42 articles from SATURDAY 13.11.2021

Bucket lists: are they really such a good idea?

These ‘must-do’ itineraries people feel the need to undertake before they die can come with a heavy costIt was revealed last week that a retired lecturer named Darrell Meekcom had been arrested for indecent exposure and dangerous driving after he mooned a speed camera. It sounds as though he’d managed to perform a contortionist manoeuvre at the wheel but in fact he stopped the car and got...

Science YouTuber Philipp Dettmer: ‘Getting cancer was super-interesting’

The online star with 15 million subscribers on demystifying everything from black holes to the immune system, the trouble with anti-vaxxers, and what his cancer taught himSkim Philipp Dettmer’s CV and you’d have to say he was an improbable candidate to become one of the world’s foremost science communicators. The 35-year-old from Munich dropped out of high school in Germany aged 15. He...

Yes, DeepMind crunches the numbers – but is it really a magic bullet? | John Naughton

The machine learning outfit’s foray into pharmaceuticals could be very useful, but its grand claims should be taken with a pinch of saltThe most interesting development of the week had nothing to do with Facebook or even Google losing its appeal against a €2.4bn fine from the European commission for abusing its monopoly of search to the detriment of competitors to its shopping service. The...