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Scientists have warned that research into “mirror life” organisms — hypothetical life forms made up of molecules that perfectly mirror those found in regular life — should be stopped. Theoretically, it’s a cool idea. But some scientists are worried that these life forms, if they’re ever realized, could turn into a major risk for the world around us by turning into an …

It’s usually not until December or January and after a series of tumbles, twisted knees, torn ACLs and worse that the debate over safety in World Cup skiing becomes an annual topic. Not this season. The death of Italian skier Matteo Franzoso this week following a crash in preseason training in Chile has resurfaced concerns over how to limit risks …

Facebook Tweet Email Link EDITOR’S NOTE:  In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made. Depicting a crisscross of welts and scars streaked across the body of a formerly enslaved Louisiana man, “Scourged Back” is one of the 19th century’s defining photographs. The image was so …

In the week since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a Utah university event, comments from some of his critics have ignited a battle over free speech in an increasingly polarized nation. Kirk, who routinely debated progressive students at his Turning Point USA events and espoused controversial opinions on his podcast, was a stalwart proponent of the First Amendment.  …

Washington’s next big debate: what to do about jobs AI eliminates  Axios AI CEO says technology ‘moving very quickly,’ could soon replace more jobs  CNN How AI Changes Work and Creates Value  Morgan Stanley Asking for a friend … which jobs are safe from AI? : Planet Money  NPR AI Is Making Employees So Productive That Tech Companies Have Stopped Hiring  Inc.com Source link

Kamala Harris watched mortified as her running mate, Tim Walz, fell into JD Vance’s trap in last year’s vice-presidential debate and “fumbled” a crucial answer, she writes in a campaign memoir. The former Democratic presidential nominee also admits that Walz had not been her first choice for vice-president in her book 107 Days, obtained by the Guardian ahead of its …

Facebook Tweet Email Link The recently installed chair of the committee that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines opened a key meeting on Thursday by inviting several of the agency’s former directors to “a live public debate on vaccines.” In his remarks at the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Dr. Martin Kulldorff …

Some researchers are developing biological systems that create mirror-image versions of DNA and other molecules crucial to life.Credit: Ting Zhu Lab This week in Manchester, UK, scientists will be deliberating whether to restrict research that could eventually enable ‘mirror life’ — synthetic cells built from molecules that are mirror images of those found in the natural world. Mirror-image molecules separated …

With Tesla shareholders set to vote on a proposed 10-year, $1 trillion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk in November, board chair Robyn Denholm spoke to The New York Times to defend what would be the largest pay package in corporate history. Denholm, who was also on the special committee that put the compensation proposal together, argued that Musk needs …

The fierce debate over whether Homo sapiens was the first species to bury its dead is far from over. After a decade of back-and-forth with skeptics, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team are not going to let their hypothesis die: that a small-brained species called Homo naledi was culturally burying their dead long before modern humans were. Their latest peer-reviewed …