A bolt of lightning strikes deep inside a California forest in the middle of the night. The spark becomes a flame, and within seconds, a satellite dish swirling overhead picks up on the anomaly and triggers an alarm. An autonomous helicopter takes flight and zooms toward the fire, using sensors to locate the blaze and…
For decades after the end of World War II, the phrase “liberal international order” was often associated with a few things: globalization, multilateralism and a rules-based global system anchored by U.S. leadership. But today, this order is fracturing as authoritarian powers resurge and global alliances shift. Seen from Washington, President Trump’s tariffs, doubts about the…
Covid Inquiry Tamsin Mullen was giving evidence to the Covid inquiry about the impact on maternity services A mother of premature twins has told the Covid inquiry she did not feel like she was treated as a parent after giving birth in the early stages of the pandemic. Tamsin Mullen said she was kept in…
“Weapons,” Zach Cregger’s critically acclaimed horror film about a community rocked by the mysterious disappearance of 17 children, scored at the international box office. The film, which topped domestic charts in its opening weekend, picked up $27.5 million from 73 international markets to bring its global haul to $70 million. “Weapons” was released by Warner…
At least 15 people, including four journalists working for the international media, are reported to have been killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. A Reuters cameraman and an Associated Press journalist were among those killed in the attack at Nasser Hospital. The two other journalists are reported to…
Getty Images Intensive-care units came under severe strain during Covid, the inquiry has heard (stock photo) At least one NHS trust put in place a blanket “do-not-resuscitate” order for sick patients in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has heard. It would mean individuals were considered ineligible for potentially lifesaving CPR, solely on the basis of…
An 8-inch wafer fabricated at Sandia National Laboratories’ MESA complex for new acousto-optic device technologies. Credit: Craig Fritz/Sandia National Laboratories Once a dominant force in chipmaking, the United States has watched its lead slip to other nations—but Sandia National Laboratories is on a mission to reverse that trend. By joining the National Semiconductor Technology Center…
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An urgent review is needed to make sure people in England can get weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro on the NHS, top experts warn. It comes a day after the prime minister said such injections could boost Britain’s economy by getting obese unemployed people “back into work”. More than 200 doctors and…
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it was terminating around $500 million in BARDA contracts associated with mRNA vaccine development. It was far from the first cut to public funding of mRNA research made on unscientific grounds. Despite consensus on mRNA’s merits, non-experts have sown doubts about the technology’s safety, leading…
