Among 24 countries, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
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As part of a government-led initiative, Israel prepares infrastructure for national airspace network of large drones that are designed to carry passengers and heavy cargo
Ukraine’s military has reported intense fighting with Russian forces, while the country’s nuclear energy agency says it has put the last operating reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant into a “cold shutdown” for safety as Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on through its 16th month. Energoatom said in a...
Meta AI open-sourced the Massively Multilingual Speech (MMS) model, which supports automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech synthesis (TTS) in over 1,100 languages and language identification (LID) in over 4,000 languages. MMS can outperform existing models and covers nearly 10x the number of languages.
When looking at the recent history of many popular and highly successful online sites, there tends to be a certain trend they’re all following: rampant corporate greed butting heads with its original core mission and its user base, all of which eventually leads to major issues for the site.
A trio of macro-biologists and life scientists, two with Queen's University Belfast and the third with Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, has found that the modern "sixth mass extinction" event is going to be even worse than prior research has shown.
Arbeiten unter voller Konzentration, die ganze Nacht: Eine Nachtschicht in der Intensivpflege ist anspruchsvoll. Die Mitarbeitenden kämpfen um bessere Arbeitsbedingungen, die Klinik gegen Personalmangel. Von Jan Koch.
"If we don't deal with [climate change], Israel will be a very unpleasant place to live in the next decade or two," Prof. Colin Price, head of Tel Aviv University's PlanNet Zero
Too much red meat – and especially processed meat – is linked to cancer and heart disease. But moderation is the key – alongside better farming practices
A new report explores options for managing the period after global warming exceeds 1.5℃. This is called ‘climate overshoot’, because we’re pushing past the safe zone into dangerous climate change.
How people in 24 countries view same-sex marriage (www.pewresearch.org)
Among 24 countries, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
Carlo Masi Quiz - LetsQuiz (letsquiz.com)
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For my transgender daughter, there are only 18 States of America (www.salon.com)
My daughter's America has become apocalyptic — safe states scattered, broken up by vast stretches of hostility
Blasts at major dam in southern Ukraine unleash floodwaters (www.jpost.com)
The Nova Kakhovka dam was reportedly struck by firing from the Olkha multiple missile launcher, according to Russia's TASS state news agency.
86,000-year-old human bone shows evidence of failed expansions by humans (www.jpost.com)
The new evidence shows that humans attempted to expand several times before the last successful expansion.
Nova Kakhovka Dam: everything you need to know about Ukraine’s strategically important reservoir (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine has accused Russia of blowing up the huge dam which provides water to both Crimea and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Drone taxis take first test spin in Israel in bid to ease traffic congestion (www.timesofisrael.com)
As part of a government-led initiative, Israel prepares infrastructure for national airspace network of large drones that are designed to carry passengers and heavy cargo
Australia plans to ban swastikas, other Nazi symbols in legislation next week (www.timesofisrael.com)
While most states already ban Nazi symbols, the federal law would go further by also banning the trade in such material, attorney general says
Intense fighting reported in Ukraine as last nuclear reactor is shut down amid flooding (apnews.com)
Ukraine’s military has reported intense fighting with Russian forces, while the country’s nuclear energy agency says it has put the last operating reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant into a “cold shutdown” for safety as Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on through its 16th month. Energoatom said in a...
Florida Is Going Broke Fighting Woke - Florida's Racist, Homophobic Agenda Is Having an Economic Impact on the State (www.esquire.com)
Wild how vicious, homophobic, racist idiocy might discourage people from visiting your state.
Meta's Open-Source Massively Multilingual Speech AI Handles over 1,100 Languages (www.infoq.com)
Meta AI open-sourced the Massively Multilingual Speech (MMS) model, which supports automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech synthesis (TTS) in over 1,100 languages and language identification (LID) in over 4,000 languages. MMS can outperform existing models and covers nearly 10x the number of languages.
Germany’s centrist parties alarmed as poll shows growing support for far right (www.timesofisrael.com)
Survey shows Alternative for Germany party on par with Chancellor Scholz's Social Democrats, a steep gain since the 2021 election
Elon Musk: Twitter sued by music publishers for $250m (www.bbc.com)
A group representing 17 publishers claims it enabled copyright violations involving nearly 1,700 songs.
Discord, Twitter, Reddit, and Tumblr have something in common and it's not good (www.techradar.com)
When looking at the recent history of many popular and highly successful online sites, there tends to be a certain trend they’re all following: rampant corporate greed butting heads with its original core mission and its user base, all of which eventually leads to major issues for the site.
Anthropocene 'sixth mass extinction' event predicted to be worse than previously thought (phys.org)
A trio of macro-biologists and life scientists, two with Queen's University Belfast and the third with Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, has found that the modern "sixth mass extinction" event is going to be even worse than prior research has shown.
'Zombie viruses': Ancient diseases climate change will bring back (www.jpost.com)
A look at four "zombie" viruses from ancient times set to come out of the permafrost, and one other hidden disease proven to be deadly for humans.
Nachtschicht in der Intensivpflege: Kaum Zeit, durchzuatmen (www.tagesschau.de)
Arbeiten unter voller Konzentration, die ganze Nacht: Eine Nachtschicht in der Intensivpflege ist anspruchsvoll. Die Mitarbeitenden kämpfen um bessere Arbeitsbedingungen, die Klinik gegen Personalmangel. Von Jan Koch.
Germany’s AfD uses Nazi symbol to campaign against gender-inclusive language (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Alternative for Germany party condemned as 'disgusting and homophobic' for photo showing a downwards-facing rainbow triangle in a campaign
Global boiling: How Israel urgently needs to adapt to climate change (www.jpost.com)
"If we don't deal with [climate change], Israel will be a very unpleasant place to live in the next decade or two," Prof. Colin Price, head of Tel Aviv University's PlanNet Zero
Talking about eating less red and processed meat provokes strong feelings. That's why this new evidence-based report is welcome (theconversation.com)
Too much red meat – and especially processed meat – is linked to cancer and heart disease. But moderation is the key – alongside better farming practices
Israeli company unveils clean heat system with 97-99% efficiency (www.jpost.com)
The bGen ZERO system has enhanced energy efficiency over the TES system.
Second Temple era synagogue discovered in Russia (www.jpost.com)
The finding marks the discovery of one of the world’s oldest synagogues.
We are poised to pass 1.5℃ of global warming – world leaders offer 4 ways to manage this dangerous time (theconversation.com)
A new report explores options for managing the period after global warming exceeds 1.5℃. This is called ‘climate overshoot’, because we’re pushing past the safe zone into dangerous climate change.
Israeli population nearing 10 million ahead of Jewish New Year (www.jpost.com)
By the end of 2048, Israel's population is expected to reach 15 million people.
Ex-gay activist faces homosexuality charges under Uganda law he advocated for (www.lgbtqnation.com)
A local paper deemed it the first major case since the enactment of the "Kill the Gays" law.