Leben (Life aka misc)

US scientists have, for the first time, made early-stage human embryos by manipulating DNA taken from people’s skin cells and then fertilizing it with sperm. The technique could overcome infertility due to old age or disease, by using almost any cell in the body as the starting point for life. Read more…

The Taliban have imposed a nationwide telecommunications shutdown in Afghanistan, severing fibre-optic connections and cutting off internet, mobile, and satellite services as part of “morality” measures. Netblock is currently tracking the outages. The BBC reports: Since seizing power in 2021, the Taliban have imposed numerous restrictions in accordance with their Read more…

The internet is full of people claiming to uncover conspiracies in politics and business. Now an unlikely new villain has been added to the list: theoretical physicists, is the major attraction of what might be called ‘conspiracy physics’. In recent years, a group of YouTubers and podcasters have attracted millions Read more…

Swiss voters have backed plans for electronic identity cards by a wafer-thin margin, in the second nationwide vote on the issue. In a referendum on Sunday, 50.4% of voters supported an electronic ID card, while 49.6% were against, confounding pollsters who had forecast stronger support for the “yes” vote. Turnout Read more…

As awareness grows around the dangers of head trauma in sports, a small number of professional fighters and football players are turning to a psychedelic called ibogaine for treatment, tout its ability to treat addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Ibogaine, which is derived from a Read more…

It’s the world’s largest companies by revenue. But Walmart’s executives have a blunt message, “Artificial intelligence will wipe out jobs and reshape its workforce.” “It’s very clear that AI is going to change literally every job,” Chief Executive Doug McMillon said this week in one of the most pointed assessments Read more…