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The girl killed at Abundant Life was a 15-year-old
A 17-year-old boy opened fire at his school in the US state of Wisconsin on Tuesday, killing a teacher and a student and injuring at least three others. The shooter was taken to a hospital where he is believed to have died. The victim’s mother said her daughter was in a physics class when the…
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The human body has mysteries that are unlocked through cellular atlases
Researchers have created the world’s first atlas of human neural organoid cells with 1.1 million cells. It incorporated 36 single-cell RNA-sequencing data sets, generated with 26 protocols for producing organoid cells from cultured cells. The human neural organoid cell atlas can be compared with the stem cell atlas to identify origins of metaplastic cells, researchers…
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Trump’s message at the G20 will be changed by Biden’s ‘America’s back’ message
US President Joe Biden has said that the G20 summit in Brazil will be one of the last major multilateral gatherings in his term. “It’ll be one of the most important multilateral events in the world,” Biden added. This is Biden’s first meeting with world leaders at the G20 summit since taking office on January…
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Climate, artificial intelligence and more could suffer as a result of Trump winning the election
Scientists globally reacted to US President-elect Donald Trump’s election win, with some calling it a “historic day”. “We need to be ready for a new world. We need to be ready for the time when we are no longer just a country but also a superpower,” a member of the American Geophysical Union said. “This…
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What could happen at the Supreme Court under Trump and Harris?
The US Supreme Court is likely to become “a tragedy for the American people, not a Supreme Court” under the new administration of President Donald Trump, Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman said. He added that the current Supreme Court supermajority will be many decades away from aligning with the actual beliefs and values of…
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Is hurricanes getting worse?
Climate change could have enabled Hurricane Helene’s intensity to be more intense, a World Weather study said. It added that climate change could have made heavy rainfall up to 70% more likely in central and southern areas of the US where catastrophic flooding washed away roads and destroyed homes and businesses. The Atlantic Ocean has…
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A weird signal was traced to a megalandslide
Scientists have traced a global seismic signal from ice-blown Ice in a ice-Collapsing ice sheet to a giant glacier slide. The signal was traced to the giant slide in the eastern side of the fjord that was caused by the melting of the glaciers. The scientists traced the seismic signal that was detected on sensors…
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The Apalachee High School shooting victims are well-known to us
A 14-year-old boy who shot two teachers and two students dead in US’ Georgia on Wednesday has been charged with murder. He was arrested after he called his father and said he would “shoot everyone at his school”, according to a report. The name of the gunman at the Sandy Hook school in Connecticut was…
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Link never got the powers that the Princess Powers gave him
Zelda’s first game in the leading role, ‘Echoes of Wisdom: A Swordfighter’s Guide for the Open World’, will launch on September 26 for the Switch. It is set in Zelda’s Open World and will feature Princess Zelda as she sets out to stop Ganon from taking over the world. By waving the Tri Rod at…
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A guide to the nature index
Researchers from South Korea and other Regions, Regions and States have contributed to the Nature Index’s research in Physical Science and Information Technology for South Korea and other Regions, Regions and States. They contributed to 10 articles in 2023 and one in 2022. The tables in this Supplement show the leading South Korean institutions based…
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Susan Wojcicki was the former CEO of YouTube
Susan Wojcicki, the first female CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, passed away aged 56 on Friday. Wojcicki had left Intel in 2004 to become Google’s first marketing manager. “I was sold – on Google and Susan,” Google’s Co-founder Larry Page said. Google’s Co-founder Sergey Brin said that Wojcicki will be remembered as a leader…
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Evan Gershkovich was freed from a Russian prison in a prisoner swap
Former US Marine Paul Whelan has been released from a Russian jail after being held there for over two years on accusations of spying. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison last year. Whelan’s release is a part of an exchange of prisoners between the US and Russia, which also involves the release of…
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The Secret Service has said full federal resources weren’t given to Trump
An independent review of the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump in 2015 will be conducted by a panel of experts, said US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The review will provide recommendations to ensure that “something like this from ever happening again”, he added. Trump was shot by guard Thomas Matthew Crooks…
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A panel has been named to review the Trump assassination attempt
US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a panel to conduct an independent review of the 2016 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “We are committed to getting to the bottom of what happened on July 13, and I’m grateful to the distinguished members of this independent review who will bring decades of…
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There are some prime day laptop deals for work and play
A 16-inch MacBook Pro with M3 Pro is now available for under 41,000 at Amazon on Prime Day, as per WIRED. The laptop is equipped with an Intel Core i5-8300U processor, 6GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage. It also features a 13-inch Retina display and comes with Apple’s own ‘M3 Max’ battery which…
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The Russian region of Dagestan is holding a day of mourning
The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan is not behind the March 11 attacks in Derbent, Dagestan and Makhachkala, according to the Institute for the Study of War (IWW). This comes after IWW said that the Vilayat Kavkaz branch of the Islamic State group is likely to have been behind the attack. IWW added that the…
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China has recently returned the first ever samples from the far side of the moon
China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft has returned to Earth with the first samples taken from the far side of the Moon. China plans to send its Chang’e 7 spacecraft to the Moon’s south pole in 2026 to search for water and other resources that could potentially support long-term missions on the Moon. The Chang’e 6 probe…
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In order to get aid into Gaza, the military has a daily tactical pause
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has said it is concerned about the food supplies in the southern parts of Gaza. WFP’s Carl Skau said, ” Maybe for a couple of weeks they’ll have enough food, but if we cannot have access and sustain that…that’s going to be a big problem.” “We are really concerned…
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No matter how it is packaged, Apple intelligence is an artificial intelligence
During Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, CEO Tim Cook said, “We have been a leader in AI for years, but we just didn’t make a big deal about it.” He added that Apple had valued data security more than competitors and its AI efforts should be distinguished by exacting privacy standards. Cook further said that…
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What to expect at an Apple event
Apple will announce new iPhone models with Face ID at its World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) this week. The new iPhones will have Face ID that enables users to unlock the device by scanning their face. They will include a 6.5-inch AMOLED display, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD and support for iPhone XR, iPhone XS and…
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The anniversary of the D-Day invasion is being remembered by Biden
US President Joe Biden on Thursday urged the world to “rise to the challenge of the 21st century” as he attended the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy in France. “It’s the highest honour to salute you here… because of the American people and as commander in chief,” he said. More than 70,000…
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These Neanderthal fire pits are a great place to look at ancient life
Scientists claim that the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic Amud Cave in Israel is the world’s earliest example of a Paleolithic settlement. They also claim the cave is at least 10,000 years older than the earliest known evidence for Paleolithic habitation. They further said that it was the earliest known site of occupation in the Middle…
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The new asylum rule doesn’t have a big impact on unauthorized border crossings
US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that it’s time to talk about asylum-seekers and not other immigrants who may be allowed to come here. “It’s taking too long for legal immigration applications to be processed, while the border iswide open” for arriving migrants, he added. Mayorkas also said that it’s taking too…
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The top immigration official says that Biden’s border plan is working
US Homeland Security’s Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has said the surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border is “unprecedented” but the Biden administration’s border plan was working. Mayorkas added that it’s taking too long for legal immigration applications to be processed, while the border is “wide open” for arriving migrants. Earlier, US President Donald Trump…
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It would be great if oil refineries were reinvented for a net-zero future
The United States has announced plans to build the world’s largest low-carbon hydrogen membrane-based production unit in Canada, Air Liquide said. The unit is expected to produce 100 million metric tons of low-carbon hydrogen every year. The unit will be built at an energy storage facility that will have a total storage capacity of 100…