Sam Bankman‑Fried, the former chief of a now‑failing cryptocurrency firm, appears to be courting a pardon by showing up on social media for the former president. From his prison cell, he has praised the ex‑leader’s policies and supported the former president’s campaign to hit Iran. The messages ca
A recent police complaint has led to the co‑founders of Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX, Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal, being taken in for questioning. The allegations stem from a website that pretended to be CoinDCX and lured investors into losing large sums of money. The complaint was lodged by
In Italy, people went to the polls this Sunday for a very important vote. The question on the ballot is whether to change how judges and prosecutors work in the country. This issue has caused a lot of debate for years. The proposed changes would split one big court body into two separate groups. It
Japan’s foreign minister said the country might send its forces to sweep naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz if a ceasefire ends the U. S. -Israeli conflict with Iran. The minister explained that such an operation would only happen after a complete stop to fighting and if mines were blocking shippin
When a potential customer keeps canceling appointments or insists on ways that clash with how you run things, it can feel like a big problem. You might think refusing them would hurt your income, so you bend to keep the business. A real example happened when a warm referral missed three discovery
The planet is home to roughly ten million living kinds, from tiny fungi to giant whales. Every day, people around the world tap their phones and add a picture of something they spot to a free app that gathers this information. About six million people use it each month, giving scientists fresh data
The study looks at how a common sugar alcohol, sorbitol, affects the way κ‑casein, a protein found in milk, forms long fiber‑like structures called amyloids. In ordinary milk, κ‑casein keeps fat droplets together, but when the protein is stressed it can aggregate into ordered fibrils. Research
The idea of putting astronauts into a deep sleep or freezing them sounds like something out of a movie, but scientists are taking it seriously. In the story of “Project Hail Mary, ” a teacher wakes up on a ship miles away from Earth, but that fictional scene is just the tip of the iceberg when it co
The city council is set to meet again on March 23 to decide whether to issue a $2. 6 million bond that would buy new firefighter turnout gear free of PFAS chemicals. The current equipment has tested positive for these substances, which are linked to health risks such as certain cancers. Some council
In Charleston County, a group of school leaders wants state lawmakers to give local districts more say in how charter schools use their money. Daniel Prentice, the district’s chief finance officer, is urging representatives to add a clause that would require charter budgets to be approved by the
