Hackers—good and bad
Documentary>> We are a legion • directed by Brian Knappenberger
Reforming the cyber nation
Book>> I know who you are and i saw what you did; social networks and the death of privacy • Free Press • US $26
Animal rights primer
Book>> Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs To Know • by Paul Waldau • OUP, New York • US $10.7
The back up man
BOOK>> MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION, THE LONG JOURNEY HOME FROM THE MOON • by Buzz Aldrin and Ken Abraham • Bloomsbury • Rs 750
The file drawer bust
Daniele Fanelli, researcher at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, probes the problem of quantity versus quality in scientific research. …
Science & Technology - Briefs
COVID-19, war and hunger: Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is becoming worse
Over 10 million are on the brink of famine; as many as 400,000 children are at the risk of dying, according to UN
G7 sets renewables target, no timeline for fossil fuel phase out
Gas investments and nuclear energy remain in play while urgent action is needed to phase out fossil fuels
Half the world’s economic output comes from middle-income countries: UN report
Study said to be the most extensive effort to measure Purchasing Power Parities ever
The salt challenge
Its restriction in food can help India fight high BP
What does Boris Johnson’s plan to ban fuel-powered vehicles mean for UK
Several other countries may follow suit in the coming years to phase out petrol- and diesel-run vehicles
North Dakota: 200 wild horses related to Custer’s Last Stand can stay in park where Teddy Roosevelt spent formative years
Herd had been considered risk earlier, with tendency to trample or overgraze vegetation used by native wildlife species, contribute to erosion …
Bird flu has been circulating among cows in US for months: Genome study reveals multiple mutations
Genomic analysis shows occasional jumping back of virus from infected cows to birds and cats, suggesting multi-host outbreak
COVID-19: India, 57 other countries demand probe into WHO’s response
Draft resolution tabled for World Health Assembly starting on May 18
January 2021 ninth-warmest month for US on record: NOAA
Below-average precipitation experienced in several regions; peak ice coverage declined
United Nations Environment Assembly 5.2: Five aspects of plastic pollution that needs focus
The 5th meeting of UNEA will be held February 28, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Deaths, hospitalisation can go up due to Omicron, warns Europe’s health agency
A ‘stealth’ version of Omicron can raise risks of virus spread
COVID-19 impacted global migration trend in 2020: UN report
The number of emigrants increased to 281 million in 2020 from 272 million in 2019
Energy in news on June 6
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy
Sino-US trade war: Why China can’t win it
China has no future of becoming a game-changer and a lasting and trusted global leader
Coronavirus update: Delhi Metro resumes even as India keeps adding more than 90,000 cases a day
India added 90,802 new cases in the last 24 hours, overtakes Brazil in total case tally
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COVID-19 underlines medicine interdependency, which is not good: Experts
Countries must come out of global value chain and become self-dependent, they said
Tropical crops at risk from pollinator loss due to climate change, shift in land use, finds study
Number of insects that pollinate tropical plants declined by 61%
Worst cholera outbreak since 2017 affecting children in Congo: UNICEF
DRC reported more cholera cases in the first seven months of 2023 than all of 2022