01 April 2022

Redesigned CRISPR Gene Editing Tool Is 4,000 Times Less Error-Prone
Last month, biomedical company Intellia reported promising results from a phase one trial of a CRISPR therapy that treats a rare disease caused by malformed proteins in the liver. But almost a decade after the discovery of the gene-editing tool, there are still only a handful of therapies in clinical trials, and none have been approved by regulators so far.

NVIDIA’s Tiny New AI Transforms Photos Into Full 3D Scenes in Mere Seconds
Building on previous work, NVIDIA researchers showed how a small neural network trained on a few dozen images can render the pictured scene in full 3D. As a demo, the team transformed images of a model holding a Polaroid camera—an ode to Andy Warhol—into a 3D scene. The work builds on neural radiance fields (NeRFs),

Rickards: I’ve Never Heard So Many Lies
The Russian-Ukraine kinetic war and the broader U.S.-Russian economic war are full of more lies than any public events I’ve seen in my lifetime including Vietnam, Watergate and the Iraq War. Here’s the real story: Russia’s invasion is the end result of 14 years of provocation by the West, including repeated declarations that Ukraine will join NATO and a U.S.-backed coup d’état in 2014 that displaced a pro-Russian president.

Vaccine injured 6-year-old out of hospital after 121 days
A six-year-old Minnesota boy who was hospitalized two days after getting vaccinated was released this week after a 121-day hospital stay.

Ukraine Shows Hating Israel isn’t About the Palestinians
A war is raging three thousand miles away from Jerusalem, between two nations that share no borders with Israel and in which it has no troops, no interests and no involvement. And yet somehow, the war between Russia and Ukraine has come to be about Israel.

Talmudic prophecy reveals: Russia-Ukraine war indicates Messiah’s arrival as early as 2022
O mortal, turn your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him Ezekiel 38:2 in the Talmud, a little-known prophesy touches on how wars in “the seventh year” are a sign of the End-of-days and a harbinger of the Messiah’s arrival.

Gun permits, armed citizens spotlighted for role in breaking terrorism wave
In a stabbing attack on Thursday, the attacker was shot and killed by an armed passenger, highlighting a quiet but steady trend of security offered by the firearm-carrying citizenry.

US Ambassador to Israel: If there’s a deal with Iran, Israel’s hands won’t be tied
US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides told Channel 12 News in an interview on Thursday that if a nuclear deal is reached with Iran, “the Israelis’ hands are not tied. If we don’t have a deal, Israel’s hands are certainly not tied.” He stressed that “Israel can do and take whatever actions they need to take to protect the State of Israel.”

Is Israel heading down a path of integration or collision with its Arab sector?
This week has left Israelis shook, after gusts of optimism were abruptly disrupted by terror. Between the Negev Summit and the recent string of terror attacks, Israel hardly had any time to celebrate its newly established bonhomie before enemies old and new emerged from within to sabotage its euphoric visions.

Ukraine: Russians leaving Chernobyl after radiation exposure
Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site, Ukraine’s state power company said Thursday as fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other fronts. The troops “panicked at the first sign of illness,” which “showed up very quickly,” and began preparing to leave, Energoatom said.

Watch: Disney Executive Producer Says Company ‘Welcoming’ of Her ‘Secret Gay Agenda’
Leaked video from Disney’s “Reimagine Tomorrow” summit reveals top-level employees openly discussing the company’s push to include more LGBTQ+ content in its ever-growing library. Released by Christopher Rufo of City Journal, one video featured executive producer Latoya Raveneau casually talking about how the company encouraged her “not-at-all-secret gay agenda” when she became an employee.

Hillary Clinton Campaign, DNC Fined $113K for Falsifying ‘Steele Dossier’ Expense
Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and the Democrat National Committee were fined on Tuesday $113,000 by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for hiding their spending on the fraudulent Russia “dossier.”

Kremlin demands rubles for gas, leaves currency loophole
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree Thursday demanding payment for natural gas in rubles but appeared to temper the order by allowing dollar and euro payments through a designated bank, the latest twist over energy supplies that Europe relies on to heat homes and generate electricity. The measure got a cautious reception from European leaders who insist payment will remain in euros and dollars and want to see the fine print of how the decree will be implemented.

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