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Angela Rayner moves to protect pubs from being turned into houses or offices
Housing secretary says developers will have to prove there is no way to save pub, as she prepares planning shake-up
All pubs will get protection from being turned into housing or offices under a shake-up of planning laws in England to be presented by Angela Rayner this week.
The housing secretary will publish a new national planning policy framework aimed at loosening planning laws even further to help build 1.5m homes by the end of the parliament.
Continue reading...Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war.
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What's at stake for Dodgers' owner Mark Walter as authorities probe his businesses
With the Department of Justice, the SEC and state insurance regulators probing Mark Walter's businesses, the Dodgers owner has a lot on the line.
Trump turns to containing the fallout from setbacks in Iran
The current approach — an economic choke hold on Iran — is being led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
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You Don’t Need 10,000 Steps to Help Your Heart
We all know that exercise is good for your health. But, the other side of this equation is often overlooked: a lack of exercise, or physical inactivity, is a major health risk.
One of the first landmark studies that recognized this fact was conducted more than 70 years ago. In the 1950s, epidemiologist Jeremy Morris studied more than 30,000 employees of the London transportation system. He observed that bus drivers who sat all day behind the wheel had a higher risk of developing coronary heart disease than conductors who walked up and down the aisles and stairs collecting fares. This natural experiment fundamentally changed how we think about activity for the prevention of heart disease.
Since then, the evidence to support physical activity for better cardiovascular health has grown substantially. Regular physical activity lowers the risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, and has been linked to longer lives and healthier aging. These data are strong enough that the American Heart Association names physical activity one of the eight key things you can do for better cardiovascular health. That group, and the federal physical activity guidelines, both recommend at least 150 minutes each week of moderate intensity exercise, along with at least two days per week of muscle-strengthening activities.
Despite the accumulation of decades of evidence, physical inactivity remains one of our greatest public-health challenges. According to the American Heart Association’s 2026 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics report, which my colleagues and I recently published in Circulation, fewer than half of U.S. adults achieve the recommended amount of aerobic activity, and only one in five achieve recommended targets for combining aerobic and muscle-strength training activities.
As we have modernized our lives and jobs with screens and desks, the “bus driver” problem that Morris identified several decades ago has become even more common. Physical inactivity now contributes to millions of deaths worldwide each year.
So why don’t we, as clinicians, approach physical inactivity the way we do other major cardiovascular risk factors?
When someone has high blood pressure or high cholesterol or is at high cardiovascular risk, we identify it and develop a treatment plan. Although physical inactivity is rarely addressed in this way, there are a few select conditions where we in fact do prescribe exercise. For people recovering from a heart attack or for anyone who has recently had a coronary stent placement, bypass surgery, or heart valve surgery, guidelines recommend a supervised exercise program called cardiac rehabilitation. However, even after a cardiac event, less than one-third of patients participate, despite strong evidence that cardiac rehabilitation programs reduce hospitalizations and risk of dying.
The value of structured exercise extends well beyond heart disease. A recent randomized trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that patients with colon cancer who participated in a three-year structured exercise program were 30% more likely to live longer and without cancer compared with the group that only received advice to exercise.
But why do we wait until after someone develops heart disease, or cancer, to prescribe exercise as part of the treatment plan? Why aren’t we investing in the tools and programs to help people become more active years or even decades earlier, before disease develops? Exercise, after all, can prevent disease.
Today, we have the opportunity to change our collective approach to physical inactivity. Millions of people now have smartphones, watches, and digital tools to track daily movement. These wearable devices have the potential to help us measure, modify, and monitor our movement behaviors. But as health monitors have gotten more popular, the sheer volume of health advice for how to use them has increased exponentially. As a result, it can sometimes be overwhelming to know where to start.
Step counts are an intuitive, universally understood, and easily tracked place to begin. They have the potential to be a powerful public-health tool. Moreover, walking is an accessible form of activity that doesn’t require equipment and can be a great place to start an exercise program.
So, what’s a good goal for daily steps? Most people may think that 10,000 steps a day is the right target. But this number originated from a marketing campaign—not from science—because it was easy to remember. Ten thousand steps per day was never based on hard evidence. In fact, when researchers examined daily step counts in large population studies, the health benefits for walking begin well before 10,000 steps.
Even more encouraging is that people who moved from very low levels of activity to modest activity had significant gains in health outcomes. This is particularly important when we think about defining achievable goals to set people up for success rather than discourage them. As a preventive cardiologist, I focus on the message that every step, and every movement, matters. Even parking a little farther away, walking while doing a video call, or taking the stairs instead of the escalator add up.
To address the 10,000 steps misperception, we should retire that arbitrary target as a one-size-fits-all prescription and replace it with a message grounded in evidence: start where you are, and do a little more. If you're currently taking 3,000 steps a day, aim for 4,000. If you're at 5,000, try for 6,000.
Exercise isn't only good for improving heart health. Regular walking is linked to better sleep, improved mood, healthier brain aging, and lower risk of dementia.
At the same time, we cannot ignore that the choice to exercise is not solely an individual one. It is also shaped by a person’s surroundings. In order to be able to make walking an exercise habit, there need to be safe sidewalks, neighborhood parks, and green spaces in the communities in which we live and work. We must prioritize policies that enable and support a healthy environment and healthy activity choices.
Perhaps our greatest missed opportunity comes from not starting earlier. By adolescence, physical inactivity is already common, with only 20-26% of teens reporting meeting physical activity guidelines. This means by adulthood, we are already working backwards.
The science is remarkably reassuring: you don’t need to become an athlete to improve your health. Spending more minutes walking today can improve the health of your heart and your brain for years to come. The goal is not to reach an arbitrary number. It is to keep moving.
Which plants will survive and can I use grey water? Gardening as UK summers get drier
As parts of Beth Chatto’s visionary drought-tolerant gardens in Essex turn brown, the head gardener offers advice
Her debut book, in 1978, was titled The Dry Garden. Since then, the late Beth Chatto created a rich legacy with her expertise as a plantswoman and by setting up one of the oldest unwatered public gardens in England.
Once a car park but transformed in 1992 into an experiment to test what plants were drought-tolerant in Essex, the driest county in the UK, Chatto’s gravel gardens south of Clacton are being visibly tested this year.
Continue reading...This is how we do it: ‘Sex was our glue – now if we fight, we can’t just screw and come out glowing’
Pam and Mike couldn’t keep their hands off each other when they met. But as aging and biology have taken their toll, their sex life has suffered
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We haven’t had sex in two years. Mike says it’s because his dick is dead
Continue reading...Trump’s midterm malaise: endless war and high prices could spell doom for Republicans in November
‘Complete unraveling’ of Trump and Republican project reflects attitude of not caring at all about governance
He was always one step ahead. Donald Trump won the US presidency as a wildly unlikely outsider in 2016 and staged an astonishing comeback to win it again in 2024. Even his foes grudgingly called him a political savant with an intuition for exploiting grievances that left so-called experts floundering.
But now they are asking if the dark genius has lost his touch. Trump is trapped in the quagmire of an unpopular war, obsessing over monuments in Washington and looking for a new spokesperson after his White House press secretary quit. If the 80-year-old was deliberately trying to sabotage his Republican party in November’s midterm elections, it is not clear what he would do differently.
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Cutting Your Parents Off Isn’t the Answer
Inside the Experimental Traps Scientists Set for Ghostly Neutrinos
How a Ukrainian Bank Worker Came to Face Life in a Russian Prison
As the Old Files Open, One Family Confronts Another’s Dark Nazi Past
How a False Nuclear Claim About Iran Ricocheted From India to Washington
As Iran War Turns Into Economic Battle, a New U.S. Strategy Recalls Old Ones
How Republicans Embraced Brandon Herrera, a Texas Republican Candidate and Gun Influencer
Democrats Face a Potential Tea Party Moment
Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.
Trump’s Other Hold on the Americas: The Visa
The U.S. Military Wants A.I. Dominance. Feuds and China May Thwart It.
NATO Jets Down Suspected Russian Drone Over Romania
Former Olympian's lawyers say Trump pushing 'false version' of Reflecting Pool case
China’s exorbitant surplus calls for a much stronger yuan
Наступление ВСУ на Александровском направлении: что о нем известно и каковы его перспективы
Дальнобойные атаки России и Украины: после ночных ударов есть жертвы в Кривом Роге и Каменске-Шахтинском
Ukraine launches one of the largest aerial attacks on Russia yet
The Best Cat Water Fountains of 2026: Petlibro, Petkit, Oneisall
TRON, Aptos и BSC в одной цепочке заражения: расследование JavaScript-загрузчика, связанного с ChainVeil
Что произойдет, если AI-агент порекомендует пользователю заражённый репозиторий? Именно так началось это расследование: от одного срабатывания Kaspersky до многоступенчатого JavaScript-загрузчика, использующего TRON, Aptos и BSC для доставки RAT.
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Hunt wins third gold as Asher-Smith makes history
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Зачем все так сложно
У нас уже подходит к концу лето 2026 года. AI‑агенты, вайб-кодинг, Docker и тонны фреймворков, библиотек и примеров для всех современных платформ. Микросервисы — цель, икона и грааль как в разговорах, так и в требованиях к кандидатам. В одиночку можно быстро поднять работающий проект, подключить к нему ИИ и выложить для использования.
Наконец-то закончилась волна «входа в IT» с бесконечными полусырыми курсами и инфоцыганскими каналами для вайтишников. Как-то поуспокоилось.
Но есть ряд вопросов: Не тратит ли разработчик больше времени, сражаясь с настройками контейнеров для разработки или с тем же Webpack, чем на написание самого кода? Сколько нужно изучить, чтобы написать простое веб-приложение? Каково минимальное количество библиотек и фреймворков для этого? Всегда ли нужны микросервисы?
Именно такие вопросы давно и регулярно всплывали в разговорах с коллегами и для ответа на них был сделан небольшой проект — чисто эксперимента ради. О нём я и хочу рассказать. Что-то будет разбираться очень подробно, а что-то пройдём мимо — это не обучение, это результат эксперимента.
Читать далееKing Charles and Prince William face £10m energy upgrade bill for estates
New rules could affect nine in 10 rental properties in duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster and at Sandringham
King Charles and Prince William could be forced to spend up to £10m upgrading hundreds of rental properties on their private estates to meet planned energy-efficiency rules.
The government has announced that landlords will need to ensure their properties have energy performance certificate (EPC) ratings of C or higher by 2030 – up from the current requirement of an E.
Continue reading...University spinout to launch water quality app for UK and US waters
Molendotech will collate data from daily tests that detect E coli and other bacteria amid reports of swimmers falling ill
A UK university spinout behind a rapid bacterial water testing kit is planning to launch live water quality maps, as scores of beachgoers report falling ill after swimming.
Molendotech, a spinout from the University of Plymouth, sells a portable test that detects E coli and other bacteria in water and delivers results on the spot, without waiting for days to get laboratory results.
Continue reading...Block export of ‘national treasure’ UK fossils, says MP
Sale of one of UK’s top collections overseas prompts call new rules to help keep items in country
An MP has called on ministers to change export controls so that significant fossils can be classed as national treasures after one of the UK’s best collections, unearthed on Dorset beaches, was sold overseas.
Last week, a Guardian investigation revealed that an unparalleled collection of fossils from the UK’s Jurassic Coast, comprising hundreds of specimens including ichthyosaurs, had been sold to the Natural History Museum in Abu Dhabi for what one source described as an “eight-figure sum”.
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This fall, we're asking seniors to send us their stories in audio form. Our judges will pick the best ones and air them on NPR.
Lindsay Clancy's trial highlights gaps in understanding, treating postpartum psychosis
The high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy's has put the condition in the spotlight. Women who have had it call for more research and understanding of a difficult mental illness.
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Billions of sea stars have died. A Northwest tribe is trying to save the species
Sunflower sea stars are critically endangered in the Pacific Ocean. University of Washington researchers are working with the Samish Indian Nation to bring this 24-armed creature back from the brink of extinction.
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King Charles and Prince William face £10m energy upgrade bill for estates
New rules could affect nine in 10 rental properties in duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster and at Sandringham
King Charles and Prince William could be forced to spend up to £10m upgrading hundreds of rental properties on their private estates to meet planned energy-efficiency rules.
The government has announced that landlords will need to ensure their properties have energy performance certificate (EPC) ratings of C or higher by 2030 – up from the current requirement of an E.
Continue reading...‘I thought – if I die, I’ve had a good innings’: producer James Ford on life, death and making an album from his hospital bed
The Arctic Monkeys, Pet Shop Boys and Pulp collaborator was at the height of his powers as Britain’s most in-demand music producer when leukaemia struck. ‘I realised life is exceptionally fragile,’ he says
There was a moment outside the door of a recording studio in rural France, staring at a half-eaten apple that he believed possessed psychedelic properties, when James Ford knew things had really got out of hand. He was stood with Klaxons; all of the band members were hypnotised by this rotting fruit which throbbed on the floor with kaleidoscopic intensity. They were convinced that its blooming mould was in fact their spiritual guru.
The band had been riding the wave of their huge, scene-defining debut album, 2007’s Myths of the Near Future – which was produced by Ford – and were now trying to record the interminably difficult follow-up, aided by daily doses of a concoction they’d taken to calling “the five-star general”.
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Джей Кук, который прославился как американский герой за свою роль в обеспечении финансирования Союзных сил в Гражданской войне, 1 января 1870 года подписал контракт, который, по сути, привёл уже к Мировой войне.
В 1864 году Конгресс США создал Northern Pacific Railway (Северную Тихоокеанскую железнодорожную компанию), чтобы соединить Великие Озёра и залив Пьюджет-Саунд путями, которые в конечном итоге должны были пролегать от Дулута до Такомы. Эта хартия включала 40 миллионов акров прилегающих к путям земель, которые государство пообещало компании за их строительство. Однако в течение следующих шести лет Northern Pacific с трудом находила финансирование в то время, как Union Pacific и Central Pacific успешно строились навстречу друг другу и в мае 1869 забили «золотой костыль», символически ознаменовав окончательное соединение Сакраменто и Омахи.
Читать далееКуда завел бы нас Фрэнк Герберт, если бы джихад против машин случился по-настоящему
Недавно вышел очередной фильм по «Дюне». Первая же серия — открывающий облет над Арракисом: камера ныряет между дюнами, будто сама превращается в песчаную бурю, гигантский червь всплывает из-под поверхности пустыни как левиафан, а орнитоптеры складывают крылья настолько правдоподобно, что на секунду забываешь, что это графика, а не документальная съемка насекомообразной машины. Работа сделана душевно и с почтением к первоисточнику.
И все же чего-то не хватает.
Пожалуй, только Дэвиду Линчу в свое время удалось хоть немного прикоснуться к настоящему масштабу замысла Герберта, но даже он при всей своей безумности замысла и психоделической смелости не смог вместить все. С тех пор прошло больше сорока лет, и никто так и не подобрался ближе к глубине гениального автора.
Бюджеты и спецэффекты здесь ни при чем. «Дюна» — это честный, местами беспощадный набор мысленных экспериментов о природе власти, свободы и человека, который моделирует нашу цивилизацию в обход собственных технологий, а не благодаря им. Но в экранизациях эта глубина обычно растворяется в красивой картинке.
Выход сериала удачно совпал по времени с глобальной дискуссией об искусственном интеллекте. Эти споры напомнили остроту поставленных романом вопросов. Страх потери контроля, требования ограничить ИИ, тревожные прогнозы от людей, которые сами его создают, — Герберт проиграл этот сценарий в уме еще полвека назад, только вместо экрана и графики у него для этого была печатная машинка. И закончил он его настолько неожиданно, что вряд ли кто-то из нынешних паникеров сумел бы предположить такой поворот. Это лишь один из возможных вариантов будущего, придуманный фантастом задолго до нынешних споров, но по пути к нему Герберт успевает задать вопросы, которые звучат сегодня даже острее, чем во времена написания романа.
Читать далееСоздание SCADA системы для мониторинга показателей работы аммиачного цеха хладокомбината в г. Самара
Оглавление
Как объединить компрессоры, частотные приводы, датчики и шкафы управления в единую систему мониторинга? Показываем на реальном проекте хладокомбината, как построили SCADA-систему с передачей данных по RS-485 и Ethernet, архивированием параметров и уведомлениями об авариях через Telegram.
Читать далееМобильная разработка за неделю #643 (10 — 16 августа)
В этом дайджесте Android-приложение Polymarket на Swift, Structured Concurrency и отмена корутин, что нового во Flutter 3.47 и разработка мобильного приложения с помощью Claude Code, конкурирующие магазины приложений в Play Store, ИИ, парализовавший принятие решений и многое другое. Заходите!
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