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Plans for the world's first octopus 'megafarm' are CANCELLED amid concerns the 'sentient' animals can feel pain and emotions

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Arielle Charnas left carnage in her wake when her fashion brand imploded. Now comes the influencer's shameless second act... Killer Massachusetts mom's coded courtroom signals: Lindsay Clancy's surprising demeanor as potential jurors are reduced to tears in trial over murder of three children My fiancé made a taboo demand ahead of our wedding night... it's obscene, I can't bring myself to do it: DEAR JANE Watch married SWAT officer's brazen remarks after he's caught on video having sex with blonde cop at school: Toe-curling new footage revealed Which food additive is most likely to fuel bowel cancer? Like many wives, there's only one way for me to orgasm - and my husband finds it humiliating. Kylian Mbappe admits he will be in'pain for a while' as he releases emotional 520-word statement after France's World Cup heartbreak Plans for the world's first octopus'megafarm' are CANCELLED amid concerns the'sentient' animals can feel pain and emotions Married elite NYC lawyer, 45, is caught red-handed with underling, 29, in passionate Central Park rendezvous... then tracked down at $2.3m home he shares with wife nearby Timothee Chalamet left'uncomfortable' by lookalike links to sexually explicit OnlyFans content... and the rumors he's fueling Strip club heiress finally confesses forbidden secrets her father kept hidden... and reveals the day she uncovered the astonishing truth behind the G-strings Meghan says she tells Archie and Lilibet to'pick' fruit from their garden if they want dessert - but later insists'we always have a nice, as my husband would say, pud' Plans for the world's first octopus'megafarm' are CANCELLED amid concerns the'sentient' animals can feel pain and emotions READ MORE: Scientists say scampi carries'hidden climate cost' Plans for the world's first octopus'megafarm' have been cancelled amid a flurry of ethical and environmental concerns. Nueva Pescanova, a Spanish seafood group, was aiming to build the aquaculture project in the maritime hub of Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands.


Towards experiment-guided AlphaFold

AIHub

The AI-based program AlphaFold predicts a protein's 3D structure with remarkable accuracy. However, it tends to reduce heterogeneous structures to a single dominant conformation, or shape, and overlooks experimental conditions that can alter local structure. Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and international collaborators have now developed a way to guide AlphaFold with experimental data. Their approach, published in, paves the way for improved future predictive models. Our understanding of molecular structures is considerably influenced by X-ray crystallography--a technique that has served as structural biology's central pillar for many decades.


This Is Donald Trump's AI Brain Trust

WIRED

This Is Donald Trump's AI Brain Trust "It's not an argument with two sides, it's an argument with 10 sides," one senior administration official tells WIRED about how US AI policy is being shaped. As China's open-weight AI models become increasingly powerful, the Trump administration is relying on a small group of officials to decide whether and what restrictions should be imposed. The group is scattered across several departments and agencies in Washington--and they all have differing views on the best way to keep the US ahead in the race against China. "It's not an argument with two sides, it's an argument with ten sides," one senior White House official tells WIRED about the state of affairs. With little interagency coordination in the administration, policy will almost certainly end up being set by the people with the most influence with the president.


Sam Altman says AI has entered 'singularity': Should we be worried?

Al Jazeera

Sam Altman says AI has entered'singularity': Should we be worried? How is the US tech industry regulated? The 2014 US film Transcendence follows a dying scientist who uploads his mind to a supercomputer and becomes a near omnipotent intelligence. A year later, Ex Machina told the story of a humanoid robot who outsmarts her human handlers and escapes into the wider world. Both of these films, like many others from the realm of science fiction, referred to what is known as "the singularity", a moment in time when technology, particularly AI, surpasses human intelligence and becomes increasingly difficult to control.


Measles Is Becoming So Common That Treatments May Soon Be Needed

WIRED

As the US sees its highest number of measles cases in decades and vaccination rates fall, researchers are developing drugs to help those who contract the virus or who are particularly vulnerable. Up until recently, measles vaccination has been so effective that there's been little medical or financial incentive to develop treatments for the disease. But as measles cases hit a 35-year high and vaccination rates continue to decline in the US, a handful of biotech companies and academic groups have started working on measles treatments for those infected with the virus as well as vulnerable individuals needing short-term protection. It will likely be years, however, before these countermeasures are available, and it's even more uncertain if those who refuse vaccines would take such treatments. Fueled by large outbreaks in South Carolina and Utah, the US had already surpassed last year's 2,289 measles cases, and it's only July.


Stop buying flat-faced dogs! RSPCA reports a 3800% increase in French Bulldogs coming into its care over the last 10 years - as owners struggle to cope with the repercussions of their 'cute' features

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Dr Anthony Fauci's embarrassing obsession with fame and celebrities is revealed in secret unearthed diary entries... as he bragged about meeting A-listers while Americans died from Covid Influencer's haunting final screams and cries heard on 911 call moments before husband shot her after outing him as pedophile online Arielle Charnas left carnage in her wake when her fashion brand imploded. RSPCA reports a 3800% increase in French Bulldogs coming into its care over the last 10 years - as owners struggle to cope with the repercussions of their'cute' features Flat-faced Frenchies and Pugs might look cute, but the RSPCA is warning pet lovers to avoid these breeds amidst a'tragic' rise in abandonments. The number of French Bulldogs coming into care of the RSPCA has increased by a staggering 3,800 per cent in the last 10 years. In 2016, the animal welfare charity took in just six French Bulldogs, or Frenchie crosses, from owners who could no longer safely keep their pets. Last year that figure rose to 234 Frenchies - almost double the number abandoned in four years from 2016 to 2019 combined.


Russia and Ukraine trade attacks, killing 10, including child in Chernihiv

Al Jazeera

Is the war entering a new phase? Russian forces have killed at least six people in Ukraine, according to officials, after launching ballistic missile attacks on the capital, Kyiv, and strikes on other regions, including a supermarket in the northern city of Chernihiv. The attacks on Sunday came as Russian officials said that Moscow-occupied areas of Ukraine had also come under fire, with four people killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the occupied city of Horlivka. Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv cities were all hit. In northern Chernihiv, officials said a Russian drone hit a supermarket, killing two people, including a nine-year-old girl, and wounding 25 others.


Missile strikes kill civilians in Kyiv and other cities, with Russian-held areas hit

The Japan Times

The Ukrainian capital Kyiv came under ballistic missile attack from Russian forces early on Sunday, local authorities said, while other regions suffered bombardments later during the day that killed at least six people. Russia said areas of Ukraine under Moscow's control had also come under attack, with four people killed in a Ukrainian drone strike in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Horlivka. In its morning note, Ukraine's air force said Russia had launched seven ballistic missiles and 136 drones at Ukraine overnight. In the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, a Russian drone hit a supermarket, killing two people -- including a 9-year-old child -- and wounding 25, Ukraine's emergency services said. "This is deliberate Russian terror that has no military justification," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram. In the eastern city of Kharkiv, one person was killed and 16 others required medical attention after a daytime drone attack, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram.


Would you choose 50,000 over the chance of 1m?

BBC News

Would you choose £50,000 over the chance of £1m? You have the choice of instantly receiving £50,000 or flipping a coin for a 50/50 chance of £1m. The vast majority decide on taking the £50k, according to a survey of thousands of people by YouGov. Women voted 82% in favour of the guaranteed cash. The poll has sparked a debate about why Brits appear more risk-averse than people in the US.


Losing my leg has elevated my life, says world champion surfer

BBC News

Four-time world champion adaptive surfer Llywelyn Williams says losing his leg as a teenager elevated his life. Surfing played a pivotal role in his recovery and in the years since losing a leg after being hit by a car in 2011. It had been a passion of the then 16-year-old prior to the accident - and it was not going to stop him despite being severely injured while out skateboarding. In fact, he recalled coming around from a coma in hospital amid a dream that a surfboard came between him and a bright light like you see in the movies. It wasn't my time, said Williams, from Abersoch, Gwynedd.