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Superconductors inch upward — Science News, March 16, 1974 Superconductivity, the property by which certain metals lose all their electrical resistance, would be a grand thing to use technologically were it not for the extreme refrigeration necessary. Every superconductor has a transition temperature above which it becomes an ordinary conductor. Most transition temperatures are near absolute zero. [Scientists] are discovering metals with higher transition temperatures. Update Transition temperatures continue to creep upward. In 2018, physicists reported that a compound of lanthanum and hydrogen under extreme pressure showed signs of superconductivity up to about −20° Celsius — the highest for any superconductor (SN:…

Hundreds of Jewish actors, producers and others in the film industry have signed a letter condemning remarks critical of Israel that the director Jonathan Glazer made when he accepted an Oscar for his film about the Holocaust, “The Zone of Interest.”Described as a “statement from Jewish Hollywood professionals,” the letter was signed by the actors Debra Messing and Julianna Margulies; the producers Lawrence Bender and Amy Pascal; and the writer and showrunner Amy Sherman-Palladino, according to Variety, which first reported on it on Monday evening.The signatories were confirmed Tuesday by Allison Josephs, an activist who has promoted Jewish representation in…

It happens every time that guy Carlos Alcaraz takes the court. One outrageously zany point where he does something that people who have been watching tennis for decades will swear on the life of their favorite doubles partner that they have never seen before. And they are probably right because even as he muddled (for him) his way through the past six months or so, experiencing some version of a sophomore slump, Alcaraz has never failed to produce the spectacular. On Sunday, in the final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the moment arrived a little more than halfway through…

Rumor mill: Apple is still a few months away from launching its next-generation smartphones and smartwatches, but a series of leaks have already revealed key details about them. A new report now claims that this year’s Apple Watch (rumored to be called the Apple Watch X) is likely to include a blood pressure monitoring tool. The news comes from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has a history of accurately predicting upcoming features in Apple devices. According to his latest newsletter, the much-rumored feature will be part of the next-gen Apple Watch, but the company is unlikely to roll it out to…

NewsFeedThe aspiring journalist who’s gathered a social media following covering Israel’s war on Gaza, Lama Abu Jamous shares her first visit to her destroyed house after she had been displaced.Published On 19 Mar 202419 Mar 2024 Source link

A trans woman who tried ‘chestfeeding’ had to give up after a fortnight, according to a case report that challenges claims biological men can breastfeed successfully. The unidentified 37-year-old, from the Netherlands, failed to produce enough liquid to feed her newborn. She was making only 7ml a day, 100 times less than what the NHS says is needed by that point.Medics in Amsterdam, who treated her, documented how she wanted to breastfeed in tandem with her partner to help with ‘bonding’ and share the workload. The trans woman – who froze her sperm before transitioning – conceived her child with her partner, a biological…

Unilever, the consumer goods giant, said on Tuesday that it would cut 7,500 jobs and spin off its ice cream unit, which includes Ben & Jerry’s, to reduce costs and simplify its portfolio of brands.The moves would make for “a simpler, more focused and higher performing Unilever,” Ian Meakins, the London-based company’s chair, said in a statement. The group’s ice cream unit generated 7.9 billion euros ($8.6 billion) in sales last year, or about 13 percent of the group’s total.The division is home to Ben & Jerry’s, which Unilever acquired in 2000, along with other brands like Cornetto, Magnum, Talenti…

Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’s military wing in Gaza and a presumed mastermind of the Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel, was confirmed dead on Monday by a senior U.S. official after an Israeli airstrike more than a week ago.Jake Sullivan, the U.S. national security adviser, told reporters that Mr. Issa, one if the highest-ranking officials in Hamas, had been killed. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on March 11 that Israeli military warplanes had targeted Mr. Issa and another senior Hamas official in an underground compound in central Gaza.With his death, Mr. Issa, who had been among Israel’s…

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.They’re All Going to Laugh at YouDuring a Fox News appearance over the weekend, Donald Trump discussed Jimmy Kimmel’s jab at him during the Oscars. Trump expressed amazement that Kimmel had read Trump’s insulting posts about him on the air (“All he had to do was keep his mouth shut”). The ex-president also insisted that his posts had gone viral, not Kimmel’s on-air response to…

The 35th annual Worldwide Developers Conference isn’t set to take place until June, but we are creeping closer to the general time when Apple tends to announce the dates for its developer event. Apple could make its first WWDC event date announcement in less than two weeks at the end of March or the beginning of April. Here are Apple’s past WWDC announcement dates: 2023 – Wednesday, March 29 2022 – Tuesday, April 5 2021 – Tuesday, March 30 2020 – Friday, March 13 2019 – Thursday, March 14 2018 – Tuesday, March 13 2017 – Thursday, February 16 2016…