The San Francisco city attorney filed on Tuesday the nation’s first government lawsuit against food manufacturers over ultraprocessed fare (source may be paywalled; alternative source), arguing that cities and counties have been burdened with the costs of treating diseases that stem from the companies’ products. David Chiu, the city attorney, Read more…
Tattoo ink doesn’t just sit inertly in the skin. New research shows it moves rapidly into the lymphatic system, where it can persist for months, kill immune cells, and even disrupt how the body responds to vaccines. Scientists in Switzerland used a mouse model to trace what happens after tattooing. Read more…
A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment has reconstructed the climate conditions of the ancient Indus River Valley civilization between 3000 and 1000 B.C., finding that four intense droughts — each lasting more than 85 years — likely drove the gradual decline of one of the world’s earliest Read more…
The bitter standoff between Dutch chipmaker Nexperia — which supplies basic chips crucial to 49% of European automakers, over 85% of medical device companies, and the entire defense industry — and its Chinese parent company Wingtech escalated on Friday when both Wingtech and Nexperia’s Chinese unit accused the Dutch business Read more…
An EDM song by the British group Haven ran into trouble in October after it shared clips of upcoming song “I Run” on TikTok. The song “was an overnight viral sensation online,” writes Digital Music News — racking up millions of plays “even before it hit streaming services.” (Although the Read more…
Australia’s streaming quotas have become law. Legislation requiring the likes of Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max to spend a portion of their local earnings on original Australian content has been passed in parliament, and now comes into effect. From a report: The quotas were announced earlier this month. This will Read more…
