Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++Fentanyl: America’s struggle to contain a deadly drugFinancial Times - Jamie SmythJaime Puerta remembers the last night his life felt normal. He had dinner with his son Daniel and they joked around while flicking through old family photographs. The next morning, the former marine found Daniel unconscious on his bed with ashen skin and a blue tint on his lips. What looked like …
Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++The Wild Logistics of Rihanna's Super Bowl Halftime ShowWIRED - Condé NastThe singer gave much of her halftime show performance atop seven suspended platforms. It was all in the name of protecting the grass. When you’re the …
Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++300 nuclear missiles are headed your way. You must respond. What now?Financial Times - John ThornhillThree hundred nuclear missiles are screaming towards the US. This is likely a pre-emptive strike by Russia to destroy all land-based intercontinental ballistic missile silos in the country. Anti-missile defences cannot knock out many of the incoming rockets, meaning 2mn Americans will die. Having …
Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++What it would take for Apple to disentangle itself from ChinaFinancial Times - Patrick McGeeWhen Tim Cook visited Capitol Hill to meet privately with senior lawmakers in early December, his company’s relationship with China was high on the agenda. In the prior month, Beijing’s strict Covid policies had led thousands of workers to flee the Zhengzhou megafactory known as “iPhone City” run by …
Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++‘Self-healing’ Roman concrete could aid modern construction, study suggestsverified_publisherThe Guardian - Nicola Davis Science correspondentThey have stood through the fall of an empire, the carnage of great wars and the foundation of a new country. But quite why structures made using Roman concrete are so durable has remained something of a mystery. Now researchers say they have discovered one possible explanation: the technique used …
Andreas Richardsonflipped into Nerd++Why is the NHS in its worst ever crisis?Financial Times - Clive CooksonThe NHS is facing what health leaders say is the worst crisis in its history. Hospital trusts and ambulance services across England are declaring critical incidents, and waiting times for admission to accident and emergency departments have reached unprecedented levels. The Royal College of …
