Lethal snake venom may be countered by new AI-designed proteins
Lethal snake venom may be countered by new AI-designed proteins
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Six days on a small boat in rough seas: my terrifying, death-defying escape from the Taliban | Refugees
On 15 August 2021, 21-year-old Sam Pordale and his father found themselves part of a huge, panicked crowd of people all trying to get to Kabul airport and away from the Taliban militants who, just hours earlier, had taken control of Afghanistan’s capital city. Between the crowd and the entrance to the airport, Pordale could…
DJI will no longer block US users from flying drones in restricted areas
DJI has lifted its geofence that prevents users in the US from flying over restricted areas like nuclear power plants, airports and wildfires, the company wrote in a blog post on Monday. As of January 13th, areas previously called “restricted zones” or no-fly zones will be shown as “enhanced warning zones” that correspond to designated…
California fires live: 6m people under critical fire threat as dangerous winds expected; governor says conditioning aid ‘un-American’ | California wildfires
Risk of ‘rapid fire spread’ as near hurricane-force winds forecast in some areas Forecasters have warned of another “particularly dangerous weather situation” across northern Los Angeles where residents are braced for new wildfire evacuation orders. Los Angeles, and parts of Ventura county to the north, faced “extreme fire risk” warnings through Wednesday, with officials warning…
Emmanuelle review – 70s odyssey of saucy self awakening gets a Hong Kong-set makeover | Film
If anyone could have rebooted and revitalised the much-mocked 70s softcore-sexy franchise Emmanuelle, you would think it would be that formidably smart film-maker Audrey Diwan, winner of the Venice Golden Lion for her drama Happening. In the porn-chic era of 1974, Emmanuelle was an odyssey of saucy self-awakening which featured Sylvia Kristel seated on the…
College Football Playoff rescued Ohio State, Notre Dame with expansion
Ohio State wins Cotton Bowl, moves on to National Championship USA TODAY Sports’ Mackenzie Salmon discusses Ohio State’s win over Texas, and the future of quarterback for the Longhorns. Sports Pulse A four-team College Football Playoff would have omitted the nation’s best team from the bracket. The bigger playoff saved this Ohio State vs. Notre…
Sonos’ chief product officer is also leaving the company
Sonos is continuing to clean house as the company recovers from the hits it took following a mobile app redesign last year. Just a day after CEO Patrick Spence the company, chief product officer Maxime Bouvat-Merlin is also leaving. He will act as an advisor to interim CEO Tom Conrad during the leadership transition before…
Hand-feeding squirrels accidentally changed their skulls
Soft diet, weak jaws. If red squirrels eat too many peanuts, their jaws end up weaker than the jaws of squirrels eating natural diets, researchers report January 15 in Royal Society Open Science. The results show that supplemental feeding can produce changes in squirrel morphology, potentially affecting their future success. The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)…