Argentina"s president fires his foreign minister after vote in favor of ending US embargo on Cuba
Argentina"s president fires his foreign minister after vote in favor of ending US embargo on Cuba.....»»
Origin of life research finds RNA can favor both left- and right-handed proteins
The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a discovery that RNA—a key molecule thought to have potentially held the instructions for life before DNA emerged—can favor making the building blocks of proteins.....»»
Kevin Feige talks MCU’s future with Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Avengers: Secret Wars
Big things are coming to the MCU. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige teased several upcoming projects, including The Fantastic Four and X-Men......»»
New language encodes shape and structure to help machine learning models predict nanopore properties
A large number of 2D materials like graphene can have nanopores—small holes formed by missing atoms through which foreign substances can pass. The properties of these nanopores dictate many of the materials' properties, enabling the latter to sense.....»»
Illegal farm fires fuel Indian capital"s smog misery
The illegal burning of farm fields in northern India reached a record high this season, fueling a toxic smog choking millions including in the capital New Delhi, government monitors said Tuesday......»»
SpaceX set for Starship"s next flight
SpaceX is poised for its next Starship megarocket test flight on Tuesday, with US President-elect Donald Trump expected to witness the second ever attempt to catch its descending booster stage in the launch tower's "chopstick" arms......»»
Fermenting a future for food in Australia
Forming a National Food Plan and appointing a food minister are among the key recommendations of a white paper into growing a precision fermentation industry in Australia......»»
SpaceX president predicts rapid increase in Starship launch rate
"It's going to be hard to catch us, but I certainly hope people try." As SpaceX made its final preparations for the sixth launch of its Starship rocket, the company's chief operat.....»»
Trump’s FCC chair is Brendan Carr, who wants to regulate everyone except ISPs
Carr says he wants to punish broadcast media and dismantle "censorship cartel." President-elect Donald Trump announced last night that he will make Brendan Carr the chairman of th.....»»
Rumors of an Apple-made TV set are back again
Apple is said to be considering making a television set, over a decade after it abandoned that idea in favor of creating the Apple TV set top box.An "Apple television" has been rumored for more than 15 years.It's one of the famous Steve Jobs stories,.....»»
Sterling K. Brown is accused of murdering the president in tense trailer for Hulu’s Paradise
Sterling K. Brown is accused of killing the president in the trailer for Hulu's Paradise, an upcoming thriller series from Dan Fogelman......»»
Trump Victory Is a ‘Gut Punch’ to U.S. Climate Action
President-elect Trump vowed to promote fossil fuels, weaken pollution regulations and reverse Biden administration climate efforts.....»»
What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Climate Policy
The new president-elect can go beyond just pulling out of the Paris Agreement. But it may be more difficult to roll back clean energy policies.....»»
Kristi Noem, Trump’s Nominee for Leader of the Department of Homeland Security, Has Rejected Climate Science
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security and its disaster agency has said people aren’t driving temperature increases and declined to accept federal climate money for disaster preparedness as governo.....»»
Researchers say impact of Trump"s climate policies "recoverable"
US president-elect Donald Trump's expected climate rollbacks will likely have a "small" impact on global warming, as long as other countries resist the temptation to slacken their own carbon-cutting efforts, new research found Thursday......»»
What 2025 holds for user identity protection
In this Help Net Security video, David Cottingham, President of rf IDEAS, discusses what he sees as the most prominent areas for improvement and continued change in the space: As we move into 2025, it’s evident that businesses recognize MFA as esse.....»»
How Intel is making open source accessible to all developers
In this Help Net Security interview, Arun Gupta, Vice President and General Manager for Open Ecosystem, Intel, discusses the company’s commitment to fostering an open ecosystem as a cornerstone of its software strategy. He explains how this app.....»»
Trump says Elon Musk will lead “DOGE,” a new Department of Government Efficiency
Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to target "massive waste and fraud." President-elect Donald Trump today announced that a new Department of Government Efficiency—or "D.....»»
Seeking favor with Musk and Trump, advertisers plot return to X
Lack of moderation, spike in racist content had led to an exodus by brands. Elon Musk’s support for Donald Trump is set to boost X’s flagging business, with some marketers poi.....»»
Stopping the TikTok ban is reportedly a Trump priority
One of the biggest apps on the App Store, TikTok, is currently on its way to being banned in the US starting in early 2025. But according to a new report, President-elect Donald Trump intends to stop the ban from happening. more….....»»
Four out of five people in Africa use wood for cooking. A transition would cut emissions and save lives
Four in every five people in Africa cook using wood, charcoal and other polluting fuels in open fires or inefficient stoves. This releases harmful pollutants and leads to respiratory illnesses and heart disease, particularly among children......»»