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Ivan Smith, a UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI) Research Data Analyst, conducts surveys with people living in a Santa Clara County homeless encampment. Credit: Barbara Ries UC San Francisco Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative has released the largest representative study of homelessness in the United States since the mid-1990s, providing a comprehensive look at the causes and consequences of…

Award-winning author and Guardian columnist Naomi Klein is to publish a book about conspiracy theories, which she has described as a departure and “more personal, more experimental” than her previous books.Doppelganger, out in September, uses the fact that Klein has often been mistaken for author Naomi Wolf as a jumping-off point to explore conspiracy theories and what Klein calls the “Mirror World”, our destabilised present rife with doubles and confusion.Doppelganger by Naomi Klein. Photograph: Penguin pressCombining…

Get your magnifying glass ready Fireshine Games has announced that ColePowered Games’ sandbox detective game, Shadows of Doubt will be hitting Steam Early Access on April 24, 2023. This follows an impressive demo released for Steam Next Fest this past February. Shadows of Doubt puts you in the wingtips of a private investigator and lets you loose on a sci-fi city to try and track down a serial killer. You gather evidence, pursue leads, and solve crimes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaVPh0-vYs Early Access is…

Elon Musk’s medical device company Neuralink is being investigated by the federal state for possible animal welfare violations, following internal complaints from staff that its animal tests are rushing in, causing unnecessary suffering and deaths, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and sources familiar with the company’s investigation and operations. Neuralink Corp is developing a brain implant that it hopes will help paralyzed people walk again and cure other neurological ailments. The federal…

The National Weather Service was investigating the possibility that a tornado was responsible for ripping the roof off a building in Montebello on Wednesday morning.It capped a period of wild weather across California that brought heavy winds and warnings of both tornados and landspouts.A video sent to television station KTLA showed a dark funnel cloud forming over the Montebello area while footage from the station’s own news helicopter showed the roof of the structure on South Vail Street with enormous holes, with beams…

UFO reports submitted to NUFORC. Upper panel: Weekly count of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) reports submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), from 1/1/1994 to 12/31/2020. In general, we note that there is typically a clear seasonal effect to report counts, with reporting peaking in the summer. Lower panel: Weekly count of UFO reports submitted to NUFORC from 1/1/2006 to 12/31/2020 (gray) with the 25-period moving average overlayed on…

Astra CEO Chris Kemp speaks inside the company's headquarters during the company's "Spacetech Day" on May 12, 2022.Brady Kenniston / AstraSpacecraft engine manufacturer and small rocket builder Astra announced on Friday that the company is investigating "potential illegal short selling" among shareholders of its common stock.The company said it hired financial software firm ShareIntel to assist with its review of "suspicious, aberrant or unusual trading activity.""Astra remains committed to protecting our investors and…

A Tesla Model Y Long Range is displayed on Feb. 24, 2021, at the Tesla Gallery in Troy, Mich. U.S. auto safety regulators have opened an investigation into Tesla’s Model Y SUV after getting two complaints that the steering wheels can come off while being driven. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the probe covers an estimated 120,000 vehicles from the 2023 model year. Credit: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File…

Photo: Ringo Chiu (Shutterstock)Investigators are looking into Snapchat’s alleged role in fentanyl-laced pills being distributed through the popular video and messaging app. Bloomberg is reporting that the FBI and Justice Department’s investigation is part of a broader probe into the nation’s counterfeit drug problem.An anonymous source told Bloomberg that the FBI has interviewed the parents of children who have died due to fentanyl poisoning by pills allegedly obtained on the app. They’re also working to trace who…

A report filed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) this week has opened another investigation into GM’s robotaxi company Cruise. According to the filing, the NHTSA has received multiple reports of Cruise’s autonomous EVs blocking roadways and stopping abruptly, causing accidents with other drivers on roads. Cruise is a startup founded in 2013 in San Francisco before being was purchased by GM in 2016. The startup immediately began converting the automaker’s Chevy Bolt EV…