A jury sat solemnly in a gilded hall in central London, presided over by a bewigged representative of the crown in flowing black robes, but there were no criminals in the dock.Britain’s coinage was on trial.In a ceremony that dates back to the 12th century, the jury filed into the Livery Hall of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths to begin the pro…

Thieves used a stolen card to buy a winning French lottery ticket worth 500,000 euros ($523,000). But they vanished before cashing in—and now they’re among France’s most famous fugitives.The man whose card was stolen, identified in police documents as Jean-David E., is offering to split the cash with the lucky winners. He wants his wallet back, too…

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen turned his controversial denim into some greens—for charity.The Norwegian chess grandmaster announced in February that he is auctioning off the Italian luxury brand jeans that started a dress code dispute at December's World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships. Carlsen ultimately quit the New York competition …

As a citizen of both France and America, Margaux Lantelme has noticed a difference in how store cashiers work in the two countries: in France, they do their jobs sitting down. In the U.S., where Lantelme works a register at REI, cashiers typically spend eight hours a day on their feet.For Lantelme, a former kayaking instructor, prolonged standing c…

名古屋大学教授の松本有樹修先生をゲストにお呼びして、翻訳されるノンコーディングRNA、リボソームの多様性、中山敬一ラボでのPhD生活、ハーバード大学Pandolfi研での留学、これからの研究の展望などについてお話をお聞きしました。(収録日2025.03.11) Shownotes: 松本先生ラボHP 中山敬一先生 中山研での松本先生の論文(p57 1, 2: Fbx7 1, 2) Howard Chang HOTAIRの論文 John Rinn Pier Paolo Pandolfi 松本先生のSPARの論文 JmjC domain Dark Proteomeと呼ばれている Upstream ORFが翻訳されると下流の翻訳が抑制される(の例) 翻訳されている位置をより正確に検出する手法 Ph…

West Virginia's reliance on federal funds to help address deeply ingrained issues makes it particularly vulnerable to President Donald Trump's freeze on spending on federal loans and grants.Federally funded programs provide social safety nets and employment in one of the nation’s poorest, most rural states, where nonprofits play a vital role in pro…

NASA's two stuck astronauts are returning to Earth a little sooner than planned.The space agency announced that SpaceX had switched capsules for the astronaut flights in order to bring Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home in mid-March instead of late March or April. That decision shaved at least a couple of weeks off their prolonged stay at the Int…

A bakery owner in New Hampshire testified that his excitement about displaying a painting by high school students of giant pastries quickly turned to annoyance after a zoning code officer told him it was a sign and had to be changed or removed.Sean Young said the work atop his bakery is art and was never intended to be a sign.“I was artistically of…

Analyzing the brains of London's taxi drivers could be key to improving AI navigation systems and Alzheimer’s research, scientists say. University College London (UCL) researchers have found that London taxi drivers develop a larger posterior hippocampus (the part of the brain responsible for memory and navigation) due to years of training.Each dri…

The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination” according to a memo written by the state's top health official and obtained by The Associated Press.A department spokesperson confirmed Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham had ordered his staff to stop engaging in media campaigns and community health fairs to encourage…

Loneliness is a widespread issue across Australia, with studies showing it can have a harmful effect on both mental and physical health.In the outer suburbs of Melbourne, residents are taking action to ensure their communities stay connected.Gaye Martin has come to a cafe on the northern periphery of Melbourne to meet a group of women. At first sig…

Large areas of the planet may become too hot to be habitable during extreme heat events.Researchers say that even healthy young humans would struggle to maintain a safe body temperature if we hit 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels in a new study that examines a 'worst-case' scenario.An international group of scientists has found that an a…

British tech company, Skin Analytics has received regulatory approval for DERM—its autonomous AI skin cancer detection system that uses a smartphone.Dermatologists are in short supply, with an average of only 30 dermatologists per one million population in Europe.Skin cancer is one of the most treatable forms of cancer if it's caught early but in t…

The U.S. winter virus season is in full force and, by one measure, is the most intense in 15 years.One indicator of flu activity is the percentage of doctor's office visits driven by flu-like symptoms. That number was clearly higher than the peak of any winter flu season since 2009-2010, when a swine flu pandemic hit the nation, according to data p…

Each winter, hundreds of thousands of tourists go to see the spectacle of Japan’s snow monkeys bathing in the hot springs of Jigokudani Park in Nagano.Temperatures in the Japanese Alps plunge to around minus 20 and the macaques rely on the natural springs to survive the cold. With increasing visitor numbers to Japan, the monkeys have become the reg…

The Scottish government wants everyone to know it does not plan to ban cats.First Minister John Swinney was forced to issue the statement after a report by independent experts branded felines a threat to Scotland's wildlife and suggested "containment" measures be considered to reduce the damage.The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission said cats kill …

Amazon has agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle charges that the e-commerce company subsidized its labor costs by taking tips its delivery drivers received from customers, District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb said in February.The settlement came four years after Amazon forked over $61.7 million to resolve a complaint the Fede…

President Donald Trump said he is banning the federal use of paper straws, saying they "don't work" and don't last very long. Instead, he wants the government to exclusively move to plastic."It's a ridiculous situation. We're going back to plastic straws," Trump said as he signed an executive order to reverse federal purchasing policies that encour…

In Denmark, most seasons have a bread or cake associated with them, but no other season's cakes have as much hype around them as those baked to mark the carnival tradition Fastelavn.This year, Copenhageners are taking tastings to the extreme—literally running to the best buns in town.The excitement surrounding its traditional cake, the cream- and j…

Two years after buying her first home at age 62, Julieta Lopez still wells up with tears as she recounts her 30-year struggle for homeownership in Boston.“I can’t believe... I wake up, I’m like, ‘this is mine. I did it. I finally did it,’” she says, her voice breaking with emotion. “These are happy tears because I did it.”That emotional milestone m…

Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S. Copyright Office that could further clear the way for the use of AI tools in Hollywood, the music industry and other creative fields.The nation's copyright office, which sits in the Library of Congress and is not part of the executi…

A new program at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Perth is aiming to tackle an ongoing shortage of sonographers in Western Australia.The specialized medical sonography course is the first of its kind in the state, but the industry remains worried about the current gap in workforce numbers, which is expected to increase.Students take part in the new …

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) continues to expand its social media reach, as its successful blend of wrestling and celebrities took center stage at its Royal Rumble premium live event.The sports entertainment company said that this year's Royal Rumble set a record for most social video views in the event's history. An encounter in the ring be…

Art gallery, science exhibition, and 21st-century funhouse, Paradox Museum Miami takes guests on a tour through optical illusions and other enigmas geared for the age of Instagram.The 11,000 square-foot (1,000 square-meter) museum, housed in Miami’s trendy Wynwood arts and entertainment district, features more than 70 exhibits that challenge the im…

Thames Water, which serves 16 million customers in and around London, is seeking court approval for up to 3 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) of emergency funding to prevent the cash-strapped company from falling into government administration.The High Court in London began a four-day hearing on the financing package, with Thames Water facing off again…

Huge U.S. technology companies that soared amid an artificial intelligence frenzy last year are getting pummeled after a little-talked-about Chinese startup demonstrated a chatbot that it says rivals versions from OpenAI and Google, and for a fraction of the cost.An AI company called DeepSeek said it has developed a large language model that can co…

Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are increasingly looking to strike deals with power plant owners to plug in directly, avoiding a long and expensive process of hooking into a fraying electric grid that serves everyone else.It's raising questions over whether diverting power to higher-paying customers wil…

The first person Madison Keys sent a message to after winning the Australian Open for her first Grand Slam title was her mother."Because," a smiling Keys said, "of course, you have to text Mom first."One of the others the 29-year-old American quickly reached out to was her therapist. Keys credits their conversations over the past 1 1/2 years with h…

Skyscraper-studded Dubai has been on a hot streak for the last five years—and some residents are starting to feel burned.The city-state has seen record-breaking real estate transactions as more and more people come to live there, and its state-owned airline Emirates is booking record earnings. But all that growth comes with strains for the city's p…

A pug rescue center in South Africa has taken in more than 2,500 pugs since opening in 2008, with more pugs needing assistance in the last few years.Pug Rescue is home to over 200 pugs and also has two foster homes in Johannesburg and Cape Town.“So currently we have 208 pugs in our care. They're not all at the rescue center, we do have some foster …

A year after the launch of the short-lived Coca-Cola Spiced, Coke added another new flavor to its lineup. Coca-Cola Orange Cream went on sale on February 10 in the U.S. and Canada. It is sold in regular and zero-sugar varieties.Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. said that it developed the soda, which mixes cola with orange and vanilla flavors, in response…

Starbucks's decision to restrict its restrooms to paying customers has flushed out a wider problem: a patchwork of restroom policies that has left Americans confused and divided over who gets to use the loo and when.Rules about restroom access in restaurants vary by state, city and county. New York requires restroom access for customers at food est…

Homegrown businesses in Africa are developing a new industry to tackle the environmental damage created by fast fashion.Upcycling, where poor-quality, discarded clothes are made into desirable products, is becoming more widespread in countries like Kenya, supported by the social enterprise group Africa Collect Textiles.Here workers are earning an i…

Billionaires’ wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, while the number of the world’s poor has barely changed over the last quarter-century, a top anti-poverty group reported in January.Oxfam International, in its latest assessment of global inequality timed for an annual gathering of elites in Switzerland, also predicts at lea…

Southern California's expensive housing market is going to get a lot more competitive after deadly firestorms torched more than 12,000 homes and other structures in the Los Angeles area, leaving tens of thousands of people without a place to stay.Already, there are reports of rent gouging, prompting elected leaders to issue stern warnings against t…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued PepsiCo in January, alleging that it has engaged in illegal price discrimination by giving unfair price advantages to one large retailer at the expense of other vendors and consumers.The benefiting customer wasn't named in an FTC statement about the lawsuit. But a source familiar with the case, who asked not …

A century ago, iodine deficiency affected kids across large swaths of the United States. It essentially disappeared after some food makers started adding it to table salt, bread and some other foods, in one of the great public health success stories of the 20th century.But today, people are getting less iodine because of changes in diet and food ma…

Britain’s biggest car factory is surrounded by wind turbines, solar panels and nature. At Nissan’s Sunderland plant, the Japanese car maker says that cutting-edge engineering is meeting a growing commitment to sustainability and decarbonization.Since installing its first wind turbines in 2005, Nissan has steadily increased its reliance on renewable…

In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some Michigan researchers are looking for a late bloomer.A native Michigan apple tree, the Malus coronaria, learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated varieties of apples like Honeycrisp or Red Delicious."That doesn't sound …

A machine that allows the paralyzed to walk again, and textiles that can monitor your vital signs without the need for wires. These were just two of the top health gadgets at this year’s CES tech show in Las Vegas.When Chloe Angus suffered a spinal injury ten years ago, she was told she would never walk again. And yet, she is. Despite being paralyz…

A privately owned development outside the Kenyan capital is attracting residents and businesses with its strict rules and modern infrastructure.Turn into Tatu City on the outskirts of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, and it feels like entering a different world.Digital content creator Valerie Akoko moved here two years ago. "I have never seen Tatu City di…

The cost of college keeps spiraling ever higher, right?Not necessarily. New research indicates students are paying significantly less to attend public universities than they were a decade ago. And tuition increases at private colleges have finally slowed after years of hefty rises.Figures compiled by the nonprofit College Board indicate the average…

In Las Vegas, a new type of hotel experience was on show. The Otonomus Hotel, showcased at CES 2025, was described by its developers as the world’s first fully AI-powered hotel.Philippe Ziade, the CEO of the Otonomus Hotel, says, “We like to call it a hotel with the brain. It’s actually the first true AI-powered hotel, and the objective of this is …

Ryanair is calling on European authorities to limit the sale of alcoholic beverages at airports across the continent, as the Irish airline continues legal action against a passenger who it says caused a costly flight diversion last year.The budget airline is seeking more than 15,000 euros ($15,324) in damages over the April 2024 incident. Ryanair a…

The federal government is rolling out a consumer labeling system designed to help Americans pick smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking.Under the voluntary program, called the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Initiative, manufacturers can affix the label on their products if they meet federal cybersecurity standards. The types of devices that can s…

Amazon said goodbye to "Try Before You Buy."The service, which allowed Amazon's Prime members to try on select clothing items, shoes and accessories at home before completing a purchase, wound down a few days ago. January 31 was the last day eligible customers could place orders using the subscriber benefit.Under the service, Prime members could or…

At the CES 2025 tech convention in Las Vegas, Toyota Chairperson Akio Toyoda revealed the latest developments in Woven City, a futuristic prototype city at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan.Woven City is not just a place to live, but a 175-acre “living laboratory” where innovation is the focus. In this experimental environment, residents and business…

David Baker(2024年タンパク質デザインでノーベル化学賞)ラボでポスドクをされています本田信吾さんをゲストにお呼びしました。本田さんはアサヒビールを経て東大野地研で学位を取られ、その後現在のBakerラボに所属されています。今回は本田さんのこれまでのキャリアからタンパク質デザインの現在、本田さんの現在の研究などについてお聞きしました。さらにBakerラボの雰囲気やシアトルの生活の様子など研究以外のトピックも盛りだくさんでお届けします。(収録日2025.01.18) Shownotes: 野地研 本田さんの野地研での論文 デジタルバイオアッセイ David R. Walt Simoa (Degital ELISA) Alkaline Phosphataseのheterogeneou…

In Kenya, where white-collar jobs seem increasingly elusive, young people are turning to content creation and photography to make a living.Leveraging technology, many are tapping into social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube to stay ahead. On Sundays, groups of young people can be seen gathering with cameras, dancing in coordinate…

Greece announced plans to enhance parental oversight of mobile devices in 2025 through a government-operated app, that will help get digital age verification and browsing controls.Dimitris Papastergiou, the minister of Digital Governance, said the Kids Wallet app, due to launch in March, is aimed at safeguarding children under the age of 15 from th…