Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your Allergies
Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your Allergies
A startup has created beagles without the gene that causes runny noses and watery eyes for allergy sufferers.
wired.com
I'm aware this is very much Not The Point, but fwiw the reason non-human animals don't have to wipe isn't because of their diets: it's because they don't have giant, muscular arses covering up the relevant anatomy, which we do in order to allow us to walk upright. The trade off is hands, for wiping.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 23h agoOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
EHRC 'transphobic' single-sex spaces code to face legal challenge
EHRC 'transphobic' single-sex spaces code to face legal challenge
THE UK equalities watchdog’s “transphobic” code of practice is set to face a legal challenge, it has been announced.
thenational.scot
Anthropic and OpenAI models tried to trick humans into poisoning code during safety testing
Anthropic and OpenAI models tried to trick humans into poisoning code during safety testing
The latest disclosures are likely to heighten concerns that the powerful technology is advancing too fast for responsible oversight.
politico.com
The real reason British child vaccination rates are falling
The real reason child vaccination rates are falling
As child immunisation rates fall across the UK, one clinic in west Yorkshire is taking aggressive steps to boost immunisations
bbc.co.uk
Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in Germany for the first time ever
Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in Germany for the first time ever
More of Germany's electricity came from wind and solar power than from fossil fuels for the first time ever in 2025, according to Carbon Brief's ...
intellinews.com
Princes Street fire: Stark briefing spells out scale of task facing engineers trying to save former Debenhams store
Scale of task following Princes Street fire is spelled out
‘8 to 12 metres of unrestrained masonry... unstable stonework... lintels have failed’
edinburghnews.scotsman.com
6% of US drive through fast food orders are handled by AI
AI Conquered Coding. Fast Food Is Next
Your next drive-thru order might be taken by a bot. And you might not even notice.
wired.com
72% of all cars sold in Europe last year had some kind of electrification
Europe EV Sales Report: BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share! - CleanTechnica
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of content-scraping AI, antisocial media, inflation, and other hurdles. Tesla and the Chinese push the market upwards — EV Share Jumps ... [continued]
cleantechnica.com
Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science solved by AI
Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
OpenAI shares new results on long-standing open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including advances in geometry, cryptography, and complexity.
openai.com
How retired teachers, nurses and vicars became Britain's newest terror suspects
How retired teachers, nurses and vicars became Britain's newest terror suspects
Majority of suspects arrested for holding signs reading 'I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action' at protests against the ban
inews.co.uk
Newborn deaths are surging among world’s most vulnerable. The West’s aid cuts are partly to blame
Newborn deaths are surging in the world’s most vulnerable communities. Here’s why
Mothers across sub-Saharan Africa face a perfect storm of conflict, displacement and global aid cuts that are leaving them without the help they need in the most dangerous countries to give birth. Liz Cookman and Nick Ferris report
independent.co.uk
Castle, Gideon, Arthur's Seat. (Took him out for a walk up a hill as we'll be travelling from 1pm on the way to Hampshire.)
Castle, Gideon, Arthur's Seat. (Took him out for a walk up a hill as we'll be travelling from 1pm on the way to Hampshire.)
Castle, Gideon, Arthur's Seat. (Took him out for a walk up a hill as we'll be travelling from 1pm on the way to Hampshire.)
pixelfed.scot
AI opens new era in cognitive studies of wild primates
AI opens new era in cognitive studies of wild primates
Emory anthropologists created an AI system to automate behavioral studies of capuchins monkeys in the wild. The novel method provides a roadmap for the first scalable, systematic way to evaluate and monitor the cognitive abilities of wild primates.
news.emory.edu
Global Warming has killed over 1,000 people in England and Wales this year. So far.
More than 2,700 excess deaths estimated in England and Wales during May and June heatwaves
Climate change added between 3-4°C to maximum temperatures and is estimated to be responsible for about 42% of the deaths across both heatwaves
metoffice.gov.uk
Has Scotland’s 48% tax rate really reduced public revenue?
Has Scotland’s 48% tax rate really reduced public revenue?
The media should take note: a modelled hypothesis is not the same as definitive proof.
futureeconomy.scot
We shouldn't fedpost on main, obviously. But we've been excessively careful this whole time and it makes very little difference. If we bend over backwards not to 'give the transphobes ammunition', they'll fabricate it anyway.
Andrew Ducker @andrewducker.bsky.social · 4d agoThe Right Is Manufacturing Fake Restroom Confrontations Against Trans People
Why does every mammal get 1 billion heartbeats in their life? And what does that tell us about the efficiency of cities?
Why does every mammal get 1 billion heartbeats in their life?
The hidden math that governs life. Sponsored by Brilliant - Try Brilliant for free, plus get 20% off an annual Premium subscription at…
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The Right Is Manufacturing Fake Restroom Confrontations Against Trans People
The Right Is Manufacturing Fake Restroom Confrontations to Make Harassing Trans People Look Protective
AI-marked and apparently staged restroom videos cast trans people as predators, place children inside an invented threat, and turn public humiliation into propaganda for exclusion.
transunitedfund.com
