google announced today that it has

Dominance — Rocket Report: China tests reusable rocket tech; SpaceX booster flies for 22nd time “I have a problem: Rockets are built and kept in stock but not finding customers.” Stephen Clark – Jun 28, 2024 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / SpaceX’s 10th Falcon Heavy rocket climbs into orbit with a new US government weather

? — Big Pharmas fight against drug price reforms takes weird, desperate turn PhRMA claims price negotiations raise costs and that drug patents lower them. Beth Mole – Jun 27, 2024 8:29 pm UTC Enlarge / Stephen Ubl, president and chief executive officer of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), speaks during a Bloomberg

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