Climate change is overhauling marine nutrient cycles
Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. Researchers report evidence that marine nutrient cycles — essential for sustaining ocean ecosystems — are changing in unexpected ways as the planet continues to warm…
Hitachi Ventures raises $400M fund to invest in everything from fusion to AI
The size of the new fund is a vote of confidence in a range of deep tech verticals. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
Trump to Sign Executive Order Banning Trans Athletes From Women’s and Girls’ Sports
The order will involve how Trump’s administration will interpret Title IX and marks another aggressive shift in the way the federal government deals with transgender people and their rights…
ACLU sues University of Michigan over campus bans for pro-Palestinian protesters
The suit accuses the school of violating plaintiffs’ free speech rights and argues that it “abused its authority to ban people from public property.”
Trump to pull US from UN Human Rights Council, stop relief agency funding: Report
US President Donald Trump is anticipated to sign an executive order on Tuesday, formally withdrawing the United States from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and prohibiting future funding for the UN relief agency UNRWA, Politico reported, citing an officia…
Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons, surveillance
Tech giant says in updated ethics policy that it will use AI in line with ‘international law and human rights…
‘Insane’: Rights advocates denounce Trump’s call for US to ‘own’ Gaza
US president’s proposal for Gaza during news conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu prompts bewilderment and rebuke…
Stolen human remains to be repatriated back to SA
The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture is preparing to repatriate human remains which were allegedly stolen from the graves in Port Alfred, in the Eastern Cape. EFF’s Eugene Mthethwa, who is a member of parliament’s Portfolio Committee for Sports Arts and Culture, said that the human remains are currently kept in many European and…EFF accuses Ramaphosa of sending soldiers to DRC to protect mining rights of his ‘white friends’
EFF accuses Ramaphosa of sending soldiers to DRC to protect mining rights of his ‘white friends’