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From Hollywood origin story to 41-layer “skyscraper” chips: arrest over lawmaker threat, Argentina zoo rescue, and a WWII pilot finally laid to rest
Biopic peeks at a Hollywood icon’s pre-legend years
Toby Jones, Lesley Manville, and Harry Lawtey lead a based-on-a-true-story drama that lingers in the awkward formative chapter before the star became a myth. Expect craft, character, and a little controlled nostalgia. Hollywood polishing its origin stories, what a shock.
Pennsylvania man arrested after alleged threat to kill lawmaker
Police say 43-year-old Richard Griffin was taken into custody on Election Day outside the Russell Senate Office Building after allegedly threatening to kill a member of Congress. He was stopped before passing through security at the Delaware Avenue entrance. Another sober reminder that political tensions are producing too many security incidents and not nearly enough accountability.
Engineers build a skyscraper chip, stacking 41 layers to push past Moore’s Law limits
An international team led by KAUST’s Xiaohang Li designed a chip that stacks 41 layers of semiconductors and insulators, roughly ten times taller than prior efforts, according to Nature Electronics. The vertical approach boosts circuit density without shrinking footprints, and Li says even six stacked layers can deliver a 600 percent logic increase in the same area with better performance and lower power. If lateral scaling is running into physics, the future may simply go up. Moore’s Law did not retire, it rented a penthouse.
Rescue under way for big cats and bears abandoned at defunct Argentina zoo
Four Paws has begun emergency care for 62 big cats and two brown bears from the shuttered Luján Zoo near Buenos Aires, once infamous for letting visitors pose with lions and tigers. After its 2020 closure, a few former keepers kept feeding animals, but years without proper care left nearly half of 136 big cats dead. A 2023 visit found lionesses packed into a tiny cage and tigers crammed with African lions, driving injuries, infections, and organ failure. Under a new agreement with Argentina’s government, veterinarians are assessing survivors, some needing urgent surgery, with sanctuary transfers to follow. The country has pledged to end the sale and ownership of exotic cats, a promise that will live or die on enforcement. A damning indictment of a system that needed an NGO to do what a zoo and regulators should have done from the start.
WWII pilot laid to rest 80 years after his death
Lt. Gerard Melofchik, a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot killed in 1944 when his B-17G was hit over France and collided with another aircraft, was finally brought home to Bucks County. Identified on June 24 through work by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and Middle Tennessee State University, he was honored with full military rites at Washington Crossing National Cemetery as more than 50 relatives gathered. The service included a five-pound Hershey’s bar, a nod to his wartime request. A fitting, long-delayed salute to a life given in service and a reminder to honor all who served.
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By IniaesBiopic peeks at a Hollywood icon’s pre-legend years
Toby Jones, Lesley Manville, and Harry Lawtey lead a based-on-a-true-story drama that lingers in the awkward formative chapter before the star became a myth. Expect craft, character, and a little controlled nostalgia. Hollywood polishing its origin stories, what a shock.
Pennsylvania man arrested after alleged threat to kill lawmaker
Police say 43-year-old Richard Griffin was taken into custody on Election Day outside the Russell Senate Office Building after allegedly threatening to kill a member of Congress. He was stopped before passing through security at the Delaware Avenue entrance. Another sober reminder that political tensions are producing too many security incidents and not nearly enough accountability.
Engineers build a skyscraper chip, stacking 41 layers to push past Moore’s Law limits
An international team led by KAUST’s Xiaohang Li designed a chip that stacks 41 layers of semiconductors and insulators, roughly ten times taller than prior efforts, according to Nature Electronics. The vertical approach boosts circuit density without shrinking footprints, and Li says even six stacked layers can deliver a 600 percent logic increase in the same area with better performance and lower power. If lateral scaling is running into physics, the future may simply go up. Moore’s Law did not retire, it rented a penthouse.
Rescue under way for big cats and bears abandoned at defunct Argentina zoo
Four Paws has begun emergency care for 62 big cats and two brown bears from the shuttered Luján Zoo near Buenos Aires, once infamous for letting visitors pose with lions and tigers. After its 2020 closure, a few former keepers kept feeding animals, but years without proper care left nearly half of 136 big cats dead. A 2023 visit found lionesses packed into a tiny cage and tigers crammed with African lions, driving injuries, infections, and organ failure. Under a new agreement with Argentina’s government, veterinarians are assessing survivors, some needing urgent surgery, with sanctuary transfers to follow. The country has pledged to end the sale and ownership of exotic cats, a promise that will live or die on enforcement. A damning indictment of a system that needed an NGO to do what a zoo and regulators should have done from the start.
WWII pilot laid to rest 80 years after his death
Lt. Gerard Melofchik, a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot killed in 1944 when his B-17G was hit over France and collided with another aircraft, was finally brought home to Bucks County. Identified on June 24 through work by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and Middle Tennessee State University, he was honored with full military rites at Washington Crossing National Cemetery as more than 50 relatives gathered. The service included a five-pound Hershey’s bar, a nod to his wartime request. A fitting, long-delayed salute to a life given in service and a reminder to honor all who served.