11 State Sue; The Dragon-Lady; Superbug in the US; Robots for Workers; WHO Singles out Israel; Temple Mount Support in the Knesset; China's Nuclear Subs; Robots in Pain; and Students Beat NASA at Their Game

Society

Eleven states sue Obama administration over bathroom guidance for transgender students washingtonpost v

The federal lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, states that the guidance “has no basis in law” and could cause “seismic changes in the operations of the nation’s school districts.”

(WRETCHED) You better affirm this man who wants to be a dragon-lady. youtube v

Disease

The superbug that doctors have been dreading just reached the U.S. washingtonpost

The antibiotic-resistant strain was found last month in the urine of a 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman. Defense Department researchers determined that she carried a strain of E. coli resistant to the antibiotic colistin, according to a study published Thursday in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology. The authors wrote that the discovery "heralds the emergence of a truly pan-drug resistant bacteria."

See also Superbugs not super after all from creation.com last year for some perspective on 'super'bugs.

Economy

Foxconn’s recent replacing of 60,000 workers with robots is the taste of a new reality dnaindia

In a story outlining the company’s growth plans in China's Kunshan county, Xu Yulian, a department head at Foxconn’s factory there stated, “The Foxconn factory has reduced its employee strength from 110,000 to 50,000, thanks to the introduction of robots. It has tasted success in reduction of labour costs.”

Also see McDonald's CEO says $15 hourly wage, robots won't kill jobs

Israel

WHO singles out Israel for probe into health rights abuses timesofisrael

The motion, co-sponsored by the Arab Group of States and the Palestinians, commissions a delegation to investigate and report on “the health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory” and in “the occupied Syrian Golan,” and to place it on the agenda at next year’s meeting.

Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick moves to Knesset jewishjournal

A year and a half ago, Yehuda Glick was a fringe Temple Mount activist expected to die, the victim of a point-blank assassination attempt. This week, he was sworn into the Knesset as the ruling Likud Party’s replacement legislator for outgoing Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon.

China

China to send nuclear-armed submarines into Pacific amid tensions with US theguardian

Chinese military officials are not commenting on the timing of a maiden patrol, but insist the move is inevitable.

Robotics

Researchers Teaching Robots to Feel and React to Pain spectrum.ieee.org v

The researchers, from Leibniz University of Hannover, are developing an “artificial robot nervous system to teach robots how to feel pain” and quickly respond in order to avoid potential damage to their motors, gears, and electronics. They described the project last week at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Stockholm, Sweden, and we were there to ask them what in the name of Asimov they were thinking when they came up with this concept.

3D Printing

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS LAUNCHED A ROCKET WITH COMPLETELY 3D-PRINTED ENGINE popsci v

Their rocket, dubbed Vulcan-1, is 19 feet long, 8 inches in diameter, and capable of 750 pounds of thrust. It's powered by a cryogenic combination of liquid oxygen and refined kerosene. The rocket traveled approximately 4000 feet.

Other...

Aristotle’s 2,400-Year-Old Tomb Found at Stagira greece.greekreporter v p

I think the title should say 'maaaaaaybe'