First room temperature and pressure superconductor discovered (lemmy.world)
Research paper: arxiv.org/abs/2307.12008...
‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out (www.theguardian.com)
Heaviest rain in a decade kills 11 in Beijing as raging torrents wash away roads and cars (www.cnn.com)
Deadly downpours have triggered landslides and floods that swept away cars and destroyed roads in Beijing, as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri unleashed the heaviest deluge in a decade over parts of northern China.
Experts warn of record US deaths from extreme heat (www.theguardian.com)
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‘I’m not wanted’: Florida universities hit by brain drain as academics flee (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine war: Same Moscow skyscraper hit in new drone attack (www.bbc.com)
A skyscraper in Russia’s capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said.
South Korean dog meat farmers push back against growing moves to outlaw their industry (abcnews.go.com)
Dog meat consumption, a centuries-old practice on the Korean Peninsula, isn’t explicitly prohibited or legalized in South Korea
NIH launches long COVID clinical trials through RECOVER Initiative, opening enrollment (www.nih.gov)
Today, the National Institutes of Health launched and is opening enrollment for phase 2 clinical trials that will evaluate at least four potential treatments for long COVID, with additional clinical trials to test at least seven more treatments expected in the coming months. Treatments will include drugs, biologics, medical...
As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth (abcnews.go.com)
The largest dam removal project in United States history is underway along the California-Oregon border — a process that won’t conclude until the end of next year with the help of heavy machinery and explosives.
A Desperate Push to Save Florida’s Coral: Get It Out of the Sea (www.nytimes.com)
Teams dedicated to ocean restoration are urgently moving samples to tanks on land as a marine heat wave devastates entire reefs.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial reaches closing arguments on potential death penalty (edition.cnn.com)
The gunman who killed 11 people at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in 2018 should be sentenced to death, federal prosecutors argued to a jury on Monday, specifically noting his hatred for Jews and ongoing lack of remorse.
US man who killed woman by driving car through BLM protest pleads guilty (www.theguardian.com)
Dawit Kelete, 30, pleads guilty to multiple charges after hitting two protesters, one fatally, during 2020 protest in Seattle
Ousmane Sonko: Senegalese opposition leader charged - again (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Ukraine and Croatia agree on use of Croatian ports for grain exports (www.reuters.com)
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Greece and Cyprus welcome EU bid to re-engage with Turkey, but urge caution (www.reuters.com)
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Storm Doksuri: Two dead as Beijing is battered by widespread flooding (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Leprosy cases in central Florida account for nearly 20% of national cases. What to know (www.pnj.com)
Rising evidence is pointing to the possibility that leprosy has become endemic in the southeastern U.S. with Florida being named at the top.
Denver plans to convert 194-unit, $26M hotel into city’s next homeless shelter (www.denver7.com)
The city would start leasing the complex through its Department of Housing Stability (HOST) on Sept. 1.
Biggest apartment construction boom in decades likely to bring renters uneven relief (www.pbs.org)
When viewed through a wide lens, renters across the U.S. finally appear to be getting some relief, thanks in part to the biggest apartment construction boom in decades.
Family of Black mother fatally shot by neighbor urges DOJ to consider hate crime charges (abcnews.go.com)
The family of Ajike “AJ” Owens, the Black mother of four who was fatally shot by her white neighbor, is calling on the DOJ to review the case as a possible hate crime.
Big business lobbies against heat protections for workers as US boils (www.theguardian.com)
Officials bust illegal lab containing 20 infectious agents, hundreds of lab mice (arstechnica.com)
Six migrant workers struck by SUV in intentional act, N.C. authorities say (www.nbcnews.com)
Singapore hangs first woman in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking 31 grams of heroin (apnews.com)
Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on Friday and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease capital punishment for drug-related crimes.
July keeps sizzling as Phoenix hits another 110-degree day and wildfires spread in California (apnews.com)
Phoenix sizzled through its 31st consecutive day of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) and other parts of the country grappled Sunday with record temperatures after a week that saw significant portions of the U.S. population subject to extreme heat.
