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Whiteout Conditions Trigger Road Closures in Idaho

Winter storms brought snow and strong winds to Idaho, leading to severe weather warnings and road closures on Tuesday, January 9, as reported by officials. This footage, released by the Idaho Transportation Department on X, shows a snowplow on a snow-covered road amid high winds on Tuesday. “Never a good sign when the snowplow is

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Scientists discover anti-ageing protein that stops ‘zombie’ cells that can trigger cancer and Alzheimer’s disease

Until now experts believed the protein TFEB helped regulate two key organelles  Now researchers have identified HKCD1 which helps zap lingering ‘zombie’ cells By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 06:26 EST, 2 January 2024 | Updated: 06:28 EST, 2 January 2024 Scientists have discovered a protein that could stop ‘zombie’ cells from forming

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Freezing temperatures in northern China trigger alert

As the country braced for the mercury dip, President Xi Jinping called for ‘all-out efforts in emergency response’, state media reported Friday evening. China on Saturday issued a low-temperature alert, warning the mercury could drop to historic lows in some areas of the country, one day after President Xi Jinping urged “all-out efforts” to ensure

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Rate cut hopes trigger rush into risky assets

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Investors are piling into risky assets in the growing belief that the Federal Reserve and other major central banks are close to winning their battle with inflation, fuelling the biggest rally in global stocks since the

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Iran FM says militants have ‘finger on trigger’

Iran’s foreign minister warned Friday that Lebanese and Palestinian militants had their “finger on the trigger” in anticipation of an Israeli ground offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Iran’s clerical state backs Hamas, whose bloody assault inside Israel on October 7 triggered major retaliation, and has a close relationship with Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militia

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How AI will trigger the next ‘end of history’

A blurred photo of the OpenAI logo. | Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images AI is supposed to change everything. But what if it changes… literally everything, right down to the very fabric of government and society? That’s the vision presented in a recent series of essays from Samuel Hammond, a Canadian-American economist who has written extensively on

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