wednesday newstrip

YouTube has a hidden list of keyboard shortcuts · female scientists less likely to be given authorship credits, analysis finds · poliovirus identified in London sewage, says UK health agency · Afghanistan's Taliban rulers plead for aid after the country's deadliest earthquake in two decades · the Australian Supreme Court has found a war veteran lacked mental capacity to give house & fortune to hairdresser · US politicians pass first major gun restrictions in decades · US Supreme Court strikes down New York law, expanding gun rights · US Supreme Court ruling ends the constitutional right to abortion · less than half (49 per cent) of the 2.1 billion COVID vaccine donations promised to poorer countries by G7 countries have been delivered, according to new figures published today by Oxfam & the People’s Vaccine Alliance. Had the missing donated doses been shared in 2021, it could have been enough to save almost 600,000 lives in low & middle income countries, the equivalent of one every minute.

wednesday newstrip

‘Incel’ who killed 11 in Toronto van murders sentenced to life in prison · T.®ump slams Congressional hearings as ‘a smoke & mirrors show for the American people’ · a Google software engineer believes an AI has become sentient. If he’s right, how would we know? · Kim Kardashian allegedly damaged iconic Marilyn Monroe dress she wore on Met Gala red carpet · Aboriginal flag to fly permanently atop Sydney Harbour Bridge by end of year after years of resistance from state’s political leaders · US President Joe BidenMyTime takes a fall from his bike while on a morning ride with the first lady · Bitcoin value plunges below $US20,000 for first time since 2020 · someone made a tombstone to mark Internet Explorer’s end-of-support date.

wednesday newstrip

Color-changing mouse model allows researchers to non-invasively study deep tissues · thousands of Italian mafia operating in Australia, federal police say · Wout Van Aert edged out by Ganna as vengeful Belgian hunts Gaudu in Dauphiné TT · Capitol riot panel blames T.®ump for January 6 'attempted coup' · superworm makes a meal out of waste polystyrene · Apple iPads will support new external hardware thanks to iPadOS 16 DriverKit update · ‘ancient Mao DNA discovered in New Zealand might affect our understanding of climate change’s consequences’ — doubtful, since it’s the extinct bird —the moa — not the late leader of the CCP, that’s being discussed · ‘Politicians have done nothing’: tens of thousands rally against gun violence across US.

wednesday newstrip

Man ‘dressed as old lady in wheelchair’ smears Mona Lisa casing with cake before being arrested at The Louvre · the right-wing Australian Liberal-National Coalition scrapped recovery plans for 176 threatened species & habitats in one of its final acts before it lost government · unusual neutron star spinning every 76 seconds discovered in stellar graveyard · Ronnie Hawkins, rock’n’roll legend who mentored The Band, dies aged 87 · claims Jacinda Ardern stole speech from a movie are un-bee-lievable · the world's largest plant — 200 km² — has been found hiding in plain sight in Western Australia & is at least as old as Egypt's great pyramids · researchers have developed a coherent Raman spectroscopy platform, termed time-resolved coherent Raman scattering (TCRS) spectroscopy, which focuses on molecular vibrational dephasing.

wednesday newstrip

Someone just bought two super-rare Golden Funko Pops for $100k cash · recent changes to the gun laws in Texas have made it even easier to carry a handgun in public · author who wrote How To Murder Your Husband convicted of murdering her husband · Cu-Fe catalyst facilitates ambient-pressure conversion of CO2 into long-chain olefins · ex-Prissygent DoNuts T.®ump defends rights of gun owners during NRA conference days after Texas massacre · Moon volcanoes may hold future water supply for astronauts · lock up the onions, hide the sauce: thieves in Aotearoa / New Zealand target the basics as cost of living soars · baby formula shortage stings US as Australian company ships millions of cans to States.