Russia Delays Key Science Projects: Everything You Need to Know
Russia Delays Key Science Projects: Everything You Need to Know
Russia’s ambitious plans to expand its scientific research infrastructure have encountered significant delays, reportedly due to international trade sanctions and budget constraints. These setbacks, announced by officials last month, impact three critical projects aimed at advancing research into molecular structures and materials. These projects include a new synchrotron light source, modernisation of an existing facility, and an expansion of a neutron research centre.
Trade Sanctions and Economic Strain Hamper Progress
As per a report by Science.org, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Denis Sekirinsky indicated that while the causes of delays vary, a major challenge stems from international trade sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine. The report highlights that these sanctions have disrupted the import of specialised equipment necessary for projects like the $900 million Siberian Ring Photon Source (SKIF). Originally set to begin preliminary operations in 2023, SKIF’s timeline has been extended to at least 2025, the report further adds. Engineers are now attempting to produce certain components domestically or secure them from countries such as China, which has not implemented sanctions on Russia.
Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation Source Modernisation Stalled
The Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation Source (KISI) in Moscow, originally scheduled to be upgraded by 2026, has also been delayed, with completion now estimated for 2028. This facility is Russia’s existing source of x-rays for molecular research and will be critical while SKIF ******** under construction. However, ongoing budget constraints and equipment shortages could pose further challenges.
Neutron Research Centre Expansion Faces Budget and Trade Issues
The expansion of the International Centre for Neutron Research in Gatchina, which intended to increase the number of research stations from five to fourteen, has similarly been postponed. Estimated to cost $1.2 billion, this project is designed to enhance Russia’s capability to analyse materials using neutron beams.
While Andrey Rogachev, Director of the Landau Phystech School of Physics, states the importance of these facilities for Russia’s scientific progress, others, like independent researcher Sergey Vitebsky, remain sceptical about the feasibility of meeting the new deadlines. Vitebsky says that these delays highlight deeper challenges related to funding and the country’s strained wartime economy, casting doubt on the government’s ability to see these projects through in the near term.
State Duma’s Alexander Mazhuga, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Science and Higher Education, has expressed optimism, asserting that Russia ******** committed to its scientific ambitions. However, repeated delays have raised questions about the realistic timelines for these “megaprojects,” some of which have faced multiple postponements since their initial announcement in 2018.
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China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings
China roads blocked by thousands of cyclists in night quest for dumplings
It started as a social media quest for dumplings, but ended with thousands of cyclists bringing traffic gridlock between two cities in central China.
What should have been a boost to the ancient city of Kaifeng’s economy backfired when the trend went viral – tens of thousands on rented bikes cycled through the night from nearby Zhenghou for breakfast.
A six-lane expressway between the two cities quickly filled with cyclists. Police used loudspeakers to tell them to leave and bike rental firms warned they would remotely lock bikes taken out of Zhengzhou.
The event is part of a trend of young ******** people travelling cheaply at a time when the economy is faltering and job prospects are scarce.
The trend was started by four university students who cycled the 50km (30 miles) from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng in June to try guantangbao, a type of soup dumpling.
“You only have one youth, you have to try a spontaneous trip with your friends,” one of four told local media.
That message struck a chord with other young people in the city of 12.6 million people, at a time when many in China complain of burnout from an overly-competitive job market.
A social media trend called “Night Ride to Kaifeng” was born. State media initially praised the trend as a demonstration of young people’s “passion”.
Local government saw it as a opportunity to recreate the instant fame that the town of Zibo enjoyed last year because of its barbecues.
Before Friday night’s gridlock Kaifeng officials even announced special discounts and events for college students. They also put in place additional traffic control measures to protect the cyclists.
Ms Li, 27, rode a motorbike to Kaifeng along with the students on Friday night. She said she saw a post about the trend and decided to join and “live like a young person for once”.
“Everyone was beaming with energy and interacting with people around them. It was like back to my college days,” she told the BBC.
There was heavy police presence all the way, she said.
“You could see ambulances and traffic police cars on both sides of the roads quite often, and there were also drones flying in the sky to monitor the traffic,” she said.
But the happy mood soon changed. The roads in Zhengzhou started being overwhelmed by the thousands of bikes.
Pictures circulating online showed serious congestion on the main roads from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng. One witness told local media Jimu News that his drive on the same route, which usually took one hour, took three.
Some riders shared on social media that they were forced to get off their bikes and push their way through the crowd.
There was no official estimate of the number of bicycles on the road on Friday night. But reports on social media suggest the number ranged from 100,000 to 200,000.
Many of those who made it to Kaifeng didn’t end up having a good time either.
One viral post from a student, who rode more than seven hours, said they couldn’t get a taxi or a hotel room as the demand was overwhelmingly high.
“I really regret going. As I sat in a restaurant eating my meal, I heard the owner criticising college students for having nothing to do… I’m really sorry for affecting the people in Kaifeng,” the student said on social media platform Xiaohongshu.
As the gridlock worsened, three major hire bike platforms in China issued a ****** statement urging students to use trains or buses for long distance travel and avoid using bikes at night for safety reasons.
By Saturday afternoon, the companies had started charging a fee for those who ride to a different city.
Multiple posts suggest some universities in Zhengzhou have now asked students to return to their dormitories and imposed restrictions on them leaving the campus.
Some social media users criticised the cyclists for “irresponsible” behaviour such as littering.
Traffic police in both Zhengzhou and Kaifeng closed off some of the main cycling lanes between the two cities on Saturday and Sunday.
It is also not surprising to see authorities in the two cities pushing back as ******** authorities have always cracked down on big gatherings to ensure stability.
Last month, police in Shanghai silenced celebrations for Halloween over fears the revelries might turn into platforms for dissent.
But Ms Li thinks these events and trends such as the Night Ride to Kaifeng will continue to appeal to young ******** people.
“People are so stressed these days, so these events are a good thing. Because happiness is infectious.”
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Collingwood settle wrongful dismissal claim with former First Nations strategist out of court
Collingwood settle wrongful dismissal claim with former First Nations strategist out of court
An out-of-court settlement has been reached between Collingwood and a former First Nations strategist who accused club CEO Craig Kelly of a series of ******* slurs and attacks.
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Vladimir ****** trying to get in Donald Trump’s head to ‘manipulate’ him with flattery, says former MI6 chief
Vladimir ****** trying to get in Donald Trump’s head to ‘manipulate’ him with flattery, says former MI6 chief
Vladimir ******’s message of congratulations to Donald Trump was already trying to get in his head to “manipulate” him, says a former MI6 chief.
Sir Alex Younger, who headed the British Secret Intelligence Service from 2014 to 2020, described the words to the US president elect from former KGB man ****** as “classic spy bluster”.
The Russian president on Thursday congratulated Trump on winning the US election, praised him as a “real man” in the way he acted “courageously” when a gunman tried to ************ him, and said Moscow was ready for dialogue with him.
Sir Alex, who was known as “C” as Britain’s spy chief, stressed that these words would have been very carefully chosen.
“This is classic spy bluster…I should know,” he told BBC radio.
“****** has access to the best psychologists and would have thought very carefully about how to send the most manipulative and flattering message he can manage.”
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Sir Alex believes ****** will be “very pleased” with Trump’s victory over Democrat Kamala Harris.
“But I think also he knows there is a lot in play here,” he added.
“There is a real risk that he overreaches and there is a reference in the early report about Trump’s unpredictability.
“****** is a tactical opportunist, that is kind of what spies are like.
“But strategically, actually he has sent some very mixed messages about what is going to happen next.”
In his first public remarks since Trump’s win, ****** highlighted how the *********** property tycoon responded when he was shot while speaking at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania in July.
“He behaved, in my opinion, in a very correct way, courageously, like a real man,” ****** said on a visit to the Russian ****** Sea resort of Sochi.
“I take this opportunity to congratulate him on his election.”
On Trump’s claim that he could swiftly end the Ukraine conflict, the Russian president added: “What was said about the ******* to restore relations with Russia, to bring about the end of the Ukrainian crisis, in my opinion this deserves attention at least.”
The US president elect, though, has given few insights into how he believes he could bring peace in Ukraine within 24 hours.
******, 72, appeared to acknowledge that Trump, 78, was unpredictable, with his rhetoric often not matching his actions.
“I do not know what is going to happen now. I have no clue,” he added, signalling that he was ready for talks with Trump.
Sir Alex stressed the need to be “open-minded” given the reality of what is happening in Ukraine and that the previous policy which he described as “letting Ukraine lose slowly” was not “working very well”.
He expects Trump to seek a quick resolution of the conflict but said he is “being pulled in two directions”.
Some of Trump’s advisers were arguing that Ukraine should be forced into unarmed neutrality and giving up territory which meant “back into the bosom of ******” while others supported a land swap but also reinforcing Kyiv’s military and economic capabilities, though possibly short of Nato membership.
“We need to make sure we are compounding that second argument,” Sir Alex emphasised.
The first option of loss of territory and unarmed neutrality for Ukraine would “embolden ****** to a degree that makes Europe’s position highly perilous,” he added.
But he believes Trump can be persuaded to ******* such a policy given the risk of it meaning that he ends up “owning a fiasco”.
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Narrogin’s PM706 steam locomotive returned home and reunited with the town’s last steam train fireman
Narrogin’s PM706 steam locomotive returned home and reunited with the town’s last steam train fireman
Narrogin’s last steam train fireman was reunited with the PM706 locomotive and coal tender he worked on 52 years ago.
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A special Nintendo Direct later today will show the Donkey Kong area in Super Nintendo World
A special Nintendo Direct later today will show the Donkey Kong area in Super Nintendo World
Nintendo will hold a special Direct presentation today, dedicated to its latest theme park attraction.
The Donkey Kong Country expansion for Super Nintendo World is set to open in Universal Studios Japan later this year.
The new Super Nintendo World Direct stream, which shows off the area in more detail, will air today at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm GMT.
Nintendo stresses that the 10-minute stream will be dedicated solely to the Donkey Kong Country area, and that “no game information will be featured”.
Donkey Kong Country was originally supposed to open in the ********* theme park this past spring, expanding the size of the existing Super Nintendo World by 70%.
However, Nintendo confirmed back in April that the area had been delayed until the end of 2024.
The new Donkey Kong Country area is set to include a new roller coaster based on the games’ mine cart rides.
The coaster’s cars are elevated and placed over a fake track, designed to make it look like the player is jumping over gaps and breaks in the track.
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A CGI trailer released in December showcased the Donkey Kong area, appearing to show a new store themed on Funky Kong, and a bongos mini-game. Like the Mario area, it will also feature interactive elements and themed merchandise and food.
Earlier this year, Universal confirmed that its upcoming Universal Epic Universe park, which opens in Orlando in summer 2025, will feature a Super Nintendo World area, including the Donkey Kong Country expansion.
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2025’s Disappointing Social Security COLA Could Surprisingly Benefit Many Retirees
2025’s Disappointing Social Security COLA Could Surprisingly Benefit Many Retirees
The annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is one of the most important features of the government program. Without those annual raises, seniors would quickly find the purchasing power of their monthly annuity checks failing to meet their needs. That might feel like the case for some even with the COLA.
The Social Security Administration announced a 2.5% COLA for 2025 on Oct. 10 this year. That number is far lower than in recent years. The last three years saw COLAs of 5.9%, 8.7%, and 3.2% as inflation soared. But many seniors are still feeling the effects of inflation, and a 2.5% raise to their benefits isn’t going to make much of a dent in their grocery bill.
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But there’s a surprising benefit of a lower COLA for many seniors, and it could be a lot more important than the increase in their Social Security check.
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Social Security was never meant to replace your income in retirement. When the program first started, many companies offered employees pensions. Now most people have private retirement savings. Social Security is designed to supplement income from your retiremen
t savings.
If you saved even a small amount in your 401(k) or IRA while working, you likely have some nest egg you’re drawing on in retirement. Your retirement account doesn’t get a COLA — it gets whatever returns the market offers. Over the long run, investors can expect a balanced portfolio of stocks to outperform inflation. But there’s a lot of volatility that comes from investing in many securities.
It’s up to retirees to withdraw enough from their retirement accounts to cover their cost of living, regardless of how much their investments went up (or down). Theoretically, the purchasing power of Social Security will remain the same year after year. But the purchasing power of your retirement portfolio will be greater in periods of low inflation relative to high inflation, all things being equal.
So, retirees who have significant amounts invested in the market and use those savings to fund a meaningful portion of their spending are actually better off in a low-inflation, low-COLA environment. It appears we’re headed that way with 2025’s 2.5% raise.
Another reason many seniors should be happy about the lower COLA is the long-term effect of inflation (the factor that determines your COLA) on your retirement account withdrawals.
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Many people follow a safe withdrawal rate to determine how much they can take out of their retirement savings each year. For example, if you use the 4% rule, you’ll withdraw 4% of your initial portfolio balance from when you retire. If you retire with $500,000 in savings, you’ll withdraw $20,000 each year. The key is that you’ll adjust that withdrawal for inflation each year. So, if inflation was 5% this year, you’d withdraw $21,000 next year. You’ll keep adjusting every year.
Extended periods of high inflation can completely ruin your safe withdrawal rate plan. The father of the 4% rule, Bill Bengen, said inflation is its biggest threat, not a bear market or a poor sequence of returns.
We had multiple years of relatively high inflation, and it’s just starting to come down. If inflation had continued to run hot in 2024, it would’ve led to a higher COLA, but it could have put serious strain on many retirees’ withdrawal rates. If retirees need to adjust their withdrawals lower in order to ensure the longevity of their portfolio, it could have a much ******* effect for many than a higher COLA.
While many retirees may have been disappointed by last month’s news, the bright side is that the rest of their finances are looking much stronger as a result of low inflation.
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Four Downs: Kansas City Chiefs keep finding ways to win as improbable streak rolls on
Four Downs: Kansas City Chiefs keep finding ways to win as improbable streak rolls on
FOUR DOWNS: Is there anything more improbable than Kansas City’s unbeaten start to the year?
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Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his ********* cases vanish
Begin deportation push, pardon Jan. 6 rioters and make his ********* cases vanish
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has said he wouldn’t be a dictator — “except for Day 1.” According to his own statements, he’s got a lot to do on that first day in the White House.
His list includes starting up the mass deportation of migrants, rolling back Biden administration policies on education, reshaping the federal government by ******* potentially thousands of federal employees he believes are secretly working against him, and pardoning people who were arrested for their role in the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
“I want to close the border, and I want to drill, drill, drill,” he said of his Day 1 plans.
When he took office in 2017, he had a long list, too, including immediately renegotiating trade deals, deporting migrants and putting in place measures to root out government ***********. Those things didn’t happen all at once.
How many executive orders in the first week? “There will be tens of them. I can assure you of that,” Trump’s national press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told Fox News on Sunday.
Here’s a look at what Trump has said he will do in his second term and whether he can do it the moment he steps into the White House:
Make most of his ********* cases go away, at least the federal ones
Trump has said that “within two seconds” of taking office that he would ***** Jack Smith, the special counsel who has been prosecuting two federal cases against him. Smith is already evaluating how to wind down the cases because of long-standing Justice Department policy that says sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted.
Smith charged Trump last year with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Trump cannot pardon himself when it comes to his state conviction in New York in a hush money case, but he could seek to leverage his status as president-elect in an effort to set aside or expunge his felony conviction and stave off a potential prison sentence.
A case in Georgia, where Trump was charged with election interference, will likely be the only ********* case left standing. It would probably be put on hold until at least 2029, at the end of his presidential term. The Georgia prosecutor on the case just won reelection.
Pardon supporters who attacked the Capitol
More than 1,500 people have been charged since a mob of Trump supporters spun up by the outgoing president attacked the Capitol almost nearly four years ago.
Trump launched his general election campaign in March by not merely trying to rewrite the history of that riot, but positioning the violent siege and ******* attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House. As part of that, he called the rioters “unbelievable patriots” and promised to help them “the first day we get into office.”
As president, Trump can pardon anyone convicted in federal court, District of Columbia Superior Court or in a military court-martial. He can stop the continued prosecution of rioters by telling his attorney general to stand down.
“I am inclined to pardon many of them,” Trump said on his social media platform in March when announcing the promise. “I can’t say for every single one, because a couple of them, probably they got out of control.”
Dismantle the ‘deep state’ of government workers
Trump could begin the process of stripping tens of thousands of career employees of their civil service protections, so they could be more easily fired.
He wants to do two things: drastically reduce the federal workforce, which he has long said is an unnecessary drain, and to “totally obliterate the deep state” — perceived enemies who, he believes, are hiding in government jobs.
Within the government, there are hundreds of politically appointed professionals who come and go with administrations. There also are tens of thousands of “career” officials, who work under Democratic and *********** presidents. They are considered apolitical workers whose expertise and experience help keep the government functioning, particularly through transitions.
Trump wants the ability to convert some of those career people into political jobs, making them easier to dismiss and replace with loyalists. He would try to accomplish that by reviving a 2020 executive order known as “Schedule F.” The idea behind the order was to strip job protections from federal workers and create a new class of political employees. It could affect roughly 50,000 of 2.2 million civilian federal employees.
Democratic President Joe Biden rescinded the order when he took office in January 2021. But Congress ******* to pass a bill protecting federal employees. The Office of Personnel Management, the federal government’s chief human resources agency, finalized a rule last spring against reclassifying workers, so Trump might have to spend months — or even years — unwinding it.
Trump has said he has a particular focus on “corrupt bureaucrats who have weaponized our justice system” and “corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus.”
Beyond the firings, Trump wants to ****** down on government officials who ***** to reporters. He also wants to require that federal employees pass a new civil service test.
Impose tariffs on imported goods, especially those from China
Trump promised throughout the campaign to impose tariffs on imported goods, particularly those from China. He argued that such import taxes would keep manufacturing jobs in the ******* States, shrink the federal deficit and help lower food prices. He also cast them as central to his national security agenda.
“Tariffs are the greatest thing ever invented,” Trump said during a September rally in Flint, Michigan.
The size of his pledged tariffs varied. He proposed at least a 10% across-the-board tariff on imported goods, a 60% import tax on goods from China and a 25% tariff on all goods from Mexico — if not more.
Trump would likely not need Congress to impose these tariffs, as was clear in 2018, when he imposed them on steel and aluminum imports without going through lawmakers by citing Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. That law, according to the Congressional Research Service, gives a president the power to adjust tariffs on imports that could affect U.S. national security, an argument Trump has made.
“We’re being invaded by Mexico,” Trump said at a rally in North Carolina this month. Speaking about the new president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, Trump said: “I’m going to inform her on Day 1 or sooner that if they don’t stop this onslaught of ********** and drugs coming into our country, I’m going to immediately impose a 25% tariff on everything they send into the ******* States of America.”
Roll back protections for transgender students
Trump said during the campaign that he would roll back Biden administration action seeking to protect transgender students from discrimination in schools on the first day of his new administration.
Opposition to transgender rights was central to the Trump campaign’s closing argument. His campaign ran an ad in the final days of the race against Vice President Kamala Harris in which a narrator said: “Kamala is for they/them. President Trump is for you.”
The Biden administration announced new Title IX protections in April that made clear treating transgender students differently from their classmates is discrimination. Trump responded by saying he would roll back those changes, pledging to do some on the first day of his new administration and specifically noting he has the power to act without Congress.
“We’re going to end it on Day 1,” Trump said in May. “Don’t forget, that was done as an order from the president. That came down as an executive order. And we’re going to change it — on Day 1 it’s going to be changed.”
It is unlikely Trump will stop there.
Speaking at a Wisconsin rally in June, Trump said “on Day 1″ he would “sign a new executive order” that would cut federal money for any school “pushing critical race theory, transgender insanity and other inappropriate *******, ******* or political content onto the lives of our children.”
Trump hasn’t said how he would try to cut schools’ federal money, and any widespread rollback would require action from Congress.
Drill, drill, drill
Trump is looking to reverse climate policies aimed at reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
With an executive order on Day 1, he can roll back environmental protections, halt wind projects, scuttle the Biden administration’s targets that encourage the switch to electric cars and abolish standards for companies to become more environmentally friendly.
He has pledged to increase production of U.S. fossil fuels, promising to “drill, drill, drill,” when he gets into office on Day 1 and seeking to open the Arctic wilderness to oil drilling, which he claims would lower energy costs.
Settle the war between Russia and Ukraine
Trump has repeatedly said he could settle the war between Russia and Ukraine in one day.
When asked to respond to the claim, Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said “the Ukrainian crisis cannot be solved in one day.”
Leavitt, the Trump press secretary, told Fox News after Trump on Wednesday was declared the winner of the election that he would now be able to “negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.” She later said, “It includes, on Day 1, bringing Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table to end this war.”
Russia invaded Ukraine nearly three years ago. Trump, who makes no secret of his admiration for Russian President Vladimir ******, has criticized the Biden administration for giving money to Ukraine to ****** the war.
At a CNN town hall in May 2023, Trump said: “They’re dying, Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying. And I’ll have that done — I’ll have that done in 24 hours.” He said that would happen after he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and ******.
Begin mass deportations of migrants in the US
Speaking last month at his Madison Square Garden rally in New York, Trump said: “On Day 1, I will launch the largest deportation program in ********* history to get the ********** out. I will rescue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered, and we will put these vicious and bloodthirsty ********** in jail, then kick them the ***** out of our country as fast as possible.”
In one of his first personnel announcements, Trump announced via social media late Sunday that he would put Tom Homan, his former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, “in charge of all Deportation of ******** Aliens back to their Country of Origin,” a central part of his agenda.
Trump can direct his administration to begin the effort the minute he arrives in office, but it’s much more complicated to actually deport the nearly 11 million people who are believed to be in the ******* States illegally. That would require a huge, trained law enforcement force, massive detention facilities, airplanes to move people and nations willing to accept them.
Trump has said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act. That rarely used 1798 law allows the president to deport anyone who is not an ********* citizen and is from a country with which there is a “declared war” or a threatened or attempted “invasion or predatory incursion.”
He has spoken about deploying the National Guard, which can be activated on orders from a governor. Stephen Miller, a top Trump adviser, said sympathetic *********** governors could send troops to nearby states that refuse to participate.
Asked about the cost of his plan, he told NBC News: “It’s not a question of a price tag. It’s not — really, we have no choice. When people have ******* and murdered, when ***** lords have destroyed countries, and now they’re going to go back to those countries because they’re not staying here. There is no price tag.”
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Donald Trump: Jim Chalmers says Australia has ‘more at stake than most’ from trade war
Donald Trump: Jim Chalmers says Australia has ‘more at stake than most’ from trade war
Australia has ‘more at stake than most’ if a global trade war erupts under Donald Trump’s second presidency, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned.
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Monkeys that escaped a lab are a species used for human research since the 1800s
Monkeys that escaped a lab are a species used for human research since the 1800s
The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet. And for more than a century, they have held a mirror to humanity, revealing our strengths and weaknesses through their own clever behaviors, organ systems and genetic code.
The bare-faced primates with expressive eyes have been launched on rockets into space. Their genome has been mapped. They have even been stars of a reality TV show.
Animal rights groups point out that the species has been subjected to studies on vaccines, organ transplants and the impact of separating infants from mothers. At the same time, many in the scientific community will tell you just how vital their research is to fighting AIDS, polio and COVID-19.
In 2003, a nationwide shortage of rhesus macaques threatened to slow down studies and scientists were paying up to $10,000 per animal to continue their work.
“Every large research university in the ******* States probably has some rhesus macaques hidden somewhere in the basement of its medical school,” according to the 2007 book, “Macachiavellian Intelligence: How Rhesus Macaques and Humans Have Conquered the World.”
“The U.S. Army and NASA have rhesus macaques too,” wrote the book’s author, Dario Maestripieri, a behavioral scientist at the University of Chicago, “and for years they trained them to play computer video games to see whether the monkeys could learn to pilot planes and launch missiles.”
Research begins in the 1890s
Humans have been using the rhesus macaque for scientific research since the late 1800s when the theory of evolution gained more acceptance, according to a 2022 research paper by the journal eLife.
The first study on the species was published in 1893 and described the “anatomy of advanced pregnancy,” according to the eLife paper. By 1925, the Carnegie Science Institute had set up a breeding population of the monkeys to study embryology and fertility in a species that was similar to humans.
One reason for the animal’s popularity was its abundance. These monkeys have the largest natural range of any non-human primate, stretching from Afghanistan and India to Vietnam and China.
“The other reason is because rhesus macaques, as primates go, are a pretty hardy species,” said Eve Cooper, the eLife research paper’s lead author and a biology professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder. “They can live under conditions and they can be bred under conditions that are relatively easy to maintain.”
NASA rockets and the Salk polio vaccine
In the 1950s, the monkey’s kidneys were used to make the Salk polio vaccine. NASA also used the animals during the space race, according to a brief history of animals in space on the agency’s website.
For example, a rhesus monkey named “Miss Sam” was launched in 1960 in a Mercury capsule that attained a velocity of 1,800 mph (1,900 kph) and an altitude of 9 miles (14.5 kilometers) . She was retrieved in overall good condition.
“She was also returned to her training colony until her ****** on an unknown date,” NASA wrote.
Mapping the human genome
In 2007, scientists unraveled the DNA of the rhesus macaque. The species shared about 93% of its DNA with humans, even though macaques branched off from the ape family about 25 million years ago.
In comparison, humans and chimpanzees have evolved separately since splitting from a common ancestor about 6 million years ago, but still have almost 99% of their gene sequences in common.
The mapping of the human genome in 2001 sparked an ********** of work to similarly decipher the DNA of other animals. The rhesus macaque was the third primate genome to be completed,
‘They’re very political’
For those who have studied the behavior of rhesus macaques, the research is just as interesting.
“They share some striking similarities to ourselves in terms of their social intelligence,” said Maestripieri, the University of Chicago professor who wrote a book on the species.
For example, the animals are very family oriented, siding with relatives when fights break out, he told The Associated Press on Friday. But they also recruit allies when they’re attacked.
“They’re very political,” Maestripieri said. “Most of their daily lives are spent building political alliances with each other. Does that sound familiar?”
Maestripieri was a consultant for a reality show about some rhesus macaques in India called “Monkey Thieves.”
“They basically started following large groups of these rhesus macaques and naming them,” the professor said. “It was beautifully done because these monkeys essentially act like people occasionally. So it’s fascinating to follow their stories.”
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Ukraine attacks Moscow with 34 drones
Ukraine attacks Moscow with 34 drones
Ukraine attacked Moscow with 34 drones, the Russian Ministry of Defense said early Sunday morning.
“Between 7:00 and 10:00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a ********** ******* using an aircraft-type [unmanned aerial vehicle] against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a post on Telegram translated from Russian according to Google Translate.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also said in their post that 70 Ukrainian drones had been “intercepted and destroyed,” including “34 over the territory of the Moscow region.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said early Sunday morning in a post on the social platform X that on the night before, “Russia launched a record 145 Shaheds and other strike drones against Ukraine.”
“Throughout the week, Russia has used more than 800 guided aerial ******, around 600 strike drones, and nearly 20 missiles of various types,” he added in his post.
The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine is inching closer to the three-year mark, but could face a drastic shake-up upon the return of President-elect Trump to the White House in late January.
The president-elect met with Zelensky last month and highlighted his relationship with Russian President Vladimir ****** during the interaction, also implying he could make a deal to end the war “very quickly.”
However, at a rally in South Carolina in February, Trump told a story from his first term in office where he spoke to another leader of a NATO country, saying he would “encourage” Russia “to do whatever the ***** they want” if the country was “delinquent” in payments to the security alliance.
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******** Rover Uncovers Evidence Supporting Theory of a Vast Ancient Ocean on Mars
******** Rover Uncovers Evidence Supporting Theory of a Vast Ancient Ocean on Mars
In an intriguing development for Mars exploration, China’s Zhurong rover has uncovered geological features suggesting that a vast ocean may have once covered part of the Martian surface. The discovery, published on Thursday, November 7 2024, in the journal Nature, offers a fresh perspective on the long-debated theory that an ancient ocean occupied up to a third of Mars approximately 3.7 billion years ago. Evidence gathered by Zhurong indicates formations on the planet’s northern Utopia region that could represent remnants of a Martian shoreline, raising questions about Mars’ potential to support life in the past.
Signs of Water-Based Activity on Mars
Landing in 2021, Zhurong commenced its mission on Mars’ Utopia Planitia, an area in the planet’s northern hemisphere where signs of water had previously been observed. The rover identified features such as pitted cones, polygonal troughs, and etched surface patterns. According to Bo Wu, Lead Study Author from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, these structures align with characteristics typically associated with ancient water activity. Crater-like formations, for instance, may have been created by mud volcanoes, often occurring in regions with significant water or ice presence.
Satellite data and analyses performed on Earth further reinforced this hypothesis, suggesting that a shoreline could once have been situated near Zhurong’s landing site. While these findings offer insights, Wu stated that they do not confirm the existence of a Martian ocean beyond doubt, a claim that would require further physical samples from Mars.
Expert Perspectives on Martian Geological Activity
The study’s conclusions have not been accepted among researchers universally. Dr. Benjamin Cardenas, a geoscientist from Pennsylvania State University, expressed some scepticism, suggesting that Martian winds over billions of years would likely erode evidence of any ancient shoreline. Cardenas, who has studied Martian surface changes, pointed out that even Mars’ slower erosion rates could erode these features over time. Nonetheless, he acknowledges the theory of an ancient Martian ocean ******** plausible.
Implications for Life on Mars
If Mars did indeed possess a vast ocean, understanding its nature could provide clues to the planet’s habitability and how life might originate in extraterrestrial environments. Dr. Cardenas noted that many scientists believe Earth’s earliest life emerged in oceanic environments, either near seafloor mineral-rich vents or in shallow coastal pools where water and air met. These findings underscore Mars’ potential to once have hosted similar life-supporting environments, a question that ******** pivotal in planetary science today.
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Realme GT 7 Pro Camera Features Revealed Ahead of India Launch; to Get Underwater Photography Mode
Realme GT 7 Pro Camera Features Revealed Ahead of India Launch; to Get Underwater Photography Mode
Realme GT 7 Pro will launch in India on November 26 at 12pm IST. The phone was unveiled in China earlier this month. The Indian variant is expected to be similar to its ******** counterpart. Previously, the company has confirmed that the variant in India will be equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset and have a similar design as the ******** version. Now Realme has revealed several camera specifications and features of the handset. The build details of the Realme GT 7 Pro have been confirmed too.
Realme GT 7 Pro Camera Features
The Realme GT 7 Pro will be equipped with a 1/1.95-inch 50-megapixel Sony IMX882 periscope telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom and 120x digital zoom support, the company confirmed on an official microsite. As part of its triple rear camera unit, it will include a 1/1.56-inch 50-megapixel Sony IMX906 primary sensor as well as an 8-megapixel wide-angle shooter.
In a press release, the company also revealed that the Realme GT 7 Pro will offer an underwater photography mode without requiring a case. This will be possible thanks to the IP69-rated build that is claimed to withstand depths of up to 2 meters for 30 minutes. The handset also features a sonic water-draining speaker which is said to ensure no water residue ******** in the smartphone speaker.
Meanwhile, the in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor on the phone is claimed to work underwater. Users will also be able to switch between cameras, zoom, and perform other camera actions as well. The company said that the handset will come with an AI Snap Mode which will support up to 30 images per second with a shutter speed of 1/10266 seconds. It can be used to capture high-speed moving objects with precision and clarity, according to the company.
The Realme GT 7 Pro India variant will also support a Live Photo feature. Although the company has yet to confirm the front camera details of the phone, the ******** variant has a 16-megapixel sensor. The Indian version will likely get the same selfie camera.
According to the official microsite, the Realme GT 7 Pro will be available in India in Galaxy Grey and Mars Design colourways. The Amazon microsite for the handset confirms its eventual availability on the e-commerce site.
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ADCA 2024-25: Mt Barker veteran Neil Ferreira’s unbeaten knock helps Mt Barker to third straight victory
ADCA 2024-25: Mt Barker veteran Neil Ferreira’s unbeaten knock helps Mt Barker to third straight victory
Mt Barker handed Railways their first defeat of the season after veteran wicketkeeper-batter Neil Ferreira notched his second half-century in four matches in his side’s three-wicket win at Turf East.
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How ‘slow shopping’ will affect holiday spending
How ‘slow shopping’ will affect holiday spending
Americans are not holding back on holiday spending this year – but they are taking a more deliberate approach to the purchases they make, according to new research. Conducted by Talker Research on behalf of Affirm, the study of 2,000 Americans who celebrate a winter holiday, revealed the growing trend of “slow shopping,” with nearly three in four respondents (73%) saying they have adopted this approach for the holiday shopping season. Additionally, three in five respondents (60%) said they’re starting earlier, making more frequent, smaller trips and being mindful of what they buy this year. The survey asked why purchasing habits have changed — and respondents pointed to value and intention.
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Mass Effect N7 Day 2024 Round-Up
Mass Effect N7 Day 2024 Round-Up
November 7th, known as N7 Day, is a significant day in the calendar of Mass Effect fans. ‘N7’ refers to the in-universe military designation used by Earth’s System Alliance, assigned to trilogy protagonist Commander Shepard and Mass Effect: Andromeda character Alec Ryder, among others.
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A-League Women: Perth Glory coach Stephen Peters happy with first win but says improvement still needed
A-League Women: Perth Glory coach Stephen Peters happy with first win but says improvement still needed
Perth Glory coach Stephen Peters says his side must improve, but admitted he was pleased to get off the mark for the A-League Women’s season.
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1000xRESIST Review | N4G
1000xRESIST Review | N4G
NoobFeed editor Ahnaf Tajwar writes – 1000xRESIST is one of those titles that you’re going to be thinking about long after the credits roll. Considering this is an indie title, it’s a really great show of storytelling and world-building. The themes it tackles are pretty heavy and might not be for everyone, but I really can’t see anyone leaving disappointed from a story like this.
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Android 15 Brings Support for True Adaptive Refresh Rate on Smartphones and Other Devices
Android 15 Brings Support for True Adaptive Refresh Rate on Smartphones and Other Devices
Android 15 was released globally in August and since then, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as OnePlus, Oppo, and Realme have introduced their iterations of the new operating system (OS) for their smartphones and other devices. The update is said to bring support for true adaptive refresh rate (ARR) which leverages discrete VSync steps to adapt to the frame rate of the on-screen content without changing the current display mode.
Adaptive Refresh Rate on Android 15
Support for ARR has existed since Android 11 but it used a method known as refresh rate switching which essentially switched the display between different modes depending on the content and its requirements. Devices could switch between 60Hz, 90Hz, 120Hz or 144Hz, based on the display type. However, Android 15 brings a true ARR experience by allowing the system to adjust the refresh rate within one mode instead of using a fixed cadence.
According to Android (via Android Authority), displays that support ARR can decouple the VSync rate and refresh rate based on the cadence of the content update. ARR on Android 15 brings two benefits: reduced power consumption and less jank.
With this capability, devices usually operate at lower refresh rates and transition to higher rates only when essential. This is said to result in reduced power consumption. Furthermore, ARR also eliminates the need for switching between modes, reducing jank — an effect that usually appears when the content isn’t synced with the device’s refresh rate.
Android says OEMs can implement ARR based on their preferred power trade-offs. The OS is claimed to support ARR with the new Hardware Composer (HWC) HAL APIs and platform changes. To enable it, device makers must support kernel and system changes on devices running Android 15 and later, as well as implement version three of android.hardware.graphics.composer3 APIs. However, screens which do not support the technology will still use the active display mode’s fixed cadence to adjust the refresh rate.
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Family of window cleaner hit by 33K volts call for change in law
Family of window cleaner hit by 33K volts call for change in law
A window cleaner severely injured when he was struck by 33,000-volts is now able to “shuffle” around the house – as his family call for a change in the law. Dad-of-three Jason Knight, 35, suffered a near-****** incident and lost his left forearm and several toes. Electricity jumped about 2 meters (6.6ft) from a power cable to his cleaning pole. Jason, of Westbury, Wiltshire, was on the final window of a regular customer’s house when he was electrocuted on April 6. His loved ones are now demanding for a change of law to stop this from happening to someone else.
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Helldivers 2 Players Watch the World ***** Thanks to a Temporary Arsenal Augmentation
Helldivers 2 Players Watch the World ***** Thanks to a Temporary Arsenal Augmentation
The latest Major Order is nearing its end, and the Helldivers 2 devs rewarded the players with a Temporary Arsenal Augmentation. Watch out.
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IAM: Enterprises face a long, hard road to improve
IAM: Enterprises face a long, hard road to improve
Identity and access management (IAM) is a difficult and enduring challenge for enterprises. Organisations need to balance securing and managing identities effectively with ease of use for employees, customers and suppliers. Put in too many layers of identity and access control, and the result is “friction”: processes that make it ******* for employees to do their jobs.
“Many organisations start their identity journey with a combination of only short-term objectives, poor identity data, immature identity architecture and weak user verification,” warns Scott Swalling, a cloud and data security expert at PA Consulting.
“A poor IAM approach, at best, can make it cumbersome and frustrating for your users and administrative staff. Onerous processes that don’t take full advantage of IAM capabilities will breed users finding ways around them – as they always have – leading to security issues and potentially breaches.”
Even with the expansion of measures such as multifactor authentication (MFA) and biometrics, access ******** a weak spot in enterprise security, as well as data compliance and privacy. IAM has become even more critical as enterprises move away from a fixed perimeter to flexible working, the cloud and web applications.
The scale of the problem is very real. According to Verizon’s 2024 Data breach investigations report, stolen credentials were used in 77% of attacks against basic web applications. Google’s 2023 Threat horizons report found that 86% of breaches involve stolen credentials.
“We need to transition to an identity-first security culture,” warns Akif Khan, a vice-president analyst at Gartner who focuses on IAM. “If you don’t identify your users, it’s hard to have any type of security. If you don’t know who is accessing your systems, how do you know if they should be accessing them, or not?”
IAM, Khan suggests, is replacing the old idea of organisations having a secure perimeter. The risks of relying on perimeter security alone are clear. In June this year, data breaches at Ticketmaster and Santander were traced back to unsecured Snowflake cloud accounts.
Securing privileged accounts goes hand in hand with strong identity management and initiatives such as zero trust. But as zero trust requires significant, long-term investment, CIOs and CISOs should also be looking to improve existing security for credentials and move to risk-based approaches for identity.
This is prompting organisations to move towards policy-based access controls and risk-adaptive access controls. These systems allow firms to enforce multifactor authentication if an action appears high risk, or block it altogether. But this depends on a clear IAM strategy throughout the organisation.
“Get the basics right to ensure you have clear visibility and control of who has access to your resources,” recommends PA’s Swalling. “Ensure identity data is good. Coupling this with robust privilege access management, utilising automation and machine learning where possible, will streamline and enhance administrative tasks and reduce user frustration.”
Frustrated users make for ready victims, agrees Mustafa Mustafa, EMEA solutions manager for identity at Cisco, with a very real risk of MFA flood attacks.
Zero trust
Cisco is a proponent of the zero-trust security model, but Mustafa admits few organisations have fully achieved it.
In fact, Cisco research found that 86% of enterprises have started on zero trust, but just 2% say they have reached maturity. Barriers include complexity and an inconsistent user experience.
“The principle is trust no one, verify everyone,” says Mustafa. “The only way to implement a zero-trust policy is continuous verification of all users, devices and applications at all times and locations within or outside a given network.” This includes deploying multifactor authentication, least privilege access and micro-segmentation.
Zero trust is worth the effort, he argues. It improves security, compliance and risk management, but also simplifies operations – once it is properly implemented – and potentially allows organisations to reduce administration overheads, costs, and delays and frustrations for users. It also makes hybrid and remote working easier to manage.
Meanwhile, enterprises need to continue to invest in MFA, identity governance and administration, privileged access management, and single sign-on, to list just a few. This can force CIOs to operate in two “lanes” – one for improving security around identity and access now, and a separate, longer-term objective of moving to zero trust.
In time, this will include making more use of artificial intelligence (AI) to spot unusual user behaviour or actions that could be evidence of a breach, and a move towards IAM based on risk, rather than just identity. This is sometimes also called adaptive authentication.
“By integrating real-time risk assessments, organisations can grant access based on context rather than identity alone,” says John Paul Cunningham, CISO at Silverfort, an identity protection provider. “This shift would reduce the operational overhead and data burden of managing authentication and authorisation. Ultimately, adopting this model would enable businesses to strengthen security, improve user experiences and lower the cost of maintaining identity security,” he says.
In practice, organisations are likely to rely on layers of security for layers of access, at least for now.
Digital wallets
“The more forward-thinking organisations are prioritising identity. But the challenge still exists of stitching together disparate systems,” says Cunningham. “Looking at the future you can build new platforms, but people still have a lot of legacy architecture.”
However, enterprises still need to verify the identity of a user – whether an employee, supplier, or customer – in the first place. Here, the move towards global identity wallets (GIWs), usually part of a government-backed scheme, can help.
Most often associated with digital government initiatives, GIWs might not be the most suitable tool for day-to-day access management, but they could play a role in onboarding staff or customers, and potentially cut ****** and credential theft. Already, there is some convergence between GIWs and IAM, with Microsoft’s Entra Verified ID integrated into the company’s Authenticator app, for example.
According to Gartner, more than 500 million people worldwide will use phone-based digital identity wallets by 2026. This represents significant growth, and should ease a number of issues around identity verification, especially for government services.
“In principle, you could have an identity wallet on your phone, and it’s not hugely different from an authenticator app. That could be used,” says Khan. “It’s not a Microsoft ID, but an ID in a Microsoft app.”
Open standards around digital ID and interoperability between platforms are likely to drive adoption among government agencies and, in turn, take-up by citizens. Global identity wallet technology, for all its advantages, is likely to be too expensive for enterprises to set up on their own. And part of their advantage ***** in scale, and in the trust that comes with government-issued ID.
“The market is moving towards portable digital identity, so users won’t have to verify their identities again and again, but instead have an ID wallet on a mobile device which verifies that ID,” says Khan.
Businesses that currently pay for third-party identity verification services could even save money through a GIW. “How the commercials stack up will be key to this,” he says. Organisations also need to accept the identity asset in the wallet, which is again why government backing, and open standards and interoperability, are so important. And using GIWs could give advantages in areas as diverse as recruitment or providing services to new customers.
“From a technical point of view, it makes perfect sense if there is a route to onboard someone more quickly,” says Khan. “In a competitive market, organisations will look to explore that.”
Even so, GIWs look set to be part of the IAM landscape, rather than a replacement for internal identity and authentication systems. “You have an ID, and that ID has attributes such as ‘I’m an employee of Gartner’. Then you have your attributes for access rights, which is layers upon layers of information,” says Khan. “That might not all be in the wallet.” Firms will still need to check details against their own identity infrastructure.
The prospects for enterprise use of identity wallets, and much of the future development of IAM, will depend on the type of information, and the levels of access, organisations need to secure.
“Digital wallets can play a significant role in day-to-day authentication, extending beyond one-off events like onboarding or identity verification,” says Silverfort’s Cunningham. “By embracing digital wallets as a daily authentication tool, organisations can strengthen their security posture while enhancing user convenience and productivity.”
He expects to see take-up in healthcare, government, access to benefits and border control, at least initially.
But digital wallets could also strengthen MFA and give hard-pressed data security teams some breathing space as they look at longer-term options, including zero trust.
“Digital wallets serve as an additional factor in MFA, a unique identifier similar to certificate-based tokens, and a secure storage solution for sensitive data like passwords and cryptographic keys,” says Cunningham.
Used well, they could improve security and ease of use while also reducing support costs for enterprises.
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North Walpole residents say prescribed 1018ha ***** of Nornalup Inlet shows DBCA methodology needs review
A State Government department is under ***** from residents of a south coast town after it carried out a planned prescribed ***** on a day with a high ***** danger rating during breeding season for native animals.
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