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‘GhostPairing’ Attacks Are Taking Over WhatsApp Accounts
If you use WhatsApp, you may be targeted by scammers looking to take over your account by pairing their browser to your number....
Space
NASA to Preview US Spacewalks at Space Station in January – NASA
NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside of the International Space Station to prepare for the installation of a roll-out solar array and complete other tasks. Experts from NASA will preview the spacewalks in a...
Environment
West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America’s aging flood defenses
In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous amounts of rain. As rivers surged, they overtopped or breached multiple levees – those long, often unnoticed barriers holding...
Science
‘Crush’ explores how gravity shapes life as we know it
CrushJames RiordonThe MIT Press, $29.95Isaac Newton confessed that he had no idea what gravity was. The 17th century English polymath knew what it did, and he described it with a universal law of gravitation. But where the law came...
Environment
LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety – schools can do much more to teach it
On Jan. 7, 2025, people across the Los Angeles area watched in horror as powerful winds began spreading wildfires through neighborhood after neighborhood. Over three weeks, the fires destroyed more than 16,000 homes and businesses....
Life
Hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment
A rising number of end-of-life patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out this winter, a group of regional NHS leaders have been told. A consultant in palliative care highlighted the impending "crisis" during an online...
Life
Inside world’s ultimate X-ray machine before it becomes more powerful
The Klystron Gallery, a concrete hallway studded with evenly spaced metal cylinders, is long enough to extend past my...
Life
Worthing first responder backs CPR campaign tackling gender gap
A Worthing first responder is backing a campaign to address gender inequality in life-saving treatment during cardiac arrests.Research shows women are 27% less likely than men to receive CPR from bystanders. Campaigners say stigma and uncertainty about removing bras...
Environment
Gene-edited babies are the future – but these CRISPR start-ups aren’t
I hate to break this to you, but every child is a genetic experiment – and nature doesn’t care if things go...
Life
The Conversation – How access to fitness improves women’s lives – BBC Sounds
Available for over a yearThe benefits of being involved in group fitness activities such as gym classes or recreational sport can have a positive impact on both physical and mental health. Yet many women still face barriers to regular...
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Tony Blair, Rubio, Kushner, Witkoff to help oversee Gaza reconstruction, White House says
The White House released the names of some of the leaders who will play a...