Categories

Technology
Business
USA politics
Asia
Europe
University (remove)
Health (remove)
Law (remove)
Food (remove)
Travel (remove)
Music
Entertainment (remove)
Crypto
Space
Climate (remove)
World Affairs
xkcd

Date/Time of Last Update: Mon Jan 6 18:00:41 2025 UTC

********** TRAVEL **********
return to top



Daily Cartoon: Monday, January 6th
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:16:44 +0000
“Fine, you travelled for pleasure. I’m asking why you’re coming back.”
Match ID: 0 Score: 35.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

Pebble Flow EV Travel Trailer: Glamping Goes Electric
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:00:00 +0000
We take a first look inside the Flow electric travel trailer, which the company says will ship in the first half of 2025. And yes, you can tow it with your Cybertruck.
Match ID: 1 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

Cold-weather range hits aren’t as bad for EVs with heat pumps
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:17:01 +0000
Heat pumps can mitigate range loss and are standard on newer models.
Match ID: 2 Score: 35.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

Travel
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:35:59 +0000
The NSSC provides travel reimbursement services for all authorized Agency travel including: domestic, foreign, local, ETDY, and Change of Station (COS). References Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) Traveler Extended TDY and Taxes Domestic Per Diem Rates Foreign Per Diem Rates Change of Station NSSC Travel now has another way that a transferee Traveler may submit his […]
Match ID: 3 Score: 35.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

New weather warnings as snow and ice cause travel havoc and school closures in UK
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:59:51 GMT

Flooding closes main roads as cold air forecast to return from Monday – and possibility of more snow later in week

New yellow warnings of more snow and ice have been issued by the UK Met Office as wintry weather caused travel disruption and the return to school was abandoned for thousands of pupils.

A warning for snow and ice is in place across most of south-west England and Wales, and parts of north-west England and the West Midlands, for between 5pm on Monday until 10am on Tuesday.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 4 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

‘Upsetting and frightening’: what’s really behind the door of your holiday rental?
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:45 GMT

Accommodation websites stand accused of not carrying out adequate checks on hosts, turning stays into nightmares

Becky Stewart* and her partner were getting ready for the first full day of their short break in Barcelona when a group made up of police, social workers, council staff, a judge and a locksmith came into their flat and told them to leave within two minutes.

It transpired that the place they were staying in, along with other travellers who had taken rooms, was an unlicensed rental property. And the people advertising it on Booking.com had not paid their rent for months, prompting the morning raid by the authorities, who were not even aware that tourists were staying there.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 5 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

Briefly Noted Book Reviews
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
“Aflame,” “Only in America,” “Taiwan Travelogue,” and “Tasmania.”
Match ID: 6 Score: 35.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

Tell us how you have been affected by snow, ice and rain in the UK
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 09:46:51 GMT

We would like to hear from people on the winter weather conditions and the impact it has had on their journey

Much of the UK remains under weather warnings after snow, ice and rain caused extensive travel disruption. Stranded vehicles blocked main roads across northern England with part of the M5 in Gloucestershire closed due to flooding.

We would like to hear your experience of the winter weather conditions and the impact it has had on you or your commute. We’re also interested in any photos you have taken of the snowy weather.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 7 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

Snow therapy: ski tourism at the crossroads – in pictures
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 07:00:42 GMT

Exploring the aberration, absurdity, madness and ingenuity of skiing, an activity that raises both questions and concerns despite its global success. It continues to fascinate and intrigue in the face of social and environmental upheavals. There are more than 2,000 resorts scattered across the world, attracting hundreds of millions of skiers, but there are also profound questions about its future amid climate challenges and societal changes

Continue reading...
Match ID: 8 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

Snow hits England and Wales – in pictures
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 10:21:35 GMT

Wintry weather produces scenes of fun and beauty, but also of travel disruption in the UK. Two Met Office amber weather warnings were in place in England and Wales

• Live UK weather updates

Continue reading...
Match ID: 9 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

Best Portable Chargers (2025): iPhones, iPads, Laptops & More
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 15:02:00 +0000
Keep your phone, tablet, laptop, and other electronics running with these handheld power banks.
Match ID: 10 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

Do Kwon, the crypto bro behind $40B Luna/Terra collapse, finally extradited to US
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 22:29:26 +0000
Kwon pled "not guilty" before a federal judge.
Match ID: 11 Score: 35.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

Approval to Exceed GSA Lodging for LPSC 2025
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:00:59 +0000
This letter from SARA is to issue a waiver for NASA grantees attending the 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), allowing them to be reimbursed out of their grants for their actual lodging, although it’s expected to be above the approved GSA amount. This waiver does not supersede the travel policy of your institution […]
Match ID: 12 Score: 35.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 35.00 travel(|ing)

Future of space travel: Could robots really replace human astronauts?
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:46:51 GMT
Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space - and the risks and cost
Match ID: 13 Score: 15.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 15.00 travel(|ing)

The Paper Passport Is Dying
Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Smartphones and face recognition are being combined to create new digital travel documents. The paper passport’s days are numbered—despite new privacy risks.
Match ID: 14 Score: 5.00 source: www.wired.com age: 10 days
qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)

Assad’s Syria horror has ended, what’s next? – video
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:48:20 GMT

A new Syria is emerging from the shadow of the brutal Assad regime. The Guardian’s Bethan McKernan and Ayman Abu Ramouz meet people celebrating their hard-won freedom, but also those grappling with a traumatic past. The pair travel to the notorious Sednaya prison, where they meet a former prisoner who was liberated by his family just days before

• Resistance was not a choice’: how Syria’s unlikely rebel alliance took Aleppo

• 'The Syrian regime hit us with chemical weapons: only now can we speak out' – video

• Syria’s disappeared: one woman’s search for her missing father

Continue reading...
Match ID: 15 Score: 5.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)

In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Arizona senator’s prodigious campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.

The post In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 16 Score: 5.00 source: theintercept.com age: 17 days
qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)

NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
Match ID: 17 Score: 5.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 30 days
qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)

Guardian Traveller newsletter: Sign up for our free holidays email
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:21:58 GMT

From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors. You’ll also receive handpicked offers from Guardian Holidays.

From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors.

You’ll also receive handpicked offers from Guardian Holidays.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 18 Score: 5.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 817 days
qualifiers: 5.00 travel(|ing)

Filter efficiency 97.928 (19 matches/917 results)


********** HEALTH **********
return to top



‘New year, new you’? How are we supposed to find the time? | Emma Beddington
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:45 GMT

Sure, most of us can fit in a few thousand steps a day, or a couch to 5k. But what about the strength training, the mobility routine, the cooking from scratch, the meditation, the breathwork, the eight hours’ sleep …

I’m not anti-resolution. I actually stuck to one last year: not a single microwave rice sachet has passed my lips since 1 January 2024 and yes, I do want a medal, thanks. But I also want to ask anyone implementing something “new year new you”-adjacent in the wellness space: do you really have time?

The wellness timesuck starts innocently enough, setting a manageable daily step count, maybe, downloading a couch to 5k app or targeting the NHS’s recommended 150 minutes of weekly exercise. But once you get started, you’ll discover everything else you should be doing, especially if you’re a suggestible social media user. “Start strength training,” your algorithms nudge, raving about bone density and heart health, so soon you’re adding deadlifts and split squats to your weekly routine. Then it’s mobility – don’t you realise it’s key to avoiding pain and later-life problems, dummy? Do daily stretches or suffer the creaky consequences.

Emma Beddington is a Guardian columnist

Continue reading...
Match ID: 0 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 fitness

Breaking bad habits: what you told us about your new year buying intentions
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:17:30 GMT

In this week’s newsletter: how you’re decluttering your cart for 2025, running shoes to hit your PBs and our beginner’s guide to veganism

• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here

The start of a new year is the perfect time to take stock of our lives – our health, relationships, professional growth, finances. And the latter includes our shopping habits. If you put yours under the microscope, how do they shape up?

Do you visit certain supermarkets out of habit, maybe because they’re on the way home from work, when you could shop more wisely, and affordably, elsewhere? What do you comfort-buy? What could be cheaper on subscription? Do you waste too much food, or own too many clothes? Do you want to shop more sustainably – or curb an out-of-control Vinted habit?

The best electric toothbrushes: prioritise your pearly whites with our expert-tested picks, from Oral-B to Philips

From electric blankets to the cosiest coats: the cold weather essentials you need to beat the big freeze

The best running shoes to take you from trail to road to marathon, tried and tested by runners

January style essentials by Jess Cartner-Morley: from super scarves to all-weather leggings

Continue reading...
Match ID: 1 Score: 35.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 35.00 fitness

Best Headphones for Working Out (2025): Beats, Bose, Shokz, JLab
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:02:00 +0000
Rock your inner jock with a pair of sturdy, sweatproof, and tangle-proof headphones. Here are our favorites.
Match ID: 2 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 30.00 fitness

Best Fitness Trackers of 2025 for Peak Performance
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 13:06:00 +0000
Whether you’re skiing in the backcountry or trampolining in the backyard, we have an activity tracker for you.
Match ID: 3 Score: 25.00 source: www.wired.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 25.00 fitness

The best running shoes to take you from trail to road to marathon, tried and tested by runners
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:00:47 GMT

Whether you’re a beginner runner, a 5k faithful or a track star, our expert-picked running trainers, from Adidas and Asics to Hoka, will help you beat your PBs

‘How does anyone do this?” I thought as I hobbled home from my first run, a pair of threadbare Converse biting into my heels. It took me a while to connect the dots. Maybe I was just prone to shin splints? Perhaps your calves were supposed to burn with every stride? Or – lightbulb moment – could it be that these post-jog aches and pains were a symptom of my wildly inappropriate footwear?

As with millions of rookie runners before me, my problems melted away when I bought myself a pair of proper running shoes. Fifteen years and countless pairs later, I know just how much difference they can make. However, this isn’t a simple case of one size fits all.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 4 Score: 25.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 25.00 fitness

Our Favorite Fitness Apps for 2025, Tested and Reviewed
Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:11:00 +0000
These fitness apps will help you turn New Year's resolutions into real results.
Match ID: 5 Score: 20.00 source: www.wired.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 20.00 fitness

In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Arizona senator’s prodigious campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.

The post In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 6 Score: 5.00 source: theintercept.com age: 17 days
qualifiers: 5.00 fitness

Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:36:00 +0000

Match ID: 7 Score: 5.00 source: techncruncher.blogspot.com age: 1045 days
qualifiers: 5.00 fitness

NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
Match ID: 8 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 30 days
qualifiers: 2.14 athlete

Filter efficiency 99.019 (9 matches/917 results)


********** UNIVERSITY **********
return to top



Linda McMahon Has No Education Experience Except Wanting to Defund Public Schools
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:38:54 +0000

Her most important qualification is being a longtime Trump loyalist — and she’ll carry out his vision to gut the Department of Education.

The post Linda McMahon Has No Education Experience Except Wanting to Defund Public Schools appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 0 Score: 17.14 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 12.86 tuition, 4.29 school

High School Aerospace Scholars Launches Dreams, Inspires the Artemis Generation
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
To put boots on the Moon—and keep them there—will require bold thinkers ready to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.  That’s why NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement at Johnson Space Center in Houston is on a mission to empower the next generation of explorers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  Through the High School Aerospace […]
Match ID: 1 Score: 10.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 school

Filter efficiency 99.782 (2 matches/917 results)


********** FOOD **********
return to top



10 snow day recipes that are warming and pantry-friendly
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:47:45 +0000
Whether you want a mug of hot chocolate or a pantry-friendly meal that doesn’t require a trip out, these snow day recipes fit the bill.
Match ID: 0 Score: 50.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food, 20.00 recipes

Sugary drinks linked to millions of new diabetes and heart disease cases – study
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:02:03 GMT

Tufts University analysis highlights rise in global health inequalities, with fastest growth in linked diseases in Africa

Sugary drinks are responsible for more than 2.2m new cases of diabetes and 1.1m new cases of heart disease a year around the world, according to a new study.

Global analysis published in Nature Medicine on Monday highlights growing health inequalities. In Latin America and the Caribbean, sugary drinks contributed to almost a quarter (24%) of new diabetes cases in 2020.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 1 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

How dense bean salads became a protein-packed recipe sensation
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:00:57 +0000
Recipe developer Violet Witchel’s adaptable bean salads are a make-ahead hit for vegetarians and omnivores alike.
Match ID: 2 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Middle East crisis: Israeli forces ‘fired on World Food Programme convoy in Gaza’ – as it happened
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:51:38 GMT

Statement from UN agency ‘strongly condemns horrifying incident’ on Sunday which it says risked lives of staff

• ‘This is basically a civil war’: West Bank in fear after shooting of journalist
• Social order in Gaza will collapse if Israel ends cooperation with UN aid agency, official says

Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, has told a news conference that it was “only a matter of time” before Syrian Kurdish fighters - seen by the west as essential in the fight against Islamic State jihadists - will be wiped out.

Speaking in a joint press conference with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi, he told journalists:

Conditions in Syria have changed. We believe it’s only a matter of time before PKK/YPG is eliminated.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 3 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for tamarind chickpeas with cavolo nero | Quick and easy
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:00:33 GMT

A hearty, sweet-and-sour vegetarian curry that’s ready in half an hour

Tamarind chickpeas – a little sweet, a little sour – are my absolute favourite, and I never run out of ways to cook them. This version is simply boosted with chilli, cumin and sugar, so there’s no long list of spices, either. Fresh tomatoes and cavolo nero add plant points and interest, while pickled pink onions bring crunch and sharpness. If you want a quick, 30-minute curry, make this with jarred chickpeas; if you’re using tinned, cook them for longer and with more boiling water, because they need more time to soak up the flavours.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 4 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

The big idea: can what you eat change your mind?
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:30:32 GMT

From designer drinks to dodgy leftovers, our brain responds to food in surprising ways

Probiotic drinks, brain-boosting superfoods, gut-healthy snack bars: every day we’re bombarded with information about what and what not to eat. Some foods move abruptly between these categories depending on who you ask: if a gut-healthy snack bar is ultra-processed, does that cancel out its benefits? You’d be forgiven for thinking that every food choice you make has immediate, direct consequences for your health. And, increasingly, your brain. Does broccoli make you brighter? Can a pickle really act as a pick-me-up?

There is some scientific truth to this magic. By now you may have heard that people with poorer mental health, such as those experiencing depression or anxiety, have a different balance of bacteria in their gut – a reduction in the richness and diversity of their microbiomes. This fits neatly with elegant (albeit slightly gross) experiments in the lab in which transplanting faeces from people with depression into rats induces “depression-like” behaviours. How is this possible? It’s because your gut sends signals to your brain via the vagus nerve, your immune system, and other means, passing on information about how things are going down there. And so, the theory goes, a less-diverse microbiome might be the cause of a depressed or anxious brain. Maybe a gut-healthy snack bar really would help?

Continue reading...
Match ID: 5 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for lentil and spinach soup | A kitchen in Rome
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:47 GMT

A beautifully simple vegetable soup/stew with a link to Italian folklore

Once upon a time in Messina, there lived a boy named Nick who loved to swim. Or so begins the tale of Cola Pesce, told by many, including Italo Calvino in his book of Italian folktales. So great was his love that Nick spent his days and nights in the sea while his mother stood on the shore, pleading: “Oh, Nick, come out of the water, you are not a fish.” He didn’t listen, though, and every day he swam farther out while his desperate mum yelled across the water until it gave her a kink in her intestines. Then, one day, having screamed herself hoarse, she blurted out – as is so often the case in such circumstances – “Nick, may you turn into a fish.” And he did – or, rather, he turned into a half-fish, half-man, with webbed feet like a duck and a throat like a frog. And that was that; Nick never set foot on land again, which upset his mum so much that she died.

As is also the case in such circumstances, news of Nick the fish reached the king, who sent a sailor to find him. “Oi,” shouted the sailor when he spotted Nick gliding on a wave, “the king of Messina wants to see you.” Nick, not having any choice in the matter, swam over to the palace. The king was delighted and ordered Nick to swim around the entire coast of Sicily to see where the sea was deepest and what was there. Nick followed orders, and he soon recounted that he’d seen mountains, caves, valleys and fish on the floor of the sea; he had been frightened only once, when he passed the lighthouse and was unable to find the bottom. Nick also discovered that Messina rested on three columns: one whole, one splintered, one broken.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 6 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Are Ultra-Processed Foods Killing Us?
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
A scientist tried to discredit the theory that ultra-processed foods are killing us. Instead, he overturned his own understanding of obesity.
Match ID: 7 Score: 30.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Breaking bad habits: what you told us about your new year buying intentions
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:17:30 GMT

In this week’s newsletter: how you’re decluttering your cart for 2025, running shoes to hit your PBs and our beginner’s guide to veganism

• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here

The start of a new year is the perfect time to take stock of our lives – our health, relationships, professional growth, finances. And the latter includes our shopping habits. If you put yours under the microscope, how do they shape up?

Do you visit certain supermarkets out of habit, maybe because they’re on the way home from work, when you could shop more wisely, and affordably, elsewhere? What do you comfort-buy? What could be cheaper on subscription? Do you waste too much food, or own too many clothes? Do you want to shop more sustainably – or curb an out-of-control Vinted habit?

The best electric toothbrushes: prioritise your pearly whites with our expert-tested picks, from Oral-B to Philips

From electric blankets to the cosiest coats: the cold weather essentials you need to beat the big freeze

The best running shoes to take you from trail to road to marathon, tried and tested by runners

January style essentials by Jess Cartner-Morley: from super scarves to all-weather leggings

Continue reading...
Match ID: 8 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

A visit to the high street taught me this: hell is shopping with other people | Nell Frizzell
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 09:00:42 GMT

After years of buying clothes online, I wondered if there was more to shopping than collecting squashy parcels from forecourt lockers. I soon got my answer

I love clothes; I loathe clothes shops. Like many of my contemporaries, I have embraced the world of online secondhand shopping. And yet, I also want to live in a place where people walk, shop, gather and eat in their city centre. I want the high street to remain as healthy and as unhomogenised as possible. I know that online shopping is killing off traditional shopping areas and apparently, even online shoppers buying new are having a fairly miserable time; so-called serial returners will buy – and then post back – £6.6bn worth of unwanted online purchases this year. More than a fifth of non-food purchases made online in the UK are now returned to the retailer, and there’s usually a spike in returns around Christmas.

And so, with my debit card weighing lightly in my pocket, I decided to head into town and have a go at some bricks-and-mortar shopping. I would stand in those changing rooms, smell those diffusers and, this being half term, queue up behind some hormonal teenagers dressed as Gwen Stefani 25 years ago.

Nell Frizzell is a journalist and author

Continue reading...
Match ID: 9 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Infants ‘ate food scraps off the floor’ of Wagga Wagga childcare centre, court told
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 07:13:34 GMT

NSW centre to remain closed after serious issues aired, though operators dispute many of the allegations and plan to contest tribunal’s finding

• Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast

A childcare centre will remain closed after children allegedly ate scraps of food off the floor, did not receive first aid after falls and were repeatedly left unsupervised.

The serious safety concerns raised at Angel’s Paradise Wagga Wagga, in southern New South Wales, came as advocates raised concerns about the quality and availability of childcare in regional areas nationwide.

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email

Continue reading...
Match ID: 10 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 06:00:38 GMT

As people have shaped the natural world, so wildlife – from mahoganies to magpies – has had to evolve to survive

From the highest mountains to the depths of the ocean, humanity’s influence has touched every part of planet Earth. Many plants and animals are evolving in response, adapting to a human-dominated world. One notable example came during the Industrial Revolution, when the peppered moth turned from black and white to entirely black after soot darkened its habitat. The black moths were camouflaged against the soot-covered trees, surviving to pass on their genes to the next generation.

As human influence has expanded, so too have the strange adaptations forced on the natural world. We asked researchers around the world for similar changes they have noticed in the 21st century.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 11 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Ripe for the picking? Irish wine on the up – but ‘nobody will retire rich’
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 15:50:24 GMT

Global heating has made conditions more favourable for growing grapes – and finding the right variety is key

Heard the one about Irish wine? Like its English counterpart, it is no longer a joke, with more than a dozen vineyards now producing bottles to emulate those of the terroirs of France, Spain and Italy.

At about €60 (£50) a bottle and produced in small quantities, it is far from a commercial activity, but efforts over the last 10 years have produced what one retailer described as an “arguably very fine” rosé.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 12 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Vegan chili with beans, lentils and edamame floods the protein zone
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 15:00:01 +0000
With legumes in multiple forms, plus two kinds of seeds, this chili proves that plenty of protein can come from plants.
Match ID: 13 Score: 30.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Fire at food market in northern China kills eight people and injures 15
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 14:52:28 GMT

Cause of fire in city of Zhangjiakou in Hebei province is under investigation

At least eight people have died and 15 are injured after a fire broke out at a food market in northern China, according to state media.

The fire at the Liguang market in the city of Zhangjiakou broke out at midday on Saturday and had been mostly extinguished two hours later, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing a government official in Qiaoxi district where the market is located.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 14 Score: 30.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Gardencup Review: Making Eating as Convenient as It Gets
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 14:09:00 +0000
Eating well doesn’t have to be difficult. Just reach into your fridge and grab a cup.
Match ID: 15 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Take Part in Veganuary and You Might See Yourself Differently
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000
The ritual of giving up animal products for a month leads participants to see both meat and themselves in a different way, and could have lasting effects on people’s diets.
Match ID: 16 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 30.00 food

Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:28:07 +0000
What to make of Musk's comments that are critical of NASA's lunar plans?
Match ID: 17 Score: 25.71 source: arstechnica.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 25.71 food

How to go vegan: our beginner’s guide to everything from essential supplements to meat alternatives
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:00:24 GMT

What you need to buy to make sure your new year resolution of following a plant-based diet lasts beyond January

Whether you’re doing it for the animals, your health or environmental reasons, there’s never been a better time to go vegan. There’s meatless meat, dairy-free cheese, plant-based liqueurs and, well, anything else you can think of.

With more than a decade of veganism under my belt, I’ve tried pretty much every plant-based brand going. I was a full-blown omnivore until the age of 20 though, so I can tell straight away when a new vegan product hasn’t got it right. Below, I cover the must-buy alternatives, from cheese to meat, to the foods that would-be vegans fear they’d miss the most. I’ll also tell you what not to buy. Worried about what supplements you need to take? I spoke to a dietician to find out.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 18 Score: 25.71 source: www.theguardian.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 25.71 food

Kimchi and Kale Dense Bean Salad
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000
Inspired by content creator and recipe developer Violet Witchel’s dense bean salads, this version is packed with protein thanks to edamame, black beans and tofu.
Match ID: 19 Score: 20.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 recipes

The Scramble to Find the Gaza Doctor in the White Coat
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 21:25:00 +0000

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is one of six medical workers with the Chicago-based organization MedGlobal who remain in Israeli custody.

The post The Scramble to Find the Gaza Doctor in the White Coat appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 20 Score: 17.14 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 17.14 food

Sign up for the Feast newsletter: our free Guardian food email
Tue, 09 Jul 2019 08:19:21 GMT

A weekly email from Yotam Ottolenghi, Meera Sodha, Felicity Cloake and Rachel Roddy, featuring the latest recipes and seasonal eating ideas

Each week we’ll send you an exclusive newsletter from our star food writers. We’ll also send you the latest recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi, Nigel Slater, Meera Sodha and all our star cooks, stand-out food features and seasonal eating inspiration, plus restaurant reviews from Grace Dent and Jay Rayner.

Sign up below to start receiving the best of our culinary journalism in one mouth-watering weekly email.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 21 Score: 7.14 source: www.theguardian.com age: 2008 days
qualifiers: 4.29 food, 2.86 recipes

What questions do you have about ultra-processed foods?
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:57:39 GMT

Is there anything you’d like to know about UPFs? The Guardian’s new video podcast, It’s complicated

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become an everyday part of many people’s diets. From ready meals to breakfast cereals, these foods are engineered for convenience and taste – but at what cost? With growing attention on how ultra-processed foods (UPFs) influence our health, the environment, and even the way we view eating, it’s no wonder there’s so much confusion and curiosity surrounding them.

In our new video podcast on the Guardian’s It’s Complicated YouTube channel, we want to explore what really goes into UPFs and what that means for our wellbeing. What makes a food ‘ultra-processed’ compared to regular processed foods? Are all UPFs inherently unhealthy? How did they become such a dominant part of the food landscape, and what would it mean to cut them out? These are just some of the questions we’re looking to answer — but we really want to hear from you.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 22 Score: 4.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 21 days
qualifiers: 4.29 food

NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
Match ID: 23 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 30 days
qualifiers: 4.29 food

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/15/2024
Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:00:09 +0000
Boeing CST-100 Crewed Flight Test (CFT): Today, the CFT crew assisted the ISS crew by performing a USOS food audit and continuing to complete different payload activities. Payloads: Combustion Integrated Rack (CIR): Fuel Oxidizer Management Assembly (FOMA) Calibration was performed. The upper rack doors were opened, the bottle valves were closed, the pressure in the …
Match ID: 24 Score: 4.29 source: blogs.nasa.gov age: 175 days
qualifiers: 4.29 food

Sign up for the Fashion Statement newsletter: our free fashion email
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:06:20 GMT

Style, with substance: what’s really trending this week, a roundup of the best fashion journalism and your wardrobe dilemmas solved, direct to your inbox every Thursday

Style, with substance: what’s really trending this week, a roundup of the best fashion journalism and your wardrobe dilemmas solved, delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday

Explore all our newsletters: whether you love film, football, fashion or food, we’ve got something for you

Continue reading...
Match ID: 25 Score: 4.29 source: www.theguardian.com age: 839 days
qualifiers: 4.29 food

What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2022)
Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:49:00 +0000

If you want to pay online, you need to register an account and provide credit card information. If you don't have a credit card, you can pay with bank transfer. With the rise of cryptocurrencies, these methods may become old.

Imagine a world in which you can do transactions and many other things without having to give your personal information. A world in which you don’t need to rely on banks or governments anymore. Sounds amazing, right? That’s exactly what blockchain technology allows us to do.

It’s like your computer’s hard drive. blockchain is a technology that lets you store data in digital blocks, which are connected together like links in a chain. 

Blockchain technology was originally invented in 1991 by two mathematicians, Stuart Haber and W. Scot Stornetta. They first proposed the system to ensure that timestamps could not be tampered with.

A few years later, in 1998, software developer Nick Szabo proposed using a similar kind of technology to secure a digital payments system he called “Bit Gold.” However, this innovation was not adopted until Satoshi Nakamoto claimed to have invented the first Blockchain and Bitcoin.

So, What is Blockchain?

A blockchain is a distributed database shared between the nodes of a computer network. It saves information in digital format. Many people first heard of blockchain technology when they started to look up information about bitcoin.

Blockchain is used in cryptocurrency systems to ensure secure, decentralized records of transactions.

Blockchain allowed people to guarantee the fidelity and security of a record of data without the need for a third party to ensure accuracy.

To understand how a blockchain works, Consider these basic steps:

• Blockchain collects information in “blocks”.
• A block has a storage capacity, and once it's used up, it can be closed and linked to a previously served block.
• Blocks form chains, which are called “Blockchains.”
• More information will be added to the block with the most content until its capacity is full. The process repeats itself.
• Each block in the chain has an exact timestamp and can't be changed.

Let’s get to know more about the blockchain.

How does blockchain work?

Blockchain records digital information and distributes it across the network without changing it. The information is distributed among many users and stored in an immutable, permanent ledger that can't be changed or destroyed. That's why blockchain is also called "Distributed Ledger Technology" or DLT.

Here’s how it works:

• Someone or a computer will transacts
• The transaction is transmitted throughout the network.
• A network of computers can confirm the transaction.
• When it is confirmed a transaction is added to a block
• The blocks are linked together to create a history.

And that’s the beauty of it! The process may seem complicated, but it’s done in minutes with modern technology. And because technology is advancing rapidly, I expect things to move even more quickly than ever.

• A new transaction is added to the system. It is then relayed to a network of computers located around the world. The computers then solve equations to ensure the authenticity of the transaction.
• Once a transaction is confirmed, it is placed in a block after the confirmation. All of the blocks are chained together to create a permanent history of every transaction.

How are Blockchains used?

Even though blockchain is integral to cryptocurrency, it has other applications. For example, blockchain can be used for storing reliable data about transactions. Many people confuse blockchain with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum.

Blockchain already being adopted by some big-name companies, such as Walmart, AIG, Siemens, Pfizer, and Unilever. For example, IBM's Food Trust uses blockchain to track food's journey before reaching its final destination.

Although some of you may consider this practice excessive, food suppliers and manufacturers adhere to the policy of tracing their products because bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella have been found in packaged foods. In addition, there have been isolated cases where dangerous allergens such as peanuts have accidentally been introduced into certain products.

Tracing and identifying the sources of an outbreak is a challenging task that can take months or years. Thanks to the Blockchain, however, companies now know exactly where their food has been—so they can trace its location and prevent future outbreaks.

Blockchain technology allows systems to react much faster in the event of a hazard. It also has many other uses in the modern world.

What is Blockchain Decentralization?

Blockchain technology is safe, even if it’s public. People can access the technology using an internet connection.

Have you ever been in a situation where you had all your data stored at one place and that one secure place got compromised? Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to prevent your data from leaking out even when the security of your storage systems is compromised?

Blockchain technology provides a way of avoiding this situation by using multiple computers at different locations to store information about transactions. If one computer experiences problems with a transaction, it will not affect the other nodes.

Instead, other nodes will use the correct information to cross-reference your incorrect node. This is called “Decentralization,” meaning all the information is stored in multiple places.

Blockchain guarantees your data's authenticity—not just its accuracy, but also its irreversibility. It can also be used to store data that are difficult to register, like legal contracts, state identifications, or a company's product inventory.

Pros and Cons of Blockchain

Blockchain has many advantages and disadvantages. 

Pros

• Accuracy is increased because there is no human involvement in the verification process.
• One of the great things about decentralization is that it makes information harder to tamper with.
• Safe, private, and easy transactions
• Provides a banking alternative and safe storage of personal information

Cons

• Data storage has limits.
• The regulations are always changing, as they differ from place to place.
• It has a risk of being used for illicit activities 

Frequently Asked Questions About Blockchain

I’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about blockchain in this section.

Is Blockchain a cryptocurrency?

Blockchain is not a cryptocurrency but a technology that makes cryptocurrencies possible. It's a digital ledger that records every transaction seamlessly.

Is it possible for Blockchain to be hacked?

Yes, blockchain can be theoretically hacked, but it is a complicated task to be achieved. A network of users constantly reviews it, which makes hacking the blockchain difficult.

What is the most prominent blockchain company?

Coinbase Global is currently the biggest blockchain company in the world. The company runs a commendable infrastructure, services, and technology for the digital currency economy.

Who owns Blockchain?

Blockchain is a decentralized technology. It’s a chain of distributed ledgers connected with nodes. Each node can be any electronic device. Thus, one owns blockhain.

What is the difference between Bitcoin and Blockchain technology?

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, which is powered by Blockchain technology while Blockchain is a distributed ledger of cryptocurrency 

What is the difference between Blockchain and a Database?

Generally a database is a collection of data which can be stored and organized using a database management system. The people who have access to the database can view or edit the information stored there. The client-server network architecture is used to implement databases. whereas a blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, stored in a distributed system. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, timestamp and transaction information. Modification of data is not allowed due to the design of the blockchain. The technology allows decentralized control and eliminates risks of data modification by other parties.

Final Saying

Blockchain has a wide spectrum of applications and, over the next 5-10 years, we will likely see it being integrated into all sorts of industries. From finance to healthcare, blockchain could revolutionize the way we store and share data. Although there is some hesitation to adopt blockchain systems right now, that won't be the case in 2022-2023 (and even less so in 2026). Once people become more comfortable with the technology and understand how it can work for them, owners, CEOs and entrepreneurs alike will be quick to leverage blockchain technology for their own gain. Hope you like this article if you have any question let me know in the comments section

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER

Follow @AdilAhmad_c
Match ID: 26 Score: 4.29 source: techncruncher.blogspot.com age: 994 days
qualifiers: 4.29 food

Filter efficiency 97.056 (27 matches/917 results)


********** CLIMATE **********
return to top



Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:17:20 +0000
The SBIR/STTR programs provide an opportunity for small, high technology companies and research institutions (RI) to participate in Government sponsored research and development (R&D) efforts in key technology areas. NASA SBIR Phase I contracts have a period of performance for 6 months with a maximum funding of $125,000, and Phase II contracts have a period […]
Match ID: 0 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

How Anfield's Alexander-Arnold toxicity came to a head
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:13:06 GMT
BBC Sport explores why some Liverpool fans were hostile towards Trent Alexander-Arnold during Sunday's 2-2 draw with Manchester United at Anfield.
Match ID: 1 Score: 15.00 source: www.bbc.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 toxic

Grants
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:08:54 +0000
Grant Status Webpage Grant Status Form Grant Webforms Grant/Cooperative Agreement Administrative Supplement RequestNSSC Web Inquiry Award Terms and Conditions General Award Terms and ConditionsSpecial Terms and ConditionsProgram Specific Terms and ConditionsAppendix A: NASA Prior Approval Matrix for Research AwardsAppendix B: National Policy Requirements for Recipients of NASA AwardsAppendix C: Post-award Reporting and Certification Requirements NASA […]
Match ID: 2 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

Travel
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:35:59 +0000
The NSSC provides travel reimbursement services for all authorized Agency travel including: domestic, foreign, local, ETDY, and Change of Station (COS). References Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) Traveler Extended TDY and Taxes Domestic Per Diem Rates Foreign Per Diem Rates Change of Station NSSC Travel now has another way that a transferee Traveler may submit his […]
Match ID: 3 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

UK government scraps plan to ban sale of gas boilers by 2035
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:59:54 GMT

‘Future homes standard’ will not mandate replacing boilers with environmentally friendly alternative

The government is to scrap the 2035 ban on gas boilers in its new housebuilding standards.

The previous Conservative government had laid plans to phase out gas heating for homes by banning the sale of new gas boilers by 2035, so people replacing their gas boilers after that date would instead have to buy a heat pump or other environmentally friendly way of heating homes.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 4 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

It’s Time for Parents to Step Up in the Fight for Clean Air
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 13:36:52 +0000
Fossil fuel pollution is impacting the most vulnerable among us: children. Their future—and health—are at stake.
Match ID: 5 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change

Wildfire Smoke Is Even More Dangerous Than Anyone Knew
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Smoke exposure, researchers have found, raises the risk of dementia, poor mental health, fertility problems, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Match ID: 6 Score: 15.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 climate change

NASA Small Business Funding Enables Aircraft Inspection by Drone
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 21:48:04 +0000
A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and a partnership with The Boeing Company. Before commercial airliners are deemed safe to fly before each trip, a pre-flight inspection must be completed. This process can […]
Match ID: 7 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

NASA to Host Media Call Highlighting Mars Sample Return Update
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:39:04 +0000
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 7, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s Mars Sample Return Program. The briefing will include NASA’s efforts to complete its goals of returning scientifically selected samples from Mars […]
Match ID: 8 Score: 15.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

Approval to Exceed GSA Lodging for LPSC 2025
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 20:00:59 +0000
This letter from SARA is to issue a waiver for NASA grantees attending the 2025 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), allowing them to be reimbursed out of their grants for their actual lodging, although it’s expected to be above the approved GSA amount. This waiver does not supersede the travel policy of your institution […]
Match ID: 9 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

Summary of the Third Annual AEOIP Workshop
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 19:59:35 +0000
Introduction The Applied Earth Observations Innovation Partnership (AEOIP) was established in 2018 to facilitate knowledge coproduction and optimization of NASA Earth observations that can be used by natural resource managers for decision making. Through continued iteration and reflection, coproduction brings together stakeholders to share responsibilities and the completion of activities towards a common goal. AEOIP […]
Match ID: 10 Score: 15.00 source: science.nasa.gov age: 2 days
qualifiers: 15.00 carbon

Removal of waste from site of 1984 Bhopal disaster dismissed as ‘farce’
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:05:19 GMT

Indian government accused of PR stunt after moving 337 tonnes of toxic waste that had been held in containers

Forty years after one of world’s deadliest industrial disasters struck the Indian city of Bhopal, a cleanup operation has finally begun to remove hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from the site.

However, local campaigners have accused the Indian government of greenwashing, arguing that the 337 tonnes of waste removed this week represents less than 1% of the more than 1m tonnes of hazardous materials left after the disaster and that the cleanup has done nothing to tackle chemical contamination of the area.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 11 Score: 10.71 source: www.theguardian.com age: 4 days
qualifiers: 10.71 toxic

NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
Match ID: 12 Score: 10.00 source: www.nasa.gov age: 30 days
qualifiers: 5.71 air pollution, 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

2024: NASA Armstrong Prepares for Future Innovative Research Efforts
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:01:00 +0000
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, is preparing today for tomorrow’s mission. Supersonic flight, next generation aircraft, advanced air mobility, climate changes, human exploration of space, and the next innovation are just some of the topics our researchers, engineers, and mission support teams focused on in 2024. NASA Armstrong began 2024 with the […]
Match ID: 13 Score: 4.29 source: www.nasa.gov age: 16 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change, 2.14 carbon

A year of extreme weather that challenged billions
Sun, 29 Dec 2024 02:03:56 GMT
Climate change caused 41 additional days of dangerous heat and extreme weather, say scientists.
Match ID: 14 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 8 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

What Killed Daniel Prude? The Cops and New York AG Said a Diagnosis That’s Since Been Debunked.
Sat, 21 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A newly obtained document sheds light on how the disavowed “excited delirium” diagnosis infiltrated the Rochester Police Department before Prude’s death.

The post What Killed Daniel Prude? The Cops and New York AG Said a Diagnosis That’s Since Been Debunked. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 15 Score: 2.14 source: theintercept.com age: 16 days
qualifiers: 2.14 toxic

NASA Runs X-59 Engine with Maximum Afterburner for First Time
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:36:26 +0000
NASA completed the first maximum afterburner engine run test on its X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Dec. 12. The ground test, conducted at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, marks a significant milestone as the X-59 team progresses toward flight. An afterburner is a component of some jet engines that generates additional […]
Match ID: 16 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 17 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

NASA, Notre Dame Connect Students to Inspire STEM Careers
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:09:24 +0000
High school students in Indiana are contributing to NASA’s groundbreaking research to develop quieter, more fuel-efficient aircraft engines. Their learning experience is a collaboration between aircraft noise researchers from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and educators from the University of Notre Dame’s Turbomachinery Laboratory. The collaboration aims to encourage students’ interest in science, technology, […]
Match ID: 17 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 17 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

NASA Flight Rerouting Tool Curbs Delays, Emissions
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000
It’s the holiday season — which means many are taking to the skies to join their loved ones. If you’ve ever used an app to navigate on a road trip, you’ve probably noticed how it finds you the most efficient route to your destination, even before you depart. To that end, NASA has been working […]
Match ID: 18 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 17 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:16:12 +0000

“The funds to CJA are critical for building community resilience against climate change threats.”

The post EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 19 Score: 2.14 source: theintercept.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

One in four properties at flood risk by 2050 - report
Tue, 17 Dec 2024 03:20:56 GMT
Climate change could increase flood threats without improvements to defences, the Environment Agency warns.
Match ID: 20 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 20 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

Atmospheric Probe Shows Promise in Test Flight
Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:01:45 +0000
The most effective way to prove a new idea is to start small, test, learn, and test again. A team of researchers developing an atmospheric probe at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, are taking that approach. The concept could offer future scientists a potentially better and more economical way to collect data […]
Match ID: 21 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 25 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

NASA Moves Drone Package Delivery Industry Closer to Reality
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:12:21 +0000
Package delivery drones are coming to our doorsteps in the future, and NASA wants to make sure that when medication or pizza deliveries take to the skies, they will be safe. In July, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first time authorized multiple U.S. companies to fly commercial drones in the same airspace without […]
Match ID: 22 Score: 2.14 source: www.nasa.gov age: 26 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

Top UN court to rule on key climate questions
Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:51:29 GMT
The significant case could clarify governments' legal responsibilities in relation to climate change.
Match ID: 23 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 35 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

Will China step up if Trump takes a step back on climate change?
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:07:36 GMT
How future talks will play out if another superpower comes to the fore, just as the US steps back
Match ID: 24 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 45 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

Deadliest weather made worse by climate change - scientists
Thu, 31 Oct 2024 04:27:46 GMT
Human-caused climate change made recent extreme weather events more intense and more likely, new analysis finds.
Match ID: 25 Score: 2.14 source: www.bbc.com age: 67 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

Greener Is Getting Going
Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:00:00 +0000
We’ve reached a tipping point where we’ve got a cleaner alternative for most transport. Now we have to commit.
Match ID: 26 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 201 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

Why any estimate of the cost of climate change will be flawed
Thu, 30 May 2024 09:51:10 +0000
Temperature fluctuations are unpredictable. Humans are even more so
Match ID: 27 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 221 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

How NIMBYs increase carbon emissions
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:59:08 +0000
Opposition to new buildings has unfortunate consequences
Match ID: 28 Score: 2.14 source: www.economist.com age: 298 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The climate crisis has become a mental health crisis. But eco-anxiety isn’t necessarily a pathology.
Match ID: 29 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 350 days
qualifiers: 2.14 climate change

Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from fossil-fuel-derived energy will finally hit the downward slope.
Match ID: 30 Score: 2.14 source: www.wired.com age: 355 days
qualifiers: 2.14 carbon

Ahrefs vs SEMrush: Which SEO Tool Should You Use?
Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:16:00 +0000

SEMrush and Ahrefs are among the most popular tools in the SEO industry. Both companies have been in business for years and have thousands of customers per month.

If you're a professional SEO or trying to do digital marketing on your own, at some point you'll likely consider using a tool to help with your efforts. Ahrefs and SEMrush are two names that will likely appear on your shortlist.

In this guide, I'm going to help you learn more about these SEO tools and how to choose the one that's best for your purposes.

What is SEMrush?

SEMrush is a popular SEO tool with a wide range of features—it's the leading competitor research service for online marketers. SEMrush's SEO Keyword Magic tool offers over 20 billion Google-approved keywords, which are constantly updated and it's the largest keyword database.

The program was developed in 2007 as SeoQuake is a small Firefox extension

Features

• Most accurate keyword data: Accurate keyword search volume data is crucial for SEO and PPC campaigns by allowing you to identify what keywords are most likely to bring in big sales from ad clicks. SEMrush constantly updates its databases and provides the most accurate data.
• Largest Keyword database: SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool now features 20-billion keywords, providing marketers and SEO professionals the largest database of keywords.


• All SEMrush users receive daily ranking data, mobile volume information, and the option to buy additional keywords by default with no additional payment or add-ons needed
• Most accurate position tracking tool: This tool provides all subscribers with basic tracking capabilities, making it suitable for SEO professionals. Plus, the Position Tracking tool provides local-level data to everyone who uses the tool.
• SEO Data Management: SEMrush makes managing your online data easy by allowing you to create visually appealing custom PDF reports, including Branded and White Label reports, report scheduling, and integration with GA, GMB, and GSC.
• Toxic link monitoring and penalty recovery: With SEMrush, you can make a detailed analysis of toxic backlinks, toxic scores, toxic markers, and outreach to those sites.
• Content Optimization and Creation Tools: SEMrush offers content optimization and creation tools that let you create SEO-friendly content. Some features include the SEO Writing Assistant, On-Page SEO Check, er/SEO Content Template, Content Audit, Post Tracking, Brand Monitoring.

Ahrefs

Ahrefs is a leading SEO platform that offers a set of tools to grow your search traffic, research your competitors, and monitor your niche. The company was founded in 2010, and it has become a popular choice among SEO tools. Ahrefs has a keyword index of over 10.3 billion keywords and offers accurate and extensive backlink data updated every 15-30 minutes and it is the world's most extensive backlink index database.

Features

• Backlink alerts data and new keywords: Get an alert when your site is linked to or discussed in blogs, forums, comments, or when new keywords are added to a blog posting about you.
• Intuitive interface: The intuitive design of the widget helps you see the overall health of your website and search engine ranking at a glance.
• Site Explorer: The Site Explorer will give you an in-depth look at your site's search traffic.
• Domain Comparison
• Reports with charts and graphs
• JavaScript rendering and a site audit can identify SEO issues.
• A question explorer that provides well-crafted topic suggestions

Direct Comparisons: Ahrefs vs SEMrush

Now that you know a little more about each tool, let's take a look at how they compare. I'll analyze each tool to see how they differ in interfaces, keyword research resources, rank tracking, and competitor analysis.

User Interface

Ahrefs and SEMrush both offer comprehensive information and quick metrics regarding your website's SEO performance. However, Ahrefs takes a bit more of a hands-on approach to getting your account fully set up, whereas SEMrush's simpler dashboard can give you access to the data you need quickly.

In this section, we provide a brief overview of the elements found on each dashboard and highlight the ease with which you can complete tasks.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs dashboard is less cluttered than that of SEMrush, and its primary menu is at the very top of the page, with a search bar designed only for entering URLs.

Additional features of the Ahrefs platform include:

• You can see analytics from the dashboard, including search engine rankings to domain ratings, referring domains, and backlink
• Jumping from one tool to another is easy. You can use the Keyword Explorer to find a keyword to target and then directly track your ranking with one click.
• The website offers a tooltip helper tool that allows you to hover your mouse over something that isn't clear and get an in-depth explanation.

SEMRUSH

When you log into the SEMrush Tool, you will find four main modules. These include information about your domains, organic keyword analysis, ad keyword, and site traffic.

You'll also find some other options like

• A search bar allows you to enter a domain, keyword, or anything else you wish to explore.
• A menu on the left side of the page provides quick links to relevant information, including marketing insights, projects, keyword analytics, and more.
• The customer support resources located directly within the dashboard can be used to communicate with the support team or to learn about other resources such as webinars and blogs.
• Detailed descriptions of every resource offered. This detail is beneficial for new marketers, who are just starting.

WHO WINS?

Both Ahrefs and SEMrush have user-friendly dashboards, but Ahrefs is less cluttered and easier to navigate. On the other hand, SEMrush offers dozens of extra tools, including access to customer support resources.

When deciding on which dashboard to use, consider what you value in the user interface, and test out both.

Rank Tracking

If you're looking to track your website's search engine ranking, rank tracking features can help. You can also use them to monitor your competitors.

Let's take a look at Ahrefs vs. SEMrush to see which tool does a better job.

Ahrefs

The Ahrefs Rank Tracker is simpler to use. Just type in the domain name and keywords you want to analyze, and it spits out a report showing you the search engine results page (SERP) ranking for each keyword you enter.

Rank Tracker looks at the ranking performance of keywords and compares them with the top rankings for those keywords. Ahrefs also offers:

You'll see metrics that help you understand your visibility, traffic, average position, and keyword difficulty.

It gives you an idea of whether a keyword would be profitable to target or not.

SEMRUSH

SEMRush offers a tool called Position Tracking. This tool is a project tool—you must set it up as a new project. Below are a few of the most popular features of the SEMrush Position Tracking tool:

All subscribers are given regular data updates and mobile search rankings upon subscribing

The platform provides opportunities to track several SERP features, including Local tracking.

Intuitive reports allow you to track statistics for the pages on your website, as well as the keywords used in those pages.

Identify pages that may be competing with each other using the Cannibalization report.

WHO WINS?

Ahrefs is a more user-friendly option. It takes seconds to enter a domain name and keywords. From there, you can quickly decide whether to proceed with that keyword or figure out how to rank better for other keywords.

SEMrush allows you to check your mobile rankings and ranking updates daily, which is something Ahrefs does not offer. SEMrush also offers social media rankings, a tool you won't find within the Ahrefs platform. Both are good which one do you like let me know in the comment.

Keyword Research

Keyword research is closely related to rank tracking, but it's used for deciding which keywords you plan on using for future content rather than those you use now.

When it comes to SEO, keyword research is the most important thing to consider when comparing the two platforms.

AHREFS

The Ahrefs Keyword Explorer provides you with thousands of keyword ideas and filters search results based on the chosen search engine.

Ahrefs supports several features, including:

• It can search multiple keywords in a single search and analyze them together. At SEMrush, you also have this feature in Keyword Overview.
• Ahrefs has a variety of keywords for different search engines, including Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, and other search engines.
• When you click on a keyword, you can see its search volume and keyword difficulty, but also other keywords related to it, which you didn't use.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush's Keyword Magic Tool has over 20 billion keywords for Google. You can type in any keyword you want, and a list of suggested keywords will appear.

The Keyword Magic Tool also lets you to:

• Show performance metrics by keyword
• Search results are based on both broad and exact keyword matches.
• Show data like search volume, trends, keyword difficulty, and CPC.
• Show the first 100 Google search results for any keyword.
• Identify SERP Features and Questions related to each keyword
• SEMrush has released a new Keyword Gap Tool that uncovers potentially useful keyword opportunities for you, including both paid and organic keywords.

WHO WINS?

Both of these tools offer keyword research features and allow users to break down complicated tasks into something that can be understood by beginners and advanced users alike.

If you're interested in keyword suggestions, SEMrush appears to have more keyword suggestions than Ahrefs does. It also continues to add new features, like the Keyword Gap tool and SERP Questions recommendations.

Competitor Analysis

Both platforms offer competitor analysis tools, eliminating the need to come up with keywords off the top of your head. Each tool is useful for finding keywords that will be useful for your competition so you know they will be valuable to you.

AHREFS

Ahrefs' domain comparison tool lets you compare up to five websites (your website and four competitors) side-by-side.it also shows you how your site is ranked against others with metrics such as backlinks, domain ratings, and more.

Use the Competing Domains section to see a list of your most direct competitors, and explore how many keywords matches your competitors have.

To find more information about your competitor, you can look at the Site Explorer and Content Explorer tools and type in their URL instead of yours.

SEMRUSH

SEMrush provides a variety of insights into your competitors' marketing tactics. The platform enables you to research your competitors effectively. It also offers several resources for competitor analysis including:

Traffic Analytics helps you identify where your audience comes from, how they engage with your site, what devices visitors use to view your site, and how your audiences overlap with other websites.

SEMrush's Organic Research examines your website's major competitors and shows their organic search rankings, keywords they are ranking for, and even if they are ranking for any (SERP) features and more.

The Market Explorer search field allows you to type in a domain and lists websites or articles similar to what you entered. Market Explorer also allows users to perform in-depth data analytics on These companies and markets.

WHO WINS?

SEMrush wins here because it has more tools dedicated to competitor analysis than Ahrefs. However, Ahrefs offers a lot of functionality in this area, too. It takes a combination of both tools to gain an advantage over your competition.

Pricing

Ahrefs

• Lite Monthly: $99/month
• Standard Monthly: $179/month
• Annually Lite: $990/year
• Annually Standard: $1790/year

SEMRUSH

• Pro Plan: $119.95/month
• Guru Plan:$229.95/month
• Business Plan: $449.95/month

Which SEO tool should you choose for digital marketing?

When it comes to keyword data research, you will become confused about which one to choose.

Consider choosing Ahrefs if you

• Like friendly and clean interface
• Searching for simple keyword suggestions

• Want to get more keywords for different search engines like Amazon, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Baidu, and more

 

Consider SEMrush if you:

• Want more marketing and SEO features
• Need competitor analysis tool
• Need to keep your backlinks profile clean
• Looking for more keyword suggestions for Google

Both tools are great. Choose the one which meets your requirements and if you have any experience using either Ahrefs or SEMrush let me know in the comment section which works well for you.

 

 

Match ID: 31 Score: 2.14 source: techncruncher.blogspot.com age: 1042 days
qualifiers: 2.14 toxic

Filter efficiency 96.510 (32 matches/917 results)


********** LAW **********
return to top



Trump promised pardons for January 6 rioters in ‘first hour’ of his second term. What might this mean?
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:00:33 GMT

Observers raise alarm about how pardons for convicted Capitol attackers might weaken US criminal justice system

As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, politicians, legal observers and even sitting federal judges are expressing alarm about his stated intention to pardon or offer commutations to supporters who attacked the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 and were then convicted of crimes.

Clemency for those who sought to block certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory “would undermine the US judiciary and criminal justice system and send a message to Americans that attacking US democratic institutions is appropriate and justifiable”, said a spokesperson for the Society for the Rule of Law.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 0 Score: 40.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 25.00 federal judge(|s), 15.00 judge

Do Kwon, the crypto bro behind $40B Luna/Terra collapse, finally extradited to US
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 22:29:26 +0000
Kwon pled "not guilty" before a federal judge.
Match ID: 1 Score: 40.00 source: arstechnica.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 25.00 federal judge(|s), 15.00 judge

Trump tries to block sentencing in New York hush money case
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:17:52 +0000
Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a New York judge to stop Trump’s sentencing scheduled for Friday on his convictions for falsifying business documents.
Match ID: 2 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 judge

‘Upsetting and frightening’: what’s really behind the door of your holiday rental?
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:45 GMT

Accommodation websites stand accused of not carrying out adequate checks on hosts, turning stays into nightmares

Becky Stewart* and her partner were getting ready for the first full day of their short break in Barcelona when a group made up of police, social workers, council staff, a judge and a locksmith came into their flat and told them to leave within two minutes.

It transpired that the place they were staying in, along with other travellers who had taken rooms, was an unlicensed rental property. And the people advertising it on Booking.com had not paid their rent for months, prompting the morning raid by the authorities, who were not even aware that tourists were staying there.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 3 Score: 15.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 15.00 judge

Trump sentencing sets up an unusual scene ahead of his inauguration
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 20:34:27 +0000
Just 10 days before he is sworn in as the nation’s 47th president, Donald Trump will have to appear before a judge to be sentenced on his 34 felony convictions.
Match ID: 4 Score: 15.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 15.00 judge

Anthropic gives court authority to intervene if chatbot spits out song lyrics
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:36:36 +0000
A small win for music publishers in the fight over Claude outputs.
Match ID: 5 Score: 12.86 source: arstechnica.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 12.86 judge

Harris says ‘democracy can be fragile’ as Trump says certification of election victory will be ‘big moment’ – US politics live
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:54:08 GMT

Senate and House to convene in joint session to certify results four years after Trump’s supporters stormed Capitol

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, the Democratic Party representative from Massachusetts and member of the small group of progressive lawmakers known as The Squad, has put out a stinging statement saying she will vote to certify Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election victory today, while echoing others in warning that he remains a threat to American democracy.

“Four years ago, threatened by a violent mob incited by Donald Trump, our democracy was under attack. And today, our democracy is still threatened by the harm he has promised to deliver in his next term,” she said.

Biden wrote an opinion piece for the Washington Post, in which he warned against efforts to downplay the severity of the 2021 insurrection at the Capitol.

The Capitol is surrounded by fencing and guarded by lots of police, both changes from four years ago. Mother Nature has also weighed in, dumping snow on the Washington DC region and a host of eastern and midwestern states.

Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House speaker during the insurrection, and Hakeem Jeffries, the current House minority leader, both avoided mentioning Trump in statements marking the anniversary of the attack, while signaling the importance of today’s joint session.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 6 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Live updates: Congress set to count, certify Trump’s electoral college victory over Harris
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:50:25 +0000
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and the new Congress.
Match ID: 7 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Frontrunners to lead DNC emerge as defeated Democrats aim to bounce back
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:48:13 GMT

Ken Martin and Ben Wikler from the midwest are favorites as party aims to recapture Congress and White House

As Republicans prepare to seize the reins of power in Washington, a low-profile race to head the Democrats’ national governing body is being flagged up as the first milestone on the party’s agonising road to electoral recovery.

Two middle-aged men from the northern midwest have been tipped as frontrunners to succeed the outgoing Jaime Harrison as chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), a post from which the groundwork for the recapture of Congress and the White House is expected to be undertaken.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 8 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Nigeria's Military Gets Billions in U.S. Aid. On Christmas Day, It Bombed Its Own Civilians Again.
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:22:23 +0000

Rep. Sara Jacobs is trying to raise the alarm about the key U.S. ally's conduct after the Christmas strike killed 10 civilians.

The post Nigeria’s Military Gets Billions in U.S. Aid. On Christmas Day, It Bombed Its Own Civilians Again. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 9 Score: 10.00 source: theintercept.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Congress to certify Trump’s election win as shadow of 2021 Capitol riot looms
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:37:13 GMT

Proceedings will take place under unprecedented security measures so police is ‘not taken by surprise again’

The US Congress will certify Donald Trump’s presidential election victory on Monday in an event heavy with symbolism four years to the day since the he incited a violent mob to disrupt a similar ceremony in an attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

The vice-president, Kamala Harris, Trump’s defeated Democratic opponent in November’s election, will preside over a joint Senate and House of Representatives session to validate the result, which longstanding convention dictates should be a mere formality in the peaceful transfer of power.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 10 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Congress will soon gather at the U.S. Capitol to certify the results of the 2024 election...
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:14:53 +0000

Match ID: 11 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Congress to certify election results, four years after Jan. 6 attacks
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:11:06 +0000
Congress will soon gather at the U.S. Capitol to certify the results of the 2024 election four years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks.
Match ID: 12 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Ahead of Congress meeting to certify the results of the November election in a ritual that...
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:15:46 +0000

Match ID: 13 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

The Electoral Count Act requires that Congress meet on Jan. 6 in a joint session to...
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:02:14 +0000

Match ID: 14 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Congress is set to certify Trump’s win on Monday. Here’s what to know.
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:00:15 +0000

Match ID: 15 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Lauren Boebert’s Survival Instincts
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
The Colorado congresswoman’s inflammatory rhetoric has made her a national symbol of the Trumpist far right. She presents a different image closer to home.
Match ID: 16 Score: 10.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

The Guardian view on film and feminism in China: women feel Her Story is their story | Editorial
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 18:25:24 GMT

The hit comedy has struck a chord by celebrating female friendship and pushing back against misogyny

Just over a year ago, Xi Jinping told China’s national women’s congress that the Communist party must “actively foster a new type of marriage and childbearing culture”. For the last two years, there has been not one woman on the 24-strong politburo (no women have ever reached its standing committee, China’s most senior political body). Activism on women’s issues, as in other areas, has been pushed underground.

Yet while the political environment is dismal, the unexpected success of a low-budget comedy speaks volumes about the way that feminism has gone mainstream in China. This winter’s surprise hit has been Her Story, the tale of a do-it-all single mother’s unexpected friendship with an artsy, sentimental neighbour, which topped the Chinese box office.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 17 Score: 10.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Puerto Rican nationalists attacked the Capitol. Jimmy Carter freed them.
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 11:00:22 +0000
When President Jimmy Carter commuted the prison sentences of the four Puerto Rican nationalists who attacked members of Congress and President Harry S. Truman in the 1950s, he cited “humane considerations.”
Match ID: 18 Score: 10.00 source: www.washingtonpost.com age: 1 day
qualifiers: 10.00 congress

Steve Scalise Knows Exactly What Led to the Bourbon Street Attack: DEI Initiatives
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:24:53 +0000

The Louisiana Republican blamed “wokeness” in part for police’s failure to stop the New Orleans attack that left 15 dead.

The post Steve Scalise Knows Exactly What Led to the Bourbon Street Attack: DEI Initiatives appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 19 Score: 8.57 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 8.57 congress

Buddy MacKay, a Democrat who briefly served as Florida’s governor, dead at 91
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:02:53 EST
Floridians honored the lifelong public servant not just for his 23 days as governor, but his time as a state legislator, congressman and diplomat.
Match ID: 20 Score: 8.57 source: www.politico.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 8.57 congress

Trump’s Tariffs Will Create a Hunger Games Landscape Where the Little Guy Is Guaranteed to Lose
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:57:49 +0000

A banner 2024 whet the appetites of banks and crypto bros. Now the largest companies are salivating over Trump’s economic policies.

The post Trump’s Tariffs Will Create a Hunger Games Landscape Where the Little Guy Is Guaranteed to Lose appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 21 Score: 8.57 source: theintercept.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 8.57 congress

The Scramble to Find the Gaza Doctor in the White Coat
Tue, 31 Dec 2024 21:25:00 +0000

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is one of six medical workers with the Chicago-based organization MedGlobal who remain in Israeli custody.

The post The Scramble to Find the Gaza Doctor in the White Coat appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 22 Score: 5.71 source: theintercept.com age: 5 days
qualifiers: 5.71 congress

Linda McMahon Has No Education Experience Except Wanting to Defund Public Schools
Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:38:54 +0000

Her most important qualification is being a longtime Trump loyalist — and she’ll carry out his vision to gut the Department of Education.

The post Linda McMahon Has No Education Experience Except Wanting to Defund Public Schools appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 23 Score: 4.29 source: theintercept.com age: 6 days
qualifiers: 4.29 congress

He Leaked Trump’s Tax Returns. Will Biden Protect Him?
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Tax experts say IRS whistleblower Charles Littlejohn’s leaks provided a public service — and fear Trump will take retribution.

The post He Leaked Trump’s Tax Returns. Will Biden Protect Him? appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 24 Score: 2.14 source: theintercept.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 2.14 judge

Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable for Hacking WhatsApp
2024-12-24T12:04:24Z

A judge has found that NSO Group, maker of the Pegasus spyware, has violated the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by hacking WhatsApp in order to spy on people using it.

Jon Penney and I wrote a legal paper on the case.

Match ID: 25 Score: 2.14 source: www.schneier.com age: 13 days
qualifiers: 2.14 judge

EU Officials Will Claim Ignorance of Israel’s War Crimes. This Leaked Document Shows What They Knew.
Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:16 +0000

The internal EU document may strip European foreign ministers of “plausible deniability” in Israeli war crimes in Gaza, experts said.

The post EU Officials Will Claim Ignorance of Israel’s War Crimes. This Leaked Document Shows What They Knew. appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 26 Score: 2.14 source: theintercept.com age: 14 days
qualifiers: 2.14 judge

Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age
Sun, 22 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Indiana wanted to kill Joseph Corcoran under the cover of darkness, but one journalist slipped in to witness.

The post Indiana’s Midnight Executions Are a Relic of Another Age appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 27 Score: 2.14 source: theintercept.com age: 15 days
qualifiers: 2.14 judge

Health Insurance Execs Should Live in Fear of Prison, Not Murder
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

The U.S. political system is owned by corporations despised by the American people. Luigi Mangione is the result.

The post Health Insurance Execs Should Live in Fear of Prison, Not Murder appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 28 Score: 2.14 source: theintercept.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 2.14 judge

India mourns former PM Manmohan Singh with Delhi state funeral
Sat, 28 Dec 2024 12:32:40 GMT

People line streets to pay tribute to man who steered India through some of its most turbulent economic times

India bade farewell to former prime minister Manmohan Singh, the architect of the country’s economic transformation, with a state funeral in New Delhi, complete with full honours and a 21-gun salute.

Sikh priests chanted hymns as Singh’s flag-draped coffin, strewn with rose petals, was carried on a carriage through the capital, pulled by a ceremonially decorated army truck. Congress party supporters chanted: “As long as the sun and moon remain, your name will remain,” and “Long live Manmohan Singh” as Singh’s body was removed from the headquarters of the left-leaning party, where it had been lying in state.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 29 Score: 1.43 source: www.theguardian.com age: 9 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The Arizona senator’s prodigious campaign spending in global wine hot spots can’t possibly be related to the campaign she’s not running, says an ethics complaint.

The post In Waning Senate Days, Kyrsten Sinema Screwed Workers and Spent Campaign Cash on Stay at French Castle appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 30 Score: 1.43 source: theintercept.com age: 17 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:16:12 +0000

“The funds to CJA are critical for building community resilience against climate change threats.”

The post EPA Staffers Demand Biden Release Climate Funds Withheld Over Gaza appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 31 Score: 1.43 source: theintercept.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

Senate Approves Defense Bill Blocking Health Care for Thousands of Trans Youth
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:28:04 +0000

Biden appears ready to sign the NDAA, despite objections from advocates and some Democrats about an insidious anti-trans rider.

The post Senate Approves Defense Bill Blocking Health Care for Thousands of Trans Youth  appeared first on The Intercept.

Match ID: 32 Score: 1.43 source: theintercept.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

Congress Again Fails to Limit Scope of Spy Powers in New Defense Bill
Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:31:00 +0000
The National Defense Authorization Act passed today, but lawmakers stripped language that would keep the Trump administration from wielding unprecedented authority to surveil Americans.
Match ID: 33 Score: 1.43 source: www.wired.com age: 18 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
Match ID: 34 Score: 1.43 source: www.nasa.gov age: 30 days
qualifiers: 1.43 congress

Filter efficiency 96.183 (35 matches/917 results)


********** ENTERTAINMENT **********
return to top



The 43 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (January 2025)
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain, Carry-On, and Emilia Pérez are just a few of the movies you should watch on Netflix this month.
Match ID: 0 Score: 55.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 35.00 (best|good|great) (show|movie), 20.00 movie

The 46 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now (January 2025)
Sat, 04 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000
Squid Game, Jentry Chau vs the Underworld, and Missing You are just a few of the shows you need to watch on Netflix this month.
Match ID: 1 Score: 35.00 source: www.wired.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 35.00 (best|good|great) (show|movie)

The 45 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now (January 2025)
Thu, 02 Jan 2025 20:00:00 +0000
Somebody Somewhere, Dune: Prophecy, and The Sex Lives of College Girls are just a few of the shows you need to be watching on Max this month.
Match ID: 2 Score: 30.00 source: www.wired.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 30.00 (best|good|great) (show|movie)

‘It’s easy to call what she did evil’: inside Denmark’s Oscars entry, about a serial child murderer
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:34:55 GMT

Dagmar Overbye took in unwanted children – and killed them in horrific ways. The directer of The Girl With the Needle explains why he brought the story of ‘The Angel Maker’ to the big screen

The citizens of Denmark enjoy a reputation for living an exceptionally stress-free existence. This is in large part due to the small Scandinavian state’s unusually simple system for accessing government services. Every Dane or Danish resident has a CPR (Central Person Register) number made up of their date of birth and four extra digits that is used for anything from banking to tax returns, healthcare and borrowing library books.

It’s a boon of convenience with a grim backstory: Danish welfare services are so streamlined because since 1924 councils have been forced by law to keep population registers, a measure that was catalysed by one of the most gruesome serial murders in the country’s history. Three years earlier, 33-year-old Dagmar Overbye was found to have killed nine infants in her care (and was suspected of murdering 17 more), most of them foster children whose disappearance had not shown up in the national records.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 3 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 movie

“Summer Movies in Central Park,” by Czesław Miłosz
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
“It is this honor, Juliusz, that is granted us: / To resurrect new forms, forged of gold.”
Match ID: 4 Score: 20.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 movie

The Guardian view on film and feminism in China: women feel Her Story is their story | Editorial
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 18:25:24 GMT

The hit comedy has struck a chord by celebrating female friendship and pushing back against misogyny

Just over a year ago, Xi Jinping told China’s national women’s congress that the Communist party must “actively foster a new type of marriage and childbearing culture”. For the last two years, there has been not one woman on the 24-strong politburo (no women have ever reached its standing committee, China’s most senior political body). Activism on women’s issues, as in other areas, has been pushed underground.

Yet while the political environment is dismal, the unexpected success of a low-budget comedy speaks volumes about the way that feminism has gone mainstream in China. This winter’s surprise hit has been Her Story, the tale of a do-it-all single mother’s unexpected friendship with an artsy, sentimental neighbour, which topped the Chinese box office.

Continue reading...
Match ID: 5 Score: 20.00 source: www.theguardian.com age: 0 days
qualifiers: 20.00 movie

The Empty Ambition of “The Brutalist”
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 22:10:28 +0000
Brady Corbet’s epic takes on weighty themes, but fails to infuse its characters with the stuff of life.
Match ID: 6 Score: 20.00 source: www.newyorker.com age: 2 days
qualifiers: 20.00 movie

Marianne Jean-Baptiste Gives a Performance for the Ages in “Hard Truths”
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +0000
In his excoriatingly funny new film, the British realist Mike Leigh reunites with a key actor from his 1996 triumph, “Secrets & Lies.”
Match ID: 7 Score: 17.14 source: www.newyorker.com age: 3 days
qualifiers: 17.14 movie

NASA Accelerates Space Exploration, Earth Science for All in 2024
Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:54:15 +0000
With a look back at 2024, NASA is celebrating its many innovative and inspiring accomplishments this year including for the first time, landing new science and technology on the Moon with an American company, pushing the boundaries of exploration by launching a new mission to study Jupiter’s icy moon Europa; maintaining 24 years of continuous […]
Match ID: 8 Score: 2.86 source: www.nasa.gov age: 30 days
qualifiers: 2.86 movie

Most Frequently Asked Questions About NFTs(Non-Fungible Tokens)
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 10:04:00 +0000

 

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the most popular digital assets today, capturing the attention of cryptocurrency investors, whales and people from around the world. People find it amazing that some users spend thousands or millions of dollars on a single NFT-based image of a monkey or other token, but you can simply take a screenshot for free. So here we share some freuently asked question about NFTs.

1) What is an NFT?

NFT stands for non-fungible  token, which is a cryptographic token on a blockchain with unique identification codes that distinguish it from other tokens. NFTs are unique and not interchangeable, which means no two NFTs are the same. NFTs can be a unique artwork, GIF, Images, videos, Audio album. in-game items, collectibles etc.

2) What is Blockchain?

A blockchain is a distributed digital ledger that allows for the secure storage of data. By recording any kind of information—such as bank account transactions, the ownership of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), or Decentralized Finance (DeFi) smart contracts—in one place, and distributing it to many different computers, blockchains ensure that data can’t be manipulated without everyone in the system being aware.

3) What makes an NFT valuable?

The value of an NFT comes from its ability to be traded freely and securely on the blockchain, which is not possible with other current digital ownership solutionsThe NFT points to its location on the blockchain, but doesn’t necessarily contain the digital property. For example, if you replace one bitcoin with another, you will still have the same thing. If you buy a non-fungible item, such as a movie ticket, it is impossible to replace it with any other movie ticket because each ticket is unique to a specific time and place.

4) How do NFTs work?

One of the unique characteristics of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is that they can be tokenised to create a digital certificate of ownership that can be bought, sold and traded on the blockchain. 

As with crypto-currency, records of who owns what are stored on a ledger that is maintained by thousands of computers around the world. These records can’t be forged because the whole system operates on an open-source network. 

NFTs also contain smart contracts—small computer programs that run on the blockchain—that give the artist, for example, a cut of any future sale of the token.

5) What’s the connection between NFTs and cryptocurrency?

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) aren't cryptocurrencies, but they do use blockchain technology. Many NFTs are based on Ethereum, where the blockchain serves as a ledger for all the transactions related to said NFT and the properties it represents.5) How to make an NFT?

Anyone can create an NFT. All you need is a digital wallet, some ethereum tokens and a connection to an NFT marketplace where you’ll be able to upload and sell your creations

6) How to validate the authencity of an NFT?

When you purchase a stock in NFT, that purchase is recorded on the blockchain—the bitcoin ledger of transactions—and that entry acts as your proof of ownership.

7) How is an NFT valued? What are the most expensive NFTs?

The value of an NFT varies a lot based on the digital asset up for grabs. People use NFTs to trade and sell digital art, so when creating an NFT, you should consider the popularity of your digital artwork along with historical statistics.

In the year 2021, a digital artist called Pak created an artwork called The Merge. It was sold on the Nifty Gateway NFT market for $91.8 million.

8) Can NFTs be used as an investment?

Non-fungible tokens can be used in investment opportunities. One can purchase an NFT and resell it at a profit. Certain NFT marketplaces let sellers of NFTs keep a percentage of the profits from sales of the assets they create.

9) Will NFTs be the future of art and collectibles?

Many people want to buy NFTs because it lets them support the arts and own something cool from their favorite musicians, brands, and celebrities. NFTs also give artists an opportunity to program in continual royalties if someone buys their work. Galleries see this as a way to reach new buyers interested in art.

10) How do we buy an NFTs?

There are many places to buy digital assets, like opensea and their policies vary. On top shot, for instance, you sign up for a waitlist that can be thousands of people long. When a digital asset goes on sale, you are occasionally chosen to purchase it.

11) Can i mint NFT for free?

To mint an NFT token, you must pay some amount of gas fee to process the transaction on the Etherum blockchain, but you can mint your NFT on a different blockchain called Polygon to avoid paying gas fees. This option is available on OpenSea and this simply denotes that your NFT will only be able to trade using Polygon's blockchain and not Etherum's blockchain. Mintable allows you to mint NFTs for free without paying any gas fees.

12) Do i own an NFT if i screenshot it?

The answer is no. Non-Fungible Tokens are minted on the blockchain using cryptocurrencies such as Etherum, Solana, Polygon, and so on. Once a Non-Fungible Token is minted, the transaction is recorded on the blockchain and the contract or license is awarded to whoever has that Non-Fungible Token in their wallet.

12) Why are people investing so much in NFT?

 Non-fungible tokens have gained the hearts of people around the world, and they have given digital creators the recognition they deserve. One of the remarkable things about non-fungible tokens is that you can take a screenshot of one, but you don’t own it. This is because when a non-fungible token is created, then the transaction is stored on the blockchain, and the license or contract to hold such a token is awarded to the person owning the token in their digital wallet.

You can sell your work and creations by attaching a license to it on the blockchain, where its ownership can be transferred. This lets you get exposure without losing full ownership of your work. Some of the most successful projects include Cryptopunks, Bored Ape Yatch Club NFTs, SandBox, World of Women and so on. These NFT projects have gained popularity globally and are owned by celebrities and other successful entrepreneurs. Owning one of these NFTs gives you an automatic ticket to exclusive business meetings and life-changing connections.

Final Saying

That’s a wrap. Hope you guys found this article enlightening. I just answer some question with my limited knowledge about NFTs. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop them in the comment section below. Also I have a question for you, Is bitcoin an NFTs? let me know in The comment section below

Match ID: 9 Score: 2.86 source: techncruncher.blogspot.com age: 1065 days
qualifiers: 2.86 movie

Filter efficiency 98.909 (10 matches/917 results)