A study of extinct dire wolf DNA reveals surprises, including that the carnivores, made famous as fictional pets in Game of Thrones, weren't closely related to wolves.
British film director Michael Apted, who died January 7 aged 79, was responsible for a remarkable variety of work over his long career, from action thrillers to the documentaries that will probably stand as his most enduring legacy. Fascinated by the cinema from his teens, Apted worked with facility across a surprising range of material.
Michael Apted in 2013 (Photo: Peabody Awards Anders Krusberg)
There was a James Bond film,
The World Is Not Enough (1999), a solid biography of country singer Loretta Lynn (in fact, the best of the popular music biographies),
Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), and
Amazing Grace (2006), about the abolitionist William Wilberforce.
(Latvian Public Broadcasting) From January 15, all arrivals in Latvia will be required to show a negative Covid-19 test. This rule has led to dissatisfaction, Latvian Radio reported January 12.
A Latvian PhD student from London plans to challenge the requirement at the Constitutional Court. Meanwhile, the associate professor of medicine at the University of Latvia, Solvita Olsena, points out that this time the government has given good justification for why it has chosen such a rule.
In a post on Facebook, PhD student of European Union and International human rights Law Aleksandra Jolkina of Queen Mary University of London expressed her outrage over the new rules regarding the requirement for the negative Covid-19 test for travelers.
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On the path to writing his PhD dissertation, Lucio Milanese made a discovery one that refocused his research, and will now likely dominate his thesis.
Milanese studies plasma, a gas-like flow of ions and electrons that comprises 99 percent of the visible universe, including the Earth’s ionosphere, interstellar space, the solar wind, and the environment of stars. Plasmas, like other fluids, are often found in a turbulent state characterized by chaotic, unpredictable motion, providing multiple challenges to researchers who seek to understand the cosmic universe or hope to harness burning plasmas for fusion energy.