Turkey’s earthquakes show the deadly extent of construction scams — The death toll has now reached 30,000, making the quakes the most lethal in the country’s modern history [The Economist]
On the trail with the surprise front-runner in Nigeria’s presidential race [1843 magazine]
“It’s hard to communicate the scale of the destruction”—earthquakes in Turkey and Syria [The Economist Podcasts]
Three countries moved from “flawed democracies” to “full democracies” in 2022. Find which countries moved up the rankings here: [TheEIU]
What we know about the flying objects over North America [BBC World]
China Says US Balloons Trespassed Over 10 Times Since Early 2022 [Bloomberg]
Exclusive: South Korea aims to join AI race as startup Rebellions launches new chip [Reuters]
Freezing and starving — Turkey-Syria earthquake victims struggle to survive as poor weather conditions hinder rescue and relief efforts. [AL-Jazeera News]
Hayley Williams, Without a Guidebook [The New Yorker]
Some Googlers reportedly aren’t happy about Bard’s ‘rushed’ announcement / Google employees criticized the company and CEO Sundar Pichai over the ‘botched’ launch of its ChatGPT competitor. [The Verge] I prefered the name LaMBDA
Earthquake aid crisis in Syria a “perfect storm” [Vox]
Tesla’s biggest hater airs Super Bowl ad against FSD [TechCrunch]
Design thinking was supposed to fix the world. Where did it go wrong? [MIT Technology Review]
An anonymous donor reportedly walked into the Turkish Embassy in the US and gave $30 million to aid victims of the devastating earthquake [Insider]
First lesson—you don’t need a Ph.D. to "do" data science. 👩‍🎓[LinkedIn] #DataCamp
Biden promise to crack down on fentanyl trafficking divides experts [The Guardian]
Jack Smith, Special Counsel for Trump Inquiries, Steps Up the Pace [The New York Times]
Dianne Feinstein Announces She’s Not Running For Reelection In 2024 [Huffington Post]
The Book That Exposed Anti-Black Racism in the Classroom [The Atlantic]
Will UFOs Push U.S. China Relations To The Brink? [FiveThirtyEight] no, it’s just a few weather balloons
Drink bottled water, officials tell Ohio town hit by toxic train crash [The Washington Post]
L’armée française veut muscler les capacités de résilience de la société [Le Monde]
Hubble catches rare crash of three brilliant galaxies [Mashable]
AI Has Successfully Piloted a U.S. F-16 Fighter Jet, DARPA Says [VICE News]
Momentum Grows on Special Tribunal to Prosecute Putin’s Aggression in Ukraine [The Intercept_]
Valentine's Day wasn't always about love [National Geographic]
Blinken has a lot on his plate including tensions with China and the war in Ukraine [Bloomberg]
80-million-year-old fossil ancestor of coffee and potatoes found near Sacramento [NPR]
With a guaranteed income, you can buy precious time with your family, say California parents [CapRadioNews]
Malgré le Brexit, introuvable souveraineté britannique [Le Monde diplomatique]
Russia Has Already Lost in the Long Run [Foreign Policy] #Ukraine
Ukraine and the Contingency of Global Order [Foreign Affairs]
What Happened to the Chinese Balloon Over Latin America? [The Diplomat]
What Lights the Universe’s Standard Candles? [Quanta Magazine]
Pour fêter #IDWGIS de @UN, près de 100 femmes de science du #CERN, Sciencescope (@UNIGEnews), @EPFL & @LAPPCNRS ont visité 200+ écoles locales afin de promouvoir les sciences à plus de 5000 élèves. #WomenInScience
En savoir plus: [CERN_FR]
NASA’s Satellites Help with Turkey, Syria Earthquake Response [NASA]

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