‘We will launch… new dairy-like technology’: Danone eyes ‘plant-based 2.0’

As Danone continues to expand its high-growth plant-based beverage business, the company intends to broaden the fixture’s appeal to the majority of consumers ‘not in the category’ through the development of new technologies that deliver ‘dairy-like’ drinks.
— Read on www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2021/08/02/We-will-launch-new-dairy-like-technology-Danone-eyes-plant-based-2.0

First ‘Time Crystal’ Built Using Google’s Quantum Computer | Quanta Magazine

Like a perpetual motion machine, a time crystal forever cycles between states without consuming energy. Physicists claim to have built this new phase of matter…
— Read on www.quantamagazine.org/first-time-crystal-built-using-googles-quantum-computer-20210730/

Trump Pressed Justice Dept. to Declare Election Results Corrupt, Notes Show – The New York Times

“Leave the rest to me” and to congressional allies, the former president is said to have told top law enforcement officials.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/politics/trump-justice-department-election.html

Turkey Conducting Targeted Killings of PKK Leaders in Iraq: What’s Next? – Jamestown

Turkey Conducting Targeted Killings of PKK Leaders in Iraq: What’s Next? – Jamestown
— Read on jamestown.org/program/turkey-conducting-targeted-killings-of-pkk-leaders-in-iraq-whats-next/

Turkey Is Next as Wildfires Afflict Mediterranean Countries – The New York Times

The Turkish authorities said they were investigating the causes of fires that killed at least four people and threatened popular tourist destinations.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/world/middleeast/turkey-fires-mediterranean-lebanon.html

Reconceptualizing Lithuania’s Importance for U.S. Foreign Policy – Foreign Policy Research Institute

This report is part of FPRI’s collaboration with Eastern Europe Studies Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania and can also be viewed here
— Read on www.fpri.org/article/2021/07/reconceptualizing-lithuanias-importance-for-u-s-foreign-policy/

Biden Meets Exiled Belarusian Opposition Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya – Bloomberg

President Joe Biden met the exiled opposition leader of Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, at the White House Wednesday as the post-Soviet nation is swept by a new round of crackdowns against the opposition, media and civil society.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-28/biden-meets-exiled-belarusian-opposition-leader-to-show-support

The Indigenous Archaeologist Looking for Residential School Graves in Canada – The New York Times

Kisha Supernant has brought radar technology to the search for burial sites in Canada while she works to reshape her profession’s relationship with Indigenous communities.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/world/canada/indigenous-archaeologist-graves-school-children.html

Neanderthals Hunted with Leaf-Shaped Spears, Archaeologists Say | Archaeology, Paleoanthropology | Sci-News.com

The artifact is 7.6 cm (3 inches) long, 4.1 cm (1.6 inches) wide, 0.9 cm (0.35 inches) thick, and has a mass of 28 grams.

“Our results document how the tool was made, used and why it was discarded,” Professor Conard said.

“Thanks to a series of four ESR-dates the find is securely dated to over 65,000 years ago.”

“Until now finds of leaf points were interpreted as belonging to the period between 45,000 and 55,000 years ago — the last cultural phase of Neanderthals in Central Europe,” he added.

“The new results demonstrate that our assumptions about the dating of the cultural groups of the late Neanderthals were wrong and need revision.”

Using detailed microscopic analyses, the researchers found that the leaf point was mounted on a wooden shaft.

“Damage to the tip indicates that the artifact was used as a hafted spear point, and that the spear was likely thrust into prey rather than being thrown,” they said.

“Neanderthals used plant-based glue and bindings made from plant fibers, sinew, or leather, to secure the leaf point to the spear.”

“They clearly used the spear for hunting. While they re-sharpened the tool it broke, leading to its discard.”
— Read on www.sci-news.com/archaeology/hohle-fels-leaf-point-09905.html