wednesday newstrip

Prince Andrew handles royal heartbreak with family shooting party · expect more worrisome variants after omicron, scientists say · Earth's insides are cooling faster than we thought, & it will mess things up · a huge project is underway to sequence the genome of every complex species on Earth · Microsoft’s historic takeover of Activision Blizzard for $US68.7 billion comes with a lot of games — & a spotty reputation · ‘Mega iceberg’ releases billions of tonnes of fresh water into ocean · molecular dynamics inform ideal tool shape for nanofabrication · devastating explosion in Ghana caused by truck & motorcycle crash sees 17 killed & 59 injured · Meat Loaf dead at 74 from Covid.