Our Planet Is Woefully Unprepared For A Bad Solar Storm, Says Report By NASA And NOAA
Researchers from a bunch of US government agencies recently published the results of the first-ever “Space Weather Tabletop Exercise” to assess their preparedness for a severe solar storm. It turns out, we’re woefully unprepared for such an event. To sum up, an intense geomagnetic storm has the potential to spark regional-scale blackouts, radio communications outages, […]
Brendon McCullum Shares One Aspect England Need To “Improve On” Ahead Of India Tests
London: England head coach Brendon McCullum feels his players have lacked humility in their recent public utterances and he would like to see them win back respect from fans ahead of the tough home series against India and the Ashes later this year. McCullum, while speaking to the media ahead of a lone Test […]
Should I invest in the S&P 500 or the FTSE 100 right now?
Image source: Getty Images If we rewind a few years, the number of UK investors who bought US stocks was quite small. Yet following the AI boom and increasing interest from the younger generation, buying interest in S&P 500 shares has rocketed. The returns from the past couple of years versus the UK market are […]
The GBPUSD moved up-and-down after stronger CPI. What are the charts telling traders?
The GBPUSD moved higher to a new high going back to 2022 after hotter than expected CPI data, but has reversed lower. The pair is back below the 2024 hgh at 1.3433, and the 2025 high from April at 1.3441 after spiking to 1.34695. Staying below those levels will keep the sellers in play. Move […]
Prediction of bloodstream infection using machine learning based primarily on biochemical data
We investigated the feasibility of using ML models primarily based on biochemical variables for the prediction of BSI. The results suggest poor-to-moderate performance for the model to identify BSI cases. The model may still be useful to screen as a rule-out tool (vs. being a rule-in tool) with its particularly high NPV. Despite the overall […]
“Great Temperament”: Ex-India Coach Backs Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel To Do Well In England
Rajasthan Royals (RR) batting coach Vikram Rathour said he is confident that Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel will excel in the upcoming five-match Test tour of England. At the same time, Rathour, the former India batting coach who made his Test debut on the tour of England in 1996, feels the upcoming series […]
FTSE stocks use this earnings measure that Warren Buffett says is misleading
Image source: The Motley Fool Ocado Group (LSE:OCDO) is a FTSE 250 stock that like to focus on EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) when reporting its results. It’s not alone. But I’ve chosen the grocer-cum-technology group to help illustrate why this measure of profit has its critics. For the 52 weeks ended […]
Forexlive European FX news wrap: UK inflation surprises to the upside
High risk warning: Foreign exchange trading carries a high level of risk that may not be suitable for all investors. Leverage creates additional risk and loss exposure. Before you decide to trade foreign exchange, carefully consider your investment objectives, experience level, and risk tolerance. You could lose some or all your initial investment; do not […]
Genetic surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum populations following treatment policy revisions in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Between January 2017 and December 2022, GenRe-Mekong collected and processed a total of 5982 Pf samples from 21 provinces in three countries (Fig. 1b and Supplementary Fig. 1). Sequencing coverage was high across the genotyped samples, with a mean of 747 reads across barcode loci and 565 reads across drug resistant loci (Supplementary Fig. 2). In Vietnam, the […]
Housing, nutrition in peril as Trump pulls back Medicaid social services
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain During his first administration, President Donald Trump’s top health officials gave North Carolina permission to use Medicaid money for social services not traditionally covered by health insurance. It was a first-in-the-nation experiment to funnel health care money into housing, nutrition, and other social services. Some poor and disabled Medicaid patients became […]
