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- 1Climate Anxiety Support Group Discusses Man-Made Crisis●Climate Change Anxiety Support Group Cafe:Let’sTalk-“This is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly”-Guardian UK
A climate anxiety support group, Cafe:Let'sTalk, is drawing attention after a discussion centred on the claim that climate change is not a natural calamity but something being done to people knowingly. The conversation, reported in connection with Guardian UK coverage, reflects a growing focus on the psychological toll of the climate crisis and feelings of anger over its human causes rather than treating it as an unavoidable disaster.
- 2Federal Circuit Backs Google in Advertising Patent Ruling●CAFC Affirms Section 101 Dismissal for Google Over Internet Advertising Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court's dismissal of internet advertising patents held invalid under Section 101 of the Patent Act, in a case involving Google. The ruling reinforces the judiciary's strict approach to abstract, computer-implemented ideas and is drawing attention from patent practitioners and technology companies watching how advertising-related patents fare.
- 3Machine learning boosts production of licorice-derived drug molecule●Machine Learning and Molecular Scaffolds Supercharge Production of a Licorice-Derived Drug Molecule
Researchers report using machine learning together with molecular scaffold engineering to dramatically increase production of a drug molecule derived from licorice. The approach is described as a way to make plant-derived pharmaceutical compounds more efficiently and at higher yields than traditional extraction or biosynthesis methods allow, drawing attention in the biotechnology community.
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Tanzania are taking on Sudan in the final of the CECAFA U20 championship, with the match being followed live by a large audience. The fixture pits two of East and Central Africa's strongest youth sides against each other for the regional under-20 title, and the live broadcast is drawing heavy engagement as fans track the score in real time.