Society
New survey finds more U.S. cities protecting LGBTQ rights in.reuters
Sixty U.S. cities earned perfect scores on a nationwide ranking of protections for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) people, despite an array of anti-gay efforts by state governments, the Human Rights Campaign said on Monday.
Also see Human Rights Campaign Releases 5th Annual Municipal Equality Index hrc w!
Thousands March in Paris to Repeal Same-Sex Marriage Law nbcnews
About 24,000 people took part in the demonstration, police said, far fewer than the several hundreds of thousands the group "Demo for All" mobilized in 2012 and 2013 in an unexpectedly strong show of opposition from conservatives, especially Roman Catholics.
Russia
Russia’s State-Run Broadcaster RT Has British Bank Accounts Frozen time
“They’ve closed our accounts in Britain. All our accounts. ‘The decision is not subject to review.’ Praise be to freedom of speech!,” editor Margarita Simonyan tweeted in Russian. “The outcome of the day: we closed the account in Britain. The money is not locked, but the bank announced that it will stop serving us, without explanation,” she added later.
Also see RT bank accounts 'frozen': What is Russia Today? What are its links to Moscow? independent.co.uk. While RT is often used by independent sites reporting on world news (I've used it on this site), it's an open secret that it is used for Russian propaganda. I see a lot of sites that compile world news, particularly YouTube channels, rely heavily on RT as a source...this story is also a good reminder to double-check what you hear and see :)
North Korea
U.S. detects failed North Korean missile test - Pentagon in.reuters
The test-firing was the latest in a series conducted by North Korea in violation of United Nations resolutions, drawing a fresh U.S. vow to take its concerns to the world body and seek to hold North Korea "accountable for these actions."
Also see North Korea Warns It Would Use Nuclear Weapons First If Threatened nbcnews
Research
MIT nuclear fusion record marks latest step towards unlimited clean energy theguardian
Successful fusion means getting more energy out than is put in and this requires the combination of pressure, temperature and time to pass a critical value at which point the reaction becomes self-sustaining. This remains elusive but the MIT record shows that using very high magnetic fields to contain the plasma may be the most promising route to practical nuclear fusion reactors.
Stretchy optical fibers for implanting in the body news.mit.edu
Researchers from MIT mit.edu and Harvard Medical School harvard.edu have developed a biocompatible and highly stretchable optical fiber made from hydrogel — an elastic, rubbery material composed mostly of water. The fiber, which is as bendable as a rope of licorice, may one day be implanted in the body to deliver therapeutic pulses of light or light up at the first sign of disease.
Smartwatch prototype to use wrist as joystick gizbot
"This shows what smartwatches may be able to do in the future, by allowing users to interact with the device using one hand (the one that the watch is worn on) while freeing up the other hand for other tasks," said Xing-Dong Yang, assistant professor of computer science at Dartmouth College.
Also see a video of this in action: WristWhirl: One-handed Continuous Smartwatch Input using Wrist Gestures v
Space
China Amps Up Space Program in Race to Challenge U.S. nbcnews
With the current U.S.-led International Space Station expected to retire in 2024, China could be the only nation left with a permanent presence in space. China is "on the rise and the U.S. is in very real danger of falling behind in the future," warned Leroy Chiao leroychiao, a former NASA astronaut and veteran of four space flights, one of which included commanding the International Space Station.
AI
This AI Software Aims To Conquer Heart Disease fortune
...New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital plans to use CloudMedx Clinical AI Platform cloudmedxhealth to help craft care for people who have—or might develop—congestive heart failure (CHF), a condition affecting an estimated 5 million Americans. CloudMedx is already working with Sutter Physician Services, a Sacramento-based healthcare organization to apply its AI services to patient care.
"This shows what smartwatches may be able to do in the future, by allowing users to interact with the device using one hand (the one that the watch is worn on) while freeing up the other hand for other tasks," said Xing-Dong Yang, assistant professor of computer science at Dartmouth College.
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