Aftershocks complicate Myanmar rescue efforts after quake toll tops 1,700
Aftershocks are making it harder to rescue people in Myanmar, two days after one of its worst earthquakes.
I have finally understood the true meaning of Land Day
My family has lived in Shujayea for centuries. Now we face the very real threat of losing our inherited land.
Smell of death ‘fills the air’ near epicentre of Myanmar earthquake
Bodies trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings in Sagaing and Mandalay cities are decomposing in Myanmar’s heat.
Black holes may obey the laws of physics after all, new theory suggests
“The singularity is the most mysterious and problematic part of a black hole. It’s where our concepts of space and time literally no longer make sense.”
Watch eerie video of humanoid robot ‘army’ marching naturally, thanks to a major AI upgrade
Figure 02’s human-like gait is the product of the company’s simulated reinforcement learning system, and is just the beginning of its plans to make its robots perform physical tasks more naturally.
New ESC consensus statement advances conduction system pacing therapy
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has released a groundbreaking consensus statement on conduction system pacing (CSP), marking a significant milestone in the evolution of pacing therapy.
Space photo of the week: Hubble zooms in on the glittering galaxy next door
The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere.
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The discovery is one of the most significant findings in the search for evidence of past life on Mars. This is because, on Earth at least, relatively complex, long-chain carbon molecules are involved in biology. These molecules could actually be fragments of fatty acids, which are found in, for example, the membranes surrounding biological cells. Scientists think that, if life ever emerged on Mars, it was probably microbial in nature. Because microbes are so small, it’s difficult to be definitive about any potential evidence for life found on Mars. Such evidence needs more powerful scientific instruments that are too large to be put on a rover. The organic molecules found by Curiosity consist of carbon atoms linked in long chains, with other elements bonded to them, like hydrogen and oxygen. They come from a 3.7-billion-year-old rock dubbed Cumberland, encountered by the rover at a presumed dried-up lakebed in Mars’s Gale Crater. Scientists used the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the NASA rover to make their discovery. Read full article Comments
Ex-FCC chairs from both parties say CBS news distortion investigation is bogus
The Federal Communications Commission’s news distortion investigation into CBS drew a public rebuke from a bipartisan group of five former FCC commissioners, including two former chairmen. The group criticizing current Chairman Brendan Carr includes Republican Alfred Sikes, the FCC chair from 1989 to 1993, and Democrat Tom Wheeler, the FCC chair from 2013 to 2017. They were joined by Republican Rachelle Chong, Democrat Ervin Duggan, and Democrat Gloria Tristani, all former commissioners. “These comments are submitted to emphasize the unprecedented nature of this news distortion proceeding, and to express our strong concern that the Federal Communications Commission may be seeking to censor the news media in a manner antithetical to the First Amendment,” the former chairs and commissioners told the FCC in a filing this week. Read full article Comments
Richard Chamberlain, Shogun star, dies aged 90
Chamberlain earned the title “king of the mini-series” for his leading roles in Shogun and The Thorn Birds.
In pictures: Eid celebrations around the world
Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the festival marking the end of Ramadan.
Watch: Rescuers dig through pile of concrete after Bangkok tower collapse
Dozens of workers were trapped when the building collapsed after a huge earthquake hit neighbouring Myanmar.
Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter alleges her father, the convicted rapist, abused her, too
The explosive mass rape trial of Dominique Pelicot and 50 other French men may have come to an end Dec. 19, but for his daughter, Caroline Darian, the story was nowhere near over. She shares what the ordeal has been like for her mother and herself in a new memoir, I’ll Never Call Him Dad Again.
