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New research suggests that keeping blood sugar extremely steady may come with an unexpected tradeoff for some people with diabetes. The findings, which will be presented at the Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept. 28 – Oct. 2), indicate that people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes sometimes reported a better quality of life after days when their glucose levels fluctuated more, provided those levels remained within safe limits. Researchers paired data from continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices with daily well-being assessments. Their results suggest that the effort and…

Biodiversity banking is the collection and preservation of genetic samples of plants and animals.At the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, the biodiversity bank includes a plant gene bank, a tissue and DNA bank, along with their popular Frozen Zoo where genetic samples are cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen.Preserving genetic samples is crucial for species recovery in the future as well to preserve genetic diversity and for research purposes, Katie Heineman, conservation program leader for biodiversity banking, tells Mongabay.The alliance is now helping build capacity for sample collection by collaborating with governments and partner organizations in Kenya, Vietnam, Peru, and Hawai‘i.See…

Carri Lockhart, Karoon’s CEO and Managing Director, commented: “The electrical fault on SPS-92 is clearly very disappointing, especially given that this new ESP and cable system was in operation less than three months. Prior to the electrical fault, the well was performing in line with expectations, benefiting from increasing reservoir pressures following the resumption of water flood operations.“Our key focus now is on planning the intervention and bringing SPS-92 back into full production to capture the deferred barrels, and maximising production from the other Baúna wells. In parallel, the company is actively pursuing avenues for equipment warranty and insurance recoveries.…

The year after fascist Italy forcibly seized Ethiopia’s capital, in 1937, Benito Mussolini’s minister of national education said, “A geographical revival is always correlated with a political revival.” Few statements so pithily capture what the MAGA project thinks it’s doing with foreign policy in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean—a revival of the supposed greatness of an imagined past at the expense of everyone else. In recent weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America.” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick needled Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, about separatism in Alberta. In justifying tariffs…

The United Nations General Assembly will hold a high-level meeting on Monday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Durban Declaration – one of the most comprehensive frameworks to combat racial discrimination and inequality globally.The declaration, which is not legally binding for member states, was adopted at the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in the South African city of Durban. The 153-page document tackles racism, xenophobia, and the oppression of Indigenous people around the world.A political declaration is expected to be adopted at Monday’s meeting, according to the UN.What issues did the 2001 Durban Declaration address?The Durban Declaration and Programme…

In a speech delivered to a packed room, the pope did not specify what concessions he thought Kyiv or Moscow might have to make to secure peace. Russian forces are persistently bombing Ukraine and attempting to push forward in the Donetsk region, but the Kremlin’s military has so far failed to subjugate Kyiv after more than four and a half years of all-out war. The pontiff has taken an active role in recent months, pushing for an end to hostilities in Ukraine. In August, Leo sent Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the equivalent of his foreign minister, to Moscow to meet with…

The Local Apprenticeships Service was initially planned as a pilot in a limited number of areas but would now be available to any English mayor who wants it, he said.Through the scheme, which the Treasury says will roll out across England from March 2027, local teams plan to match young people with employers, including small businesses that have never taken on a trainee.The department said an extra £100m was going into the scheme, “fully funded” by savings from the Department for Work and Pensions.Powers to implement the scheme will rest with mayors because “they know which firms are hiring, which…

Speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at the Hearing of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European ParliamentBrussels, 28 September 2026It is a pleasure to be back before this Committee as part of our regular dialogue.The topic for today’s hearing goes to the heart of Europe’s economic future. Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform how we produce, work and innovate. Firms are set to devote around 10% of total investment to AI in 2026, and AI-related borrowing already accounts for roughly a quarter of credit growth to firms. [1] AI could significantly enhance Europe’s…

LaCie claims read/write speeds of up to 6,700 MB/s and 5,300 MB/s, which it says are adequate for real-time editing of 8K and 6K RAW footage. In testing the highest speeds, file transfers were 5,787 MB/s read and 5,188 MB/s write—which, while not quite matching the claim, still make it far and away the fastest drive in this guide. But raw speeds are just numbers for spreadsheets; I was more interested in real-world performance. I threw some 6K ProRes RAW at the Pro5 and was able to edit it on the MacBook Pro in DaVinci Resolve Studio.The downside here is…

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet malware called Carbonato that’s targeting exposed Docker daemons to deploy an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) agent framework called Hermes Agent. “The implant installs the framework unchanged, then overwrites its SOUL.md persona file,” ThreatDown said. “The 39-line prompt directs it to execute tasks received through Telegram, maintain persistence, and collect credentials.” At a high level, the botnet breaks into Docker daemons exposed without authentication on port 2375 and scans neighboring networks every five minutes to propagate further. On each host, it installs Hermes Agent with instructions to follow operators’ Telegram commands. The…