Month: December 2023
Is it going to be as warm as it is now?
The US’ National Weather Service has predicted that next year could have the same temperature as the one recorded in 2023. El Nio event has already begun in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This year, the world experienced record-breaking temperatures due to COVID-19 from the use of fossil fuels, said a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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The New York Times points out that we need a global immune system to prevent future public health crises
World Health Organization’s Regional Emergency Director for the Eastern Mediterranean region Rick Brennan said, “We hope to even bring a mobile laboratory from outside.” The WHO has said that if disease-restrained efforts are not stepped up in Gaza, there is a chance of more lives being saved than the combat if disease-restrained efforts are not stepped up.
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The U.N. worker and more than seventy of his relatives were killed in the airstrike
A UN aid worker and more than 70 members of his extended family were killed on Friday near Gaza City, the same day that aid agencies criticised UN Security Council for passing a resolution not calling for a full cease-fire in the besieged enclave. The strike killed Issam Al Mughrabi, who had worked at the UN Development Programme for 30 years.
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How to set up your lights with Matter
Hue’s Matter Protocol will soon be the default for new Apple Home connections and is already the default for Apple HomePod. Adding the Hue Bridge to multiple platforms through Matter either didn’t work or caused stability issues because users have a lot of devices. All associated devices should be removed from all the platforms if you deleted the Hue Bridge from the first platform.
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The Obscure deal made by Google affects America’s poor privacy protections
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act that would limit data retention by technology companies. Data collection on children by education technology firms would be subject to school approval. Companies would also have to justify why they want to keep persistent identifiers on hand.
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Heavy winds and precipitation are moving through New England
Hundreds of thousands of people were without power in parts of the US on Monday amid a major coastal storm in theNortheast that is expected to cause high winds, heavy rains and flooding. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Coastal Flood Warning for Philadelphia, New York and Boston. The storm is expected to hit the US on Monday morning.
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The US Supreme Court is expected to decide the fate of abortion drugs
A US court ruled that women with life-threatening pregnancies in Texas who don’t get appropriate care could sue their doctors for malpractice under a state abortion law. The law was passed to protect the public from malpractice under which anyone can be sued for helping someone get an abortion. The court also refused to intervene in a lawsuit by a woman who got an abortion.
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Brain-wide correspondence ofgenomics and projections
Our study found that there’s statistically significant higher enrichment (P = 0.004) of chromatin interaction signals at the corresponding-specific cCRE-gene pair anchors, compared with non-corresponding pair anchors. This suggests that cCRE-gene pairs are more likely to interact in cell types in which the cCREs are active. We used snRNA-seq cells for GWAS with MAGMA v.1.10 to compare human and mouse gene sets.
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A woman who sued the state for abortion traveled out of state for her procedure
The Texas state attorney general’s office has proposed indicting Kate Cox, who was told by her doctor that she should not carry the baby to term, since it could jeopardize her future fertility. Cox’s petition to the court “fails to identify what ‘life-threatening’ medical condition that Ms Cox purportedly has that is aggravated by, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy”, the office said.
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The FDA approved the first treatment for a human illness
Victoria Gray, a sickle cell patient who was the first person to receive CRISPR gene-editing treatment in the US, said she is “excited about the promise that this technology has for those living with sickle cell disease.” “Many of the countries where most sickle cell patients live don’t have enough sophisticated medical centres to provide the complicated treatment,” she added.
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