The Trump administration placed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Wednesday. The action blocks Zarif from accessing the U.S. financial system and is an escalation in President Donald Trump’s campaign of “maximum pressure”…
House Oversight Committee Presses Probe Of Secret Border…
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) requested more than two years worth of information for an investigation into secret Facebook groups for border officials that featured racist and xenophobic posts. Cummings wants all posts,…
Delta Pilot Arrested And Removed From Flight On…
A Delta pilot was removed from a plane before it took off on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said Tuesday. Delta Flight 1728, bound for San Diego, had…
Should we eat local to cut food miles,…
Reducing food miles seems a sensible and straightforward way to cut carbon emissions. But digging into the science shows it's not that simple, says James Wong Environment | Comment 31 July 2019 By James Wong…
This self-riding bicycle follows you around while you…
A new computer chip has been used to control a self-riding bicyclePeiet AL., Nature By Donna Lu A COMPUTER chip inspired by the brain could pave the way for artificial intelligence with a broader range…
The human placenta may not have a microbiome…
Placenta experiments may have been corrupted by contaminationSteveAllenPhoto/Getty By Jessica Hamzelou Is the placenta home to communities of bacteria? Recent evidence that the organ has its own microbiome promised to rewrite our understanding of it,…
The human placenta may not have a microbiome…
Placenta experiments may have been corrupted by contaminationSteveAllenPhoto/Getty By Jessica Hamzelou Is the placenta home to communities of bacteria? Recent evidence that the organ has its own microbiome promised to rewrite our understanding of it,…
Its too soon to tell if DeepMinds medical…
AI could be used to predict kidney injuryDeepMind By Donna Lu Artificial intelligence trained on health records can now detect kidney injury up to two days before it occurs. The idea is that an advance…
Its too soon to tell if DeepMinds medical…
AI could be used to predict kidney injuryDeepMind By Donna Lu Artificial intelligence trained on health records can now detect kidney injury up to two days before it occurs. The idea is that an advance…