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Boris Johnson defies U.S. ire as he gives go-ahead to proposed Huawei 5G implementation, insists 'high-risk vendors' like Huawei will only be allowed access to non-sensitive parts of the network, technical details as to what 'limited access' constitutes yet to be disclosed
World
Boris Johnson defies U.S. ire as he gives go-ahead to proposed Huawei 5G implementation, insists 'high-risk vendors' like Huawei will only be allowed access to non-sensitive parts of the network, technical details as to what 'limited access' constitutes yet to be disclosed
Soleimani assassination will give fizzling Daesh new lease of life as US-Iranian tensions escalate, suspension of anti-terror operations and Iranian eviction of U.S. troops prompts uptick in IS-led ambush attacks, U.S. officials deny correlation
Wife of first Canadian coronavirus victim tests positive, yet to exhibit symptoms, husband currently stable in Toronto hospital
Sources tell Der Spiegel Germany will follow France, Portugal and Spain's example and repatriate German citizens currently residing Wuhan city, Beijing reportedly sceptical about using military aircraft to aid in evacuation - expressing preference for civilian aircraft
Donald Trump extends olive branch to Beijing in new pledge to offer China 'any help necessary' with coronavirus outbreak, 18 month Sino-American trade-war and coronavirus scare send Chinese stocks spiralling
Taliban claim to have shot down US military aircraft carrying high-ranking CIA officers over eastern Afghanistan, US military investigates reports of the crash in Taliban-controlled territory, footage purportedly taken from the wreckage site is claimed to show US air force insignia on the charred fuselage
Saudi Arabia to stop funding mosques in foreign countries – will cooperate with local authorities to establish local administrative councils for each mosque in order to hand them over to "secure hands", according to Swiss newspaper Le Matin
Miscellaneous
41-year-old former basketball player Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter among the nine killed in helicopter crash in Calabasas northwest of Los Angeles, was considered one of basketball's greatest players of all time
French author Gabriel Matzneff spent decades writing and talking about his sexual relations with minors but only recently is he being investigated by police, book by Vanessa Springora who was seduced by Matzneff at 14 years of age sparks debate about how cultural elite protects predators
Building company Regard in Tokyo lets customers try out how it would be to live in one of their houses, provides the would be buyers with a wife and daughter to act out common situations such as preparing for a party, doing homework or relaxing on the balcony, good response with one man proclaiming that he now has a goal to have such a family
Two Vietnamese men fined USD 78 after video of them showering from a bucket and rinsing their hair while riding a motorcycle went viral – were fined for driving without driver's license, crash helmets, rear-view mirrors and civil insurance certificate
German police launches investigation after beer being sold under the name "German Reich Brew" labeled with the imperial eagle and the Iron Cross for EUR 18.88 per case in the eastern German town of Bad Bibra, neither the eagle nor the cross among the country's "anti-constitutional" banned symbols, the beer launched by former NPD politician Tommy Frenck is said to have sold out
Switzerland's national mint creates world's smallest gold coin at 2.96 mm in diameter and 0.063 grams, the 2020 official commemorative coin portrays Albert Einstein and has a nominal value of CHF 0.25, 999 coins have been made and will be sold for CHF 199 including special magnifying glass
Founding 'Monty Python' member and 'Life of Brian' director Terry Jones dies aged 77, diagnosed with dementia in 2015
Wombat physically removed from Tasmanian suburb after 12 months of entering houses through cat flaps to feast on cat food and make beds out of cushions, the animal who also tunneled under fences and dug out gardens is said to have lived in council pipes during days and visited the neighbourhood during nights
Coca-Cola has no intention to phase out plastic bottles, much to the chagrin and dismay of environmental activists, Coke head of sustainibility Bea Perez tells BBC reporter consumer wants must be premiered over activist furore, Coke projects they will recycle as many plastic bottles as they produce by 2030
Media
China demands apology from Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and cartoonist Niels Bo Bojesen after graphic of the Chinese flag showing the coronavirus symbol in place of the five yellow stars was published, writes that "it has crossed the bottom line of civilised society and the ethical boundary of free speech and offends human conscience"
MSNBC anchor Alison Morris flubs by mashing up basketball team names "Knicks" and "Lakers" during live coverage of Kobe Bryant's death, Twitter users accuse her of using the n-word
BBC's Director General Tony Hall says he will leave the company in six months to allow a new person to lead financing negotiations with Boris Johnson's government, the 68-year-old joined the company as a news trainee in 1973 and defended it as the gold standard of impartiality and truth in a fake news era
The Sun launches US edition, tabloid owned by Murdoch family says UK edition has 16 million monthly readers in US, team based in New York City will produce unique content for American readers
Instagram and Facebook remove posts voicing support for Soleimani to comply with US sanctions, Iran's government calls the actions undemocratic and creates portal where removed posts can be submitted
Over 100 CollegeHumor employees laid off when parent company InterActiveCorp cuts its losses, project had been losing money for years, other subsidiaries include Vimeo, Match.com, Tinder and The Daily Beast
Convington Catholic student Nicholas Sandmann wins settlement from CNN in $275 million lawsuit for defamatory assertions about Sandmann's personal convictions, exact settlement figure unknown
Benjamin Netanyahu accidentally refers to Israel as a 'nuclear power' while reading brief on energy policy, quickly corrects himself to say 'energy power'
Google and Apple removes ToTok from app stores after millions of downloads in Middle East, reason thought to be that United Arab Emirates developed the app to spy on its population, security researcher Patrick Wardle says to New York Times that there is a beauty in approach of letting users offer up information instead of hacking them
Politics
Boris Johnson cabinet suffers its first legislative defeat as upper chamber votes in favour of LibDem bill to protect the rights of EU citizens after Brexit, House of Lords votes 270 to 229 in favour
Climate activists embark on 40 km alpine trek to Davos, cohorts of protesters decked out in unwieldy koala costumes trudge along narrow hiking-trails to show World Economic Forum what's what, colourful banners emblazoned with pithy slogans such as 'Let's ignore the Donalds and listen to the Gretas' carried aloft by vanguard in front, Greta Thunberg unable to participate on account of climate protest in Lausanne
Slovak Kotlebvci-L'SNS party (Our Slovakia) slated to become second largest party upcoming elections, party promises closed borders, moratorium on muslim immigration and reintroduction of conscription, earlier calls for dissolution of the party not upheld by Slovak supreme court since they did not pose an 'imminent threat' to democracy
Siemens intends to follow through with controversial coal extraction project in Australia, reneging on commitments to placate public furore out of the question according to Siemens Chief Executive Joe Kaeser, Greta Thunberg insists Siemens reconsider their role in the project
Paris demonstrations against Macron's pension overhaul lose momentum as bill is submitted for consideration by the French pension administration, legal retirement age will remain at 62 but full pension cannot be claimed before 64, overhaul part of Macron's pledge to make French labour force more competitive globally, negotiations between unions and Prime Minister Eduoard Philippe scheduled to continue throughout next week, Macron may be forced to make concessions in order to end deadlock
Recent poll finds majority of Americans favour wealth tax on the super rich, support clocks in at 77% and 53% among Democrats and Republicans respectively, tax on income insufficient to forestall growing inequality say respondents
Mounting pressure from U.S. as Britain deliberates final call on Huawei 5G telecom upgrade, deployment would mean reneging on last year's decision to debar Huawei from 'critical' communication infrastructure, Republican Senator Tom Cotton threatens 'significant restrictions' on intelligence-sharing with nations relying on infrastructure provided by adversaries of the United States
Chinese career politician Luo Huining appointed new head of China's Hong Kong liaison office, predecessor Wang Zhimin ousted for his failure to anticipate public outcry in wake of extradition bill, Huining revered as stickler for Communist Party dogma, appointment is swipe at Zhimin and not harbinger of new policy according to analysts, Huining hopes Hong Kong returns to the 'right path'
Emmanuel Macron to broker pension deal with unions, bill to be presented by end of month and voted on this summer, plan would streamline 42 different pension schemes into a single one, hard-left union CGT calls for disruption of oil depots and refinieries on account of raising pension eligibility from 62 to 64, majority of French citizens support protests according to recent poll
Trump vows to add prayer to public school curriculum at evangelical rally, seizes the eaves of the podium to the sound of gospel music blaring from speakers, affirming 'society without religion cannot prosper' and that Democrats are waging war against religion, possible attempt to reconsolidate evangelical voting bloc in wake of caustic editorial excoriating Trump's 'immoral character' in Christianity Today
Opinion
Alexander von Schönburg: A subdued Germany once known for innovation and its industry is trapped in an EU obsessed with regulation and welfare, while looking fearfully and enviously at a confident Britain with a powerful economy and a strong leader in Boris Johnson moving towards a brighter future than the union they are leaving behind
Doug Casey: Incommensurate development of technology and ethics is the bane of civilization, human ethics develop at glacial pace while technology develops rapidly, enabling instantaneous proliferation of ideas and values inimical to Western Civilization, all these quandaries may be rendered irrelevant by impending AI singularity
Vicky Spratt: Baleful that the likes of Laurence Fox should publically boast about pruning 'woke women' from their social life, emblematic of the resurgent reactionary sentiment which prompted the murder of Jo Cox and the ousting of Meghan Markle
Jeff Deist: The left-wing college professor is not just a trope, surveys show virtually all tenured scholars are of a left-wing persuaion, think twice before enrolling
Tyler Cowen: Elizabeth Warren is touting the worst economic programme ever to have been put forth in my lifetime, proposed fracking ban would stall domestic industry and enrich Saudi Arabia at the expense of the environment – proposed policies for agriculture, taxes, student debt, education and healthcare equally inane
Micah White: I, Occupy Wallstreet co-founder and staunch anti-globalist, will be attending the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, easy to say no when you're not invited, I'm hoping to tap its revolutionary potential
Mike Adams: Anti-Soleimani jingoism is moot as long as Big Tech is allowed to censor anti-establishmentarian voices online, securing domestic freedom on the altar of the First Amendment is unconstitutional and immoral
Thomas Luongo: Iran jingoism direct consequence of Trump's cowardly decision to leave the JCPOA Iran Nuclear Agreement, US withdrawal gave Democrats and Neocons leave to vie for power in the Senate under the auspices of Pelosi's sham impeachment, Qassem took great strides in neutering ISIS and killing him is a political ploy to secure acquittal in impeachment case
Dominic Cummings: Brexit is the harbinger of the new civil servant, Downing Street should be staffed by exceptionally competent mavericks, with stellar qualifications in mathematics, software-development and economics, quirky misfit geniuses welcome too, goal is maximising performance and rendering myself largely redundant, also looking to find and exploit 'very high leverage ideas'
Douglas Murray: The true divide in Britain is between the ugly, intolerant, metropolitan Left and the rest of us, after the historic defeat the out of touch Labour still shouts its radical Left-wing policies are incredibly popular, ignoring the result just like after the 2016 referendum when they derided the public as thick and tried to bypass their will
Europe
Boris Johnson cabinet suffers its first legislative defeat as upper chamber votes in favour of LibDem bill to protect the rights of EU citizens after Brexit, House of Lords votes 270 to 229 in favour
Climate activists embark on 40 km alpine trek to Davos, cohorts of protesters decked out in unwieldy koala costumes trudge along narrow hiking-trails to show World Economic Forum what's what, colourful banners emblazoned with pithy slogans such as 'Let's ignore the Donalds and listen to the Gretas' carried aloft by vanguard in front, Greta Thunberg unable to participate on account of climate protest in Lausanne
Slovak Kotlebvci-L'SNS party (Our Slovakia) slated to become second largest party upcoming elections, party promises closed borders, moratorium on muslim immigration and reintroduction of conscription, earlier calls for dissolution of the party not upheld by Slovak supreme court since they did not pose an 'imminent threat' to democracy
Siemens intends to follow through with controversial coal extraction project in Australia, reneging on commitments to placate public furore out of the question according to Siemens Chief Executive Joe Kaeser, Greta Thunberg insists Siemens reconsider their role in the project
Paris demonstrations against Macron's pension overhaul lose momentum as bill is submitted for consideration by the French pension administration, legal retirement age will remain at 62 but full pension cannot be claimed before 64, overhaul part of Macron's pledge to make French labour force more competitive globally, negotiations between unions and Prime Minister Eduoard Philippe scheduled to continue throughout next week, Macron may be forced to make concessions in order to end deadlock
Recent poll finds majority of Americans favour wealth tax on the super rich, support clocks in at 77% and 53% among Democrats and Republicans respectively, tax on income insufficient to forestall growing inequality say respondents
Mounting pressure from U.S. as Britain deliberates final call on Huawei 5G telecom upgrade, deployment would mean reneging on last year's decision to debar Huawei from 'critical' communication infrastructure, Republican Senator Tom Cotton threatens 'significant restrictions' on intelligence-sharing with nations relying on infrastructure provided by adversaries of the United States
Chinese career politician Luo Huining appointed new head of China's Hong Kong liaison office, predecessor Wang Zhimin ousted for his failure to anticipate public outcry in wake of extradition bill, Huining revered as stickler for Communist Party dogma, appointment is swipe at Zhimin and not harbinger of new policy according to analysts, Huining hopes Hong Kong returns to the 'right path'
Emmanuel Macron to broker pension deal with unions, bill to be presented by end of month and voted on this summer, plan would streamline 42 different pension schemes into a single one, hard-left union CGT calls for disruption of oil depots and refinieries on account of raising pension eligibility from 62 to 64, majority of French citizens support protests according to recent poll
Trump vows to add prayer to public school curriculum at evangelical rally, seizes the eaves of the podium to the sound of gospel music blaring from speakers, affirming 'society without religion cannot prosper' and that Democrats are waging war against religion, possible attempt to reconsolidate evangelical voting bloc in wake of caustic editorial excoriating Trump's 'immoral character' in Christianity Today
North America
Arizona Supreme Court rules that divorced woman can't use frozen embryos against her ex-husband's will, ruling relied on earlier signed contract saying they had to agree to have a baby or donate the seven unused IVF embryos from 2014, the man's lawyer says state law would have held his client financially responsible for the child for 18 years, new state law passed in 2018 that would have let the woman use the embryos without the man's consent but does not apply retroactively
Proposed Arizona law to bar transgender women from competing against biological women in K-12 schools, community colleges and state universities, Nancy Barto (R) who announced the proposal says it's an issue of basic fairness and that the alternative can result in women being denied crucial educational and financial opportunities – similar legislation proposed in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, Tennessee and Washington state as part of a national campaign backed by Alliance Defending Freedom
41-year-old Pennsylvania woman faces multiple felony child endangerment and aggravated assault charges after her 16-year-old son is found weighing 12 kg at 112 cm tall, police say the extremely malnourished boy's condition is improving and that he grew in both height and weight after receiving medical care
Pizza delivery driver in Charlotte, N.C, shoots three out of four youths who ambushed him and aimed a rifle replica at his head, fourth robber scared away and arrested, pizza delivery driver not physically hurt, shot perpetrators expected to heal up after hospital care
Antifascists pledge to desist from mounting counter-protest in Richmond, Virginia, rationale ostensibly safety concerns on behalf of both protesters and elderly working-class gun advocates, President of Virginia Citizens Defense League Philip van Cleave notes that some phalanxes of antifascist movement are equally opposed to the proposed laws
Richmond, Virginia authorities brace for impending gun-rights protest on January 20, thousands expected to attend, media draws parallels to Charlottesville 2017
Prosecutor drafts lawsuit claiming Jeffrey Epstein held underage girls captive on his private island in the US Virgin archipelago, lawsuit includes witness accounts of how a 15-year old girl tried to swim to freedom, only to be caught and have her passport confiscated
Dallas man shoots and kills one of three armed robbers storming a social gathering, other two suspects at large, the 25-year-old licensed handgun carrier was released after providing statement to the police
Latin America
Mexican national guardsmen round up 800 mainly Honduran migrants en route to USA, fly and bus the caravan members back home
Hundreds of US-bound migrants stopped from entering Mexico by security forces – the migrants tried wading across Suchiate river and threw stones at the police but were repelled by tear gas and riot shields, the migrant group dubbed "2020 Caravan" is expected to consist of between 2,000 and 3,500 people
Migrants gathering on the Guatemala-Mexico border on Sunday aiming to cross en masse during Monday in hope of being let through by authorities to avoid clashes, Guatemala says at least 4,000 people have entered from Honduras since Wednesday, Mexico says no safe conduct passes to the US will be issued
Guatemala's new President Alejandro Giammattei cuts diplomatic ties with Venezuela and orders closing of the Caracas embassy, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Rodríguez accuses Giammattei of bowing down to Donald Trump and says that "his government will surely become another bad joke"
Trinidad and Tobago to decriminalize cannabis as part of strategy to fight crime, says Prime Minister while also urging citizens to respect women, after government fails to halt rising crime trend
US impose sanctions on seven Venezuelan government officials including Luis Parra who was declare head of parliament by Nicolas Maduro's Socialist Party which led a bid to wrest control from opposition leader Juan Guaidó
Christmas Eve arson forest fire spread to Chilean city of Valparaíso destroying more than 80 homes and prompting mass evacuations, blaze fed by high summer temperatures and strong winds
Asia
Pakistan suspends release of award-winning film Zindagi Tamasha (Circus of Life) after Islamist political party TLP calls the movie blasphemous, the movie is about a cleric shunned after video of him dancing at a wedding goes viral, release delayed until the film censor board that previously cleared the film consults with the Islamic Ideological Council advisory body
Six killed as sinkhole swallows bus in Qinghai province capital of Xining – several sinkholes reported in China in recent years, often blamed on poor construction works and rapid development
10,000 Australian camels to be shot using helicopters, the drought has pushed them closer to the cities, threatening local water supplies and infrastructure, the species was brought to the country in the 1800s to aid in exploration and the wild population is estimated to be the world's largest
China replaces head of its Hong Kong Liaison Office Wang Zhimin with 65-year-old Luo Huining, Wang had held the post since 2017, the Liaison Office serves as Beijing's platform for influence in the city and has come in for criticism for misjudging the situation
Traditional attire en vogue in China once more, ornate han-Chinese robes and traditional hairstyles inspire 2 million new 'hanfu' devotees
Survey of 5000 participants finds that 80% of South Koreans aged 19 to 34 view their country as 'a hell' and that 75% would emigrate if given the opportunity, survey also gauges self-perception, finding that 30% of young women and 34% of young men view themselves as 'losers'
Hong Kong police arrest dozen protesters in shopping mall near border with mainland China, protesters marched through a mall in Sheung Shui chanting Go back to China, traders buy duty-free goods in Hong Kong and sell them on the mainland
Shipwreck containing five corpses and two human heads washed ashore on Japan's Sado Island, the vessel had Korean lettering painted on its side and is belived to hail from North Korea, corpses were partially skeletonised
MIDDLE EAST
Afghan forces kill 51 Taliban during 24 hours of combined ground attacks and air strikes in nine provinces, 13 terrorists wounded and six arrested, the Taliban respond by killing 18 security force members and capturing large weapons cache in two attacks against checkpoints, escalation reported to signal renewed deadlock in peace talks
Israel to build network of seismic and acoustic sensors buried in the ground along Lebanese frontier to detect cross-border tunnel building, a year after Israeli military destroyed a series of infiltration tunnels dug by Hezbollah
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei defends Revolutionary Guards in his first Friday prayers sermon in eight years, tells worshippers to take fight beyond Iran’s borders while footage from anti government demonstrations show protesters being beaten
Iranian anti-regime protests enter third day after Tehran admits it shot down passenger jet, with celebrities including film director Masoud Kimiai and singer Alireza Assar turning on regime and two state TV hosts quit over false reporting on crash
Israeli police officers impersonating Palestine technicians assaulted by teenagers in the illegal Jewish settlement Bat Ayin, RT reports recent uptick in anti-Palestinian violence in the region, officers only sustained light injuries
Africa
Worst locust plague in decades in East Africa where 20 million people already faced high levels of food insecurity before the outbreak, 70,000 hectares of Kenyan land infested, the insects that can cover 150km in a single day now heading toward South Sudan and Uganda, combatting the infestation made more difficult particularly in Somalia due to al-Shabaab control
Zimbabwe expropriates land from allies of former leader Robert Mugabe, Grace Mugabe and several ministers among those recently issued with eviction letters stating that the farms are underutilised – most of country's commercial farms lying fallow due to bad government policies and corruption, according to the European Union
Burkina Faso arms citizens after Islamist terrorists kill 36 civilians in attacks against two villages and burn one of the villages to the ground, calls for "frank collaboration" between civilians and security forces, militant attacks surging in recent months as Islamic insurgents spill across the borders from neighboring Mali and Niger
Former Zimbabwean Cabinet Minister Jonathan Mayo disappointed as his Mazowe farm is expropriated – Moyo who went into exile after Mugabe's ouster in 2017 calls the decision politically motivated, says he has invested USD 120,000 into the farm which was then valued to USD 723,000, that the farm is one of the country's most productive and that he acquired the farm from the State through a transparent process
Catholic Church in the Central African Republic celebrates 125 years since evangelisation, bishopric cautiously optimistic, clouds on the horizon include waxing influence of Freemasons and Rosicrucianism, no time for complacency
Lesotho police searches for Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's wife Maesaiah for questioning in 2017 killing of the PM's ex-wife, the couple got married two months after the murder
Senegalese artist Akon finalizes agreement for own "Akon City" to be built on 2,000-acre land gifted to him by President Macky Sall, the city that will be situated a five-minute from the country's new international airport is planned to trade only in the digital cash currency AKoin
More than 30 killed and at least 90 injured in car bombing at Ex-Control checkpoint in Somalian capital Mogadishu, children and university students among the casualties, Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab regularly carries out similar attacks
Economy
European stock markets recover after worst recorded slump in four months, STOXX 600 index rebounds with 0.3% uptick
Goldman Sachs announces non-diverse companies looking to make an IPO will have to take their business elsewhere, companies will be required to have at least two either female or ethnically non-white board members to be considered, policy will not apply to Asian customers
23andMe lays off 100 people after declining DNA-testing sales, CEO Anne Wojcicki says she's surprised by the market turn but says privacy could be a factor after a competing company shared DNA data with authorities in the Golden State Killer case
Department store Beales with 1,000 employees collapses into administration after failing to find a buyer or new investments, one of Britain’s oldest chain stores began trading in Bournemouth in 1881 and has 23 shops
Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flees Japan where he faces trial over allegations of financial misconduct, claims he left for Lebanon to escape injustice, was released on bail in April under conditions barring him from travelling abroad and his legal team still has his passport
Jyske Bank in Denmark offering customers 10-year mortgages at -0.5% interest rate, Nordea already offers 20-year mortgage with 0% interest, reflects the uncertainty in world economy and investors' fear of a crash in the near future which is why they rather take a small loss in the long run
Technology
Source tells The Guardian Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' phone was compromised by Saudi cyberattack in 2018, claims prince Mohamed bin Salman sent Bezos infected video file through WhatsApp
Google CEO Sundar Pichai urges governments to regulate AI in Financial Times piece, excessively heavy-handed regulation might unduly stifle innovation, regulations must be tailored on a sector-by-sector basis, scheduled to speak at World Economic Forum later this week
Separate computer network disconnected from Internet successfully tested in Russia according to its government, sovereign Runet goal with similarities to solutions used in China and Iran
Nasa and Lockheed Martin develop 1,770kph supersonic passenger jet nicknamed "Son of Concorde", X-59 QueSST designed to fly at Mach 1.4 at an altitude of 16.8 km and shaped to reduce sonic booms enabling it to travel over land, first test flight planned for 2021 or 2022
Chile protestors take down police drone with laser pointers, affect drone cameras which makes operator lose control and disables autonomous steering features
Richard Stallman, legendary programmer and activist for free software, resigns from positions at MIT and Free Software Foundation after making controversial comments about Jeffrey Epstein on mailing list
Toyota aims for future Prius to be self-sufficient via solar panels, prototype covered with panels adds 56 km to car's range
Science
Study shows ambient lighting modulates fatty acid secretion within fat cells, infrequent exposure to full-spectrum light leads to increased risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome among mice, whether the same mechanism obtains for human metabolism is yet to be determined
Studies show ostensibly non-psychoactive medications are more deleterious to psychological wellbeing than previously thought, statins, paracetamol and Parkinson's medicines found to exacerbate aggression, dull empathy and promote high-risk behaviour respectively, cause for great concern in hyper-medicated West
Scientists pit doctors against AI in identifying breast cancer, neural networks consistently outperform medical professionals studying mammograms, inability to experience fatigue believed to be main advantage over humans, Google Health and Imperial College London publish findings in Nature
MRI scans before and after nine polar explorers spent 14 months in Antarctica in isolation revealed areas of brain with roles in learning, emotions and memory shrunk during trip while people staying home instead saw some growth, while levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor decreased 45 %
70 research teams analyzed same set of fMRI data but came to very different conclusions, no two teams chose identical workflows for analysis, likelihood of significant findings systematically overestimated
Private property decisive factor behind the neolithic revolution, farming initially no more productive than hunting and gathering but facilitated the application of property rights, according to study published in the Journal of Political Economy
The Nobel Prize of Chemistry jointly awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries [pdf]
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly awarded to William G. Kaelin Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability
Russian space agency Roscosmos report that they have found the cause of a hole in the International Space Station but refuse to share the information, the hole appeared last year in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft that was docked to the station, caused loss of air pressure and was repaired using epoxy, gauze and tape
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