Neanderthal genes linked to severe cases of COVID-19 (www.businessinsider.com)
Research by scientists in Italy indicates that people with gene variations attributable to Neanderthal ancestry were more likely to be hospitalized.
Extreme heat could make photosynthesis impossible for tropical trees and plants that may all die as a result, a new study found. (www.businessinsider.com)
Extreme heat messes with tropical trees' photosynthesis, causing the plants to die, a study found. Climate change may make this a widespread problem.
Ukrainian soldier credits video-game obsession for his ability to strike Russian targets with drones (www.businessinsider.com)
Archaeologists discovered a 17th-century 'vampire child' with a padlocked ankle in a Polish 'necropolis' graveyard (www.businessinsider.com)
Archaeologists in Poland discovered the skeletal remains of a child buried face down around 17th century. The child’s ankle had a triangular padlock attached, a common practice during that time to prevent “vampires” from rising from the dead. Nearby was also found the remains of a pregnant woman. These burials were located...
Russia's defensive lines are 'much more complex and deadly than anything experienced by any military in nearly 80 years,' retired general says (www.businessinsider.com)
A former Army Ranger who fought in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Ukraine said the fighting in the Eastern European country was much worse than that in those other countries. David Bramlette told The Daily Beast that he had air support, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance when he was in Iraq and Afghanistan....
Tour operators in Crimea are begging holidaymakers to stay after a bridge attack left a Russian couple dead (www.businessinsider.com)
Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, is destined to become a boring playground for brands (www.businessinsider.com)
This article sort of sums up my ideas that hadn't fully formed on why Threads might not be the Twitter killer it wants to be - there's not much wriggle room for humour.
2 authors say OpenAI 'ingested' their books to train ChatGPT. Now they're suing, and a 'wave' of similar court cases may follow. (www.businessinsider.com)
Two award-winning authors recently sued OpenAI, accusing the generative-AI bastion of violating copyright law by using their published books to train ChatGPT without their consent....
