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How Trump’s on-again, off-again Nasa appointee emerged from a political black hole

02 December at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

Trump’s renomination of billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman is a tale of politics, ambition and vanity

It used to be that once your star had fallen in Donald Trump’s orbit, it was destined never to rise again. Any number of discarded former allies stretching back to Trump’s first term of office could testify as much.

One who has emerged from a political black hole to return to the...

Standard Bank slashes PayShap fees

02 December at 12:45 PM, via TechCentral

Standard Bank now has the second-lowest PayShap fees in the country behind TymeBank, where they remain free.

Life Invisible: the fight against superbugs starts in the driest place on Earth

02 December at 12:38 PM, via The Guardian

Cristina Dorador is on an urgent mission in the world’s highest desert, the Atacama in Chile. As the rise of drug-resistant superbugs kills millions per year, Cristina has made it her mission to uncover new, life-saving antibiotics in the stunning salt flats she has studied since she was 14. Against the magnificent backdrop of endless plains, microscopic discoveries lead her team of...

The private school cost trap

02 December at 11:16 AM, via TechCentral

Parents are paying premium fees for education models that can’t match what online home schooling delivers.

Samsung goes trifold while Apple folds its arms

02 December at 10:55 AM, via TechCentral

Samsung’s unveiling of its first trifold smartphone marks another escalation in the foldables arms race – and another moment where Apple is conspicuously absent.

Tuesday briefing: What’s next for the resurgent space race?

02 December at 08:40 AM, via The Guardian

In today’s newsletter: As suppliers get ready to meet policy makers and space agencies at the industry’s largest gathering, a look at the exploration and exploitation of space

Good morning. This week Glasgow hosts one of the UK’s largest ever gatherings of the space industry at Space-Comm. With representatives of Nasa, the UK and Scottish governments and the UK space agency among 2,000 space...

Shells found in Spain could be among oldest known musical instruments

02 December at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Conch-shell trumpets discovered in Neolithic settlements and mines in Catalonia make tone similar to french horn, says lead researcher

As a child, Miquel López García was fascinated by the conch shell, kept in the bathroom, that his father’s family in the southern Spanish region of Almería had blown to warn their fellow villagers of rising rivers and approaching flood waters.

The hours he spent...

Apple’s A.I. Chief, John Giannandrea, Is Retiring

02 December at 04:15 AM, via New York Times

John Giannandrea, hired from Google, is leaving after the release of a new Siri was postponed. Apple has fallen behind rivals in efforts to develop A.I. products.

Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia

02 December at 04:02 AM, via The Guardian

Like the narco-state, a ‘scam state’ refers to countries where an illicit industry has dug its tentacles deep into institutions and transformed the economy

For days before the explosions began, the business park had been emptying out. When the bombs went off, they took down empty office blocks and demolished echoing, multi-cuisine food halls. Dynamite toppled a four-storey hospital, silent...

Hole in Antarctic ozone layer shrinks to smallest since 2019, scientists say

01 December at 17:53 PM, via The Guardian

EU’s Copernicus monitoring service hails ‘reassuring sign’ of progress observed this year in hole’s size and duration

The hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic this year was the smallest and shortest-lived since 2019, according to European space scientists, who described the finding as a “reassuring sign” of the layer’s recovery.

The yearly gap in what scientists have called “planetary...

UK and US agree zero-tariff pharmaceuticals deal

01 December at 17:05 PM, via The Guardian

Agreement also calls for NHS to increase net price it pays for new medicines by 25%

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The UK government has sealed a deal with Donald Trump guaranteeing that zero tariffs will remain on the imports of UK pharmaceuticals into the US and commits Britain to higher spending on NHS drugs.

The agreement, announced on Monday, secures continued investment by UK pharma...

WHO says weight loss drugs are ‘new chapter’ in fight against obesity

01 December at 15:45 PM, via The Guardian

WHO urges countries to make drugs such as Mounjaro more accessible to people and asks drugs companies to lower prices

Weight loss drugs such as Mounjaro offer huge potential to tackle soaring obesity globally that will affect 2 billion people worldwide by 2030, the World Health Organization has said.

Their proven effectiveness in helping people lose weight means the medications represent “a...

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