6 Deaf Children Can Now Hear After a Single Injection
To get the new genetic material into cells, they engineered harmless viruses to carry it. Doctors carefully injected a tiny amount of liquid containing the viruses into a part of the children’s inner ears called the cochlea, a spiral-shaped chamber that contains hair cells. The first patient in the trial received the gene therapy in […]
Canada’s largest-known Chase the Ace jackpot has been won — and it’s a big one
The small New Brunswick town of Beresford is now home to overnight multi-millionaires, as a couple from the area became the recipients of the largest-known Chase the Ace prize in Canadian history after winning $8.2 million on Tuesday night. René Beaudet, the organizer for Chaleur ATV Club Chase the Ace — which has hosted a weekly […]
Ambulances delays lead Wilmslow GPs to drive patient to A&E
Two Wilmslow doctors say the NHS is “broken” after they had to drive a patient to A&E themselves. Source link
Child obesity in pandemic could have lifelong effects, study says
Researchers say children who gained weight in the pandemic could develop diseases later in life. Source link
The World’s Essential Aquifers Are in Deep Trouble
The water that pours out of your tap, or that’s unnecessarily packaged in a single-use bottle, or that helped grow the produce in your fridge—all of it may well have come from aquifers somewhere. These are layers of underground material that hold water, and can be made up of porous rock or sediments like sand […]
Bank of Canada holds key rate in 4th straight decision – National
The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady at 5.0 per cent on Wednesday, keeping monetary policy tight as it seeks confirmation inflation will continue to slow. The decision, which marks the fourth consecutive hold from the central bank, was widely expected by economists. The Bank of Canada has been raising the cost […]
OpenAI Quietly Scrapped a Promise to Disclose Key Documents to the Public
WIRED’s request for the documents promised in OpenAI’s IRS filings fell to the counsel for its nonprofit to decide on. Their denial and new policy of withholding those documents extends an existing trend of dwindling openness at a project founded on transparency. OpenAI once published extensive detail about its AI inventions but has more recently […]
Most Top News Sites Block AI Bots. Right-Wing Media Welcomes Them
“A process called reinforcement learning from human feedback is used right now in every state-of-the-art model,” to fine-tune its responses, Baum says. Most AI companies aim to create systems that appear neutral. If the humans steering the AI see an uptick of right-wing content but judge it to be unsafe or wrong, they could undo […]
Two Nations, a Horrible Accident, and the Urgent Need to Understand the Laws of Space Right Now
Representing Xenovia, the Leiden team took full responsibility for the explosion but said their client repossessed Candidia’s satellite in full accordance with the Outer Space Treaty. Having given notice to the Candidian company that it was late on payments, they argued, the Xenovian creditor had satisfied the treaty’s requirement for “appropriate international consultations.” Katsande felt […]
Bullying 'normal occurrence' at Newcastle NHS trust, say CQC
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s CQC rating is downgraded to “requires improvement”. Source link