Russia has quashed dissent since invading Ukraine Lawyers for protesters risk wrath of authorities Young attorneys fill gap from those who have fled Tiring, risky work seldom brings acquittals Moscow sees Western conspiracy to destroy Russia July 4 (Reuters) - Sofia Gominova wanted to be a lawyer from age 11....
WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - Even as it has ushered in sweeping changes to American law and society - on abortion, gun rights and affirmative action - the U.S. Supreme Court has kept tabs on another issue of keen interest to its conservative majority: keeping federal regulatory power in check....
GENEVA, July 4 (Reuters) - Temperatures are expected to soar across large parts of the world after the El Nino weather pattern emerged in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday....
Researchers say that nearly 336,000 devices exposed to the Internet remain vulnerable to a critical vulnerability in firewalls sold by Fortinet because admins have yet to install patches the company released three weeks ago....
Stars are thought to form within enormous filaments of molecular gas. Regions where one or more of these filaments meet, known as hubs, are where massive stars form....
HomeVestors of America claims to be the country’s largest cash homebuyer and says it helps homeowners out of jams. But a closer look reveals that the company trains its franchisees to cash in on homeowners’ desperation.
Millions of Americans have peripheral artery disease, a disorder primarily caused by fatty deposits that can narrow arteries and block blood flow to the legs. Often, the first symptom they feel is leg pain. Experts say that most treatments are safe, but some have expressed a growing sense of alarm that doctors may be doing...
July 3 (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s Twitter has put a temporary limit on the number of tweets that users can see each day, a move that has sparked some backlash and could undermine the social network’s efforts to attract advertisers....
A 25-year science wager has come to an end. In 1998, neuroscientist Christof Koch bet philosopher David Chalmers that the mechanism by which the brain’s neurons produce consciousness would be discovered by 2023. Both scientists agreed publicly on 23 June, at the annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of...
You're familiar with the states of matter we encounter daily – such as solid, liquid, and gas – but in more exotic and extreme conditions, new states can appear, and scientists from the US and China just found one....
THIS SHOULD BE THE TITLE (lemmy.world)
Somebody’s learning how to post stories to the WBAL website. 😄
Giuliani Admits to False Statements About Georgia Election Workers (web.archive.org)
‘Once in a lifetime’ fossil reveals a dinosaur and mammal locked in mortal combat (edition.cnn.com)
The Hyperloop was never meant to be built. Elon Musk admitted it was all about fueling opposition to California’s high-speed rail project so it would get canceled. (mastodon.online)
Congested transmission lines cause renewable power to go to waste in Texas (arstechnica.com)
Attorney disciplinary committee recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred for 2020 election legal work | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Dutch government reportedly collapses after migration deal fails (www.euronews.com)
Meta takes aim at Twitter with Threads app, millions join (www.reuters.com)
Business Eticate (feddit.uk)
New record set for world's hottest day - as scientist warns milestone is a 'death sentence' (au.news.yahoo.com)
The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists....
YSK About Lemmy Features
Why YSK: This is a new platform and it seems many new users are missing out on key Lemmy features....
Insight: Young Russian lawyers step up to defend anti-war protesters (www.reuters.com)
Russia has quashed dissent since invading Ukraine Lawyers for protesters risk wrath of authorities Young attorneys fill gap from those who have fled Tiring, risky work seldom brings acquittals Moscow sees Western conspiracy to destroy Russia July 4 (Reuters) - Sofia Gominova wanted to be a lawyer from age 11....
Federal agency powers in the crosshairs at the US Supreme Court (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - Even as it has ushered in sweeping changes to American law and society - on abortion, gun rights and affirmative action - the U.S. Supreme Court has kept tabs on another issue of keen interest to its conservative majority: keeping federal regulatory power in check....
Temperatures seen surging as El Nino weather pattern returns (www.reuters.com)
GENEVA, July 4 (Reuters) - Temperatures are expected to soar across large parts of the world after the El Nino weather pattern emerged in the tropical Pacific for the first time in seven years, the World Meteorological Organization said on Tuesday....
336,000 servers remain unpatched against critical Fortigate vulnerability (arstechnica.com)
Researchers say that nearly 336,000 devices exposed to the Internet remain vulnerable to a critical vulnerability in firewalls sold by Fortinet because admins have yet to install patches the company released three weeks ago....
Our Solar System possibly survived a supernova because of how the Sun formed (arstechnica.com)
Stars are thought to form within enormous filaments of molecular gas. Regions where one or more of these filaments meet, known as hubs, are where massive stars form....
The Ugly Truth: Inside the “We Buy Ugly Houses” Company (www.propublica.org)
HomeVestors of America claims to be the country’s largest cash homebuyer and says it helps homeowners out of jams. But a closer look reveals that the company trains its franchisees to cash in on homeowners’ desperation.
Blocked Artery in Your Leg? Here’s What You Should Know. (www.propublica.org)
Millions of Americans have peripheral artery disease, a disorder primarily caused by fatty deposits that can narrow arteries and block blood flow to the legs. Often, the first symptom they feel is leg pain. Experts say that most treatments are safe, but some have expressed a growing sense of alarm that doctors may be doing...
Explainer: What does Twitter 'rate limit exceeded' mean for users? (www.reuters.com)
July 3 (Reuters) - Elon Musk’s Twitter has put a temporary limit on the number of tweets that users can see each day, a move that has sparked some backlash and could undermine the social network’s efforts to attract advertisers....
Decades-long bet on consciousness ends — and it’s philosopher 1, neuroscientist 0 (www.nature.com)
A 25-year science wager has come to an end. In 1998, neuroscientist Christof Koch bet philosopher David Chalmers that the mechanism by which the brain’s neurons produce consciousness would be discovered by 2023. Both scientists agreed publicly on 23 June, at the annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of...
Biden to detail plans for $42 billion investment in US internet access (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/632917...
Physicists Discover a New State of Matter Hidden in The Quantum World (www.sciencealert.com)
You're familiar with the states of matter we encounter daily – such as solid, liquid, and gas – but in more exotic and extreme conditions, new states can appear, and scientists from the US and China just found one....
YSK: It’s summer and that means disturbing swim advisories. Here’s our top 5 (arstechnica.com)
Behold the most nauseating and mesmerizing swim advisories floating around.