On Sunday night, John Oliver dedicated the majority of his Emmy-winning show “Last Week Tonight” to the Secret Service’s failings in recent years while declining to address the major media news of the week: David Ellison’s newly-formed Skydance Corp. swallowing up Warner Bros. Discovery — which controls Oliver’s network HBO — and merging it with
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Previous attempts to read charred scrolls have used X-ray CT alone, which assesses carbon-based materials. The technique can’t clearly identify writing because both the ink and papyrus contain carbon. (Jacob LaManna/NIST) Researchers have made their own
TikTok and its parent company ByteDance will pay the US state of Alabama $100m (£75.45m) and make a series of changes to restrict children’s usage in the state as part of a lawsuit settlement. The deal was reached just before a jury trial was set to begin on Monday. It ends a lawsuit alleging TikTok
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. A close-up of the lutetium clock’s interior, which is the world’s most accurate timekeeper. Credit: Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore Physicists have unveiled the world’s most accurate clock — a timepiece so reliable
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Brain–computer interfaces decode users’ brain signals.Credit: Kevin Frayer/Getty A new brain–computer interface (BCI) is the first of its kind to translate its user’s speech and movement at the same time. The device, tested in two people
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Mapping microproteins in the brain might help to understand, and treat, Alzheimer’s disease.Credit: Zephyr/SPL More than 1,000 previously overlooked ‘microproteins’ have been found in samples of human brain tissue from people with and without Alzheimer’s disease.
