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Revealed: one in three Europeans now votes anti-establishment (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: analysis of results in 31 countries last year found 32% of votes were cast for parties that are populist, far-left or far-right.
French government defends arrest of teen in classroom over transgender bullying claims (www.theguardian.com)
The 14-year-old boy was put in handcuffs and marched out of his classroom on Monday.
South Korea raids US military bases in drugs probe (www.bbc.com)
Some 17 soldiers and five other people allegedly smuggled or used synthetic marijuana via military mail.
Placenta holds answers to many unexplained pregnancy losses, study finds (news.yale.edu)
Yale researchers have shown that placental examination resulted in the accurate pathologic determination of more than 90% of previously unexplained pregnancy losses, a discovery that they say may inform pregnancy care going forward....
Study: Most People Rely on Parents for Material Support Into Adulthood (news.ncsu.edu)
A new study finds that only a third of adults in the United States did not rely on their parents for some form of material support between their late teens and early 40s. The study highlights the extent to which parents and adult children rely on each other for financial assistance or a place to live well into the children’s...
Fortnite: Parents in US offered refunds for game purchases (www.bbc.co.uk)
Parents in the US whose children made unintended in-game purchases will be offered $245m (£198m) in refunds.
Exclusive: Ukraine's special services 'likely' behind strikes on Wagner-backed forces in Sudan, a Ukrainian military source says | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Speaking to CNN, a Ukrainian military source described the operation as the work of a “non-Sudanese military.” Pressed on whether Kyiv was behind the attacks, the source would only say that “Ukrainian special services were likely responsible.”
Leaders of world’s biggest polluting countries skipping UN climate summit (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, leaders of two biggest carbon emitters, among those not attending summit in New York....
Giorgia Meloni: I won’t allow Italy to become Europe’s refugee camp (www.theguardian.com)
Italy’s far-right prime minister has said she will not allow the country to become “Europe’s refugee camp”, after thousands of people seeking refuge landed on its shores, prompting France to tighten controls at its border with Italy....
How often do you read fiction and how do you manage to do it? (kbin.social)
I want to know how you do manage your time to read. At the beginning of the year, I've made a resolution to read more this year but after 3 or 4 months of good reading, I was back to my "old version". Some good practices?
RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species - Stockholm University (www.su.se)
RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species A new study shows the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA molecules from a Tasmanian tiger specimen preserved at room temperature in a museum collection. This resulted in the reconstruction of skin and skeletal muscle transcriptomes from an extinct...
South Korea, a science spending champion, proposes cutbacks (www.science.org)
South Korea’s government surprised many of the nation’s scientists last month when it abruptly proposed cutting research spending by 10.9% in 2024 and shifting resources into a number of new initiatives, including efforts to build rockets, pursue high-risk biomedical research, and build a U.S.-style biotech innovation...
Vape stores opening near Australian schools to ‘recruit new generation to nicotine’, Mark Butler says (www.theguardian.com)
Companies skirting regulations by labelling e-cigarettes as ‘nicotine-free’ despite them containing the drug.
The missing link to make easy protein sequencing possible? (www.rug.nl)
There has been a real race among scientists to create a technology that enables easy protein sequencing. Professor of Chemical Biology Giovanni Maglia of the University of Groningen has now found the missing piece in the puzzle: a way to transport a protein through a nanopore, which allows sequencing of proteins in a simple,...
Germany bans neo-Nazi group Hammerskins (www.bbc.co.uk)
German authorities crack down on the skinhead group known for organising far-right concerts.
Another country has called Xi a 'dictator' and China is not happy with that description (edition.cnn.com)
China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas.
1,000 Met Police officers suspended or on restricted duties (www.bbc.com)
England: The crackdown follows a string of scandals, but a senior officer warns it'll take years to root out corruption.
The surprising origin of a deadly hospital infection (www.michiganmedicine.org)
Surprising findings from a Michigan Medicine study in Nature Medicine suggest that the burden of C. diff infection may be less a matter of hospital transmission and more a result of characteristics associated with the patients themselves.
Eureka! Groundbreaking Study Uncovers Origin of ‘Conscious Awareness’ (www.fau.edu)
FAU researchers provide the first quantified observations of the “birth” of purpose in human infants, as they recognize their causal powers and transition from spontaneous to intentional behavior.
Royal Society aims to boost number of black scientists (www.bbc.com)
The Royal Society's scheme comes after black scientists tell the BBC they feel unsupported and overlooked.
Early treatment of child obesity is effective (www.sciencedaily.com)
The early treatment of obesity in children is effective in both the short and long term, researchers report.
Possible misconduct found in papers from Italian minister of health (www.science.org)
An Italian newspaper has found duplicated images in eight cancer papers co-authored by the country’s minister of health, Orazio Schillaci. Schillaci, a physician with a Ph.D. in nuclear medicine, published the papers between 2018 and 2022 while working in the faculty of medicine of the University of Rome Tor Vergata....
One of America’s First Women’s Colleges Is Accused of Paying Men More (www.nytimes.com)
Vassar has maintained a gender-based pay gap for two decades, current and former female professors say in a recently filed lawsuit.
US and Iran expected to complete $6bn prisoner swap deal (www.theguardian.com)
The US and Iran are expected to pull off a controversial prisoner swap on Monday involving the unfreezing by the Biden administration of $6bn (£4.8bn) of Iranian oil money held in South Korea since 2018....
In major breakthrough, researchers close in on potential preeclampsia cure (www.sciencedaily.com)
The tragic death of American track and field champion Tori Bowie earlier this year put the spotlight on preeclampsia, which disproportionately impacts Black and Hispanic women....
Libya floods: The bodies left unrecognisable by disaster (www.bbc.com)
Warning: This story contains details that some readers may find distressing....
First global survey reveals who is doing ‘gain of function’ research on pathogens and why (www.nature.com)
As US policymakers spar over how to regulate research involving potentially harmful pathogens, a report finds that it will be difficult to do so without compromising studies that are necessary for creating vaccines and life-saving therapies....
What's the closest you have ever been to actually dying?
How close was it?
‘Species Repulsion’ Enables High Biodiversity in Tropical Trees. (www.quantamagazine.org)
Because the areas around adult trees are selectively hostile to their seedlings, more tree species can be packed into tropical forests.
U.S. cancels or curtails half of its Antarctic research projects. (www.science.org)
The U.S. Antarctic research program is in trouble, as canceled field seasons imperil data sets and demoralize researchers.
Octopuses used in research could receive same protections as monkeys (www.nature.com)
For the first time in the United States, research with cephalopods might require approval by an ethics committee.
The Hidden Brain Connections Between Our Hands and Tongues (www.quantamagazine.org)
Sticking out your tongue while doing delicate work with your hands reveals a history of evolutionary relationships.
The U.S. Antarctic research program is in trouble, as canceled field seasons imperil data sets and demoralize researchers (www.science.org)
This summer NSF decided to cancel or curtail 67—more than half—of the 131 projects and activities funded for the 2023–24 austral summer after concluding it couldn’t provide them with the necessary logistical support.
[m/WomensFootball] [owner] where we discuss about anything related to Women's football all over the world (kbin.social)
Feel free to post if you enjoy the game there....
Search engines compared (lemmy.basedcount.com)
Why Japan is building its own version of ChatGPT (www.nature.com)
Some Japanese researchers feel that AI systems trained on foreign languages cannot grasp the intricacies of Japanese language and culture.
Can you recommend me a book? (kbin.social)
My eyesight is getting shot by looking at a monitor for so many hours, both at work and off work, so Doc said to switch to analogue - if I have to read something, let it be books....