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The army launched an overnight raid on the hospital
At least one person was killed and several others were wounded after Israeli troops stormed the Al-Shiwa hospital complex in the Gaza Strip on Monday. “It was a battle for humanity,” a spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces said. The army said that the military will conduct the operation with “caution and care” and “while ensuring the hospital continues its important functions”.
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The Supreme Court examines whether the government can do more to fight online misinformation
Talking about President Joe Biden’s dealings with social media companies, Jameel Jaffer, the Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, said, “There are a number of things he has said that I think make some people suspicious.” The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments on whether officials can be compelled to hand over their communications with social media companies.
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Artificial intelligence is being used to speed up trials
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning system that can predict whether a clinical trial will fail based on the drug molecule, target disease and patient eligibility criteria. The machine learning system can extract safety and efficacy information from the abstract of clinical trials. It can also analyse patient data from a wide range of countries.
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A guide to the Nature Index
China trails the US in the number of publications in Nature Index, the world’s largest scientific journal, with a Share of 2,108 between January 2022 and July 2023. The US is followed by France with a Share of 2,109 and Japan with a Share of 2,078. Notably, Harvard University is the leading institution for health-sciences research, its involvement in the top Institutional partnership in the field is no surprise.
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There’s an Inexplicable Mess with the Kate Middleton Photo Controversy
The UK on Monday released a photo of Princess of Wales Kate Middleton with her family, which was allegedly edited. It shows her with her husband Prince William and children Prince George and Princess Charlotte, who were born in April this year. “This picture has been taken from the family’s home,” the Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
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The teens in the state created nude images of their classmates
Two American teenagers have been accused of creating and sharing fake sexually explicit images and the name of the app used to create them is not given. The two boys were suspended from their school for 10 days after their school had learned about the allegations. The parents of the victims had begun publicly urging the school to expel the boys.
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The State of the Union address by Biden may have been missed
In his first State of the Union address as US President, Joe Biden said it’s critical that the country stands by Ukrainians in their war against Russia. Biden added it’s important that the US stands by Israel in its war with Russia. Biden also announced the US military will establish a new temporary pier on the Mediterranean coast of Gaza.
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There is a weird amphibians that nurses its young
Researchers claim to have found that an egg-laying amphibian in Brazil nourishes its newly hatched young with a milk-like substance. In some caecilians, the young hatched withTeeth and fed on a nutrient-rich layer of their mother’s skin around every seven days. “It sounded a little strange- babies eating just once a week,” said Marta Antoniazzi, a biologist at the Butantan Institute.
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Alabama lawmakers passed IVF immunity legislation
The US state of Alabama has introduced a bill to grant immunity from criminal prosecution to doctors who use frozen embryos for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). This comes after Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children with a constitutional right to life. However, the lawmakers argued that the immunity bill is just a temporary solution and not a permanent one.
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The woolly mammoth is being revived by scientists
US-based startup ColosSAL Biosciences has created the closest living relative of the woolly mammoth. The Asian elephant was gene-edited to give the woolly mammoth fuzzy hair and blubber that helped it survive in cold climates. “Some people think it’s a bad idea because there’ll be only one cold lonely elephant. Church said. “It opens…new possibilities for conserving species’ genetic diversity,” he added.
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