An artist’s portrayal of a Jewish leader produced just weeks after the Bondi massacre has won the Archibald people’s choice category.

Michael Zavros won the $5,000 prize for his portrait of Alex Ryvchin, the co-head of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, who Zavros called an “unmistakably and unashamedly Jewish” leader.

Assessing how climate change will affect different regions usually requires running a complex chain of models. While this approach provides valuable insights, it is expensive and can cover only a limited set of scenarios and model runs. Together with partners, IIASA researchers have developed a faster alternative that uses available projections from Earth system or climate impact models to generate new regional climate and impact projections while capturing the uncertainty essential for understanding climate risk.

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A clinical trial from the University of Colorado Anschutz found oral semaglutide, the medication behind Ozempic and Wegovy used to treat diabetes and weight loss, can reduce heavy drinking in adults with alcohol use disorder—a potential breakthrough for the condition, which has few medications approved to treat it.

• Platform properties are now open to everyone, three weeks after the rollout began.
• Google published a guide on reading the Search data behind social and video posts.
• Search Console now reports on content you publish off your own site.

Search Console platform properties are now open to everyone worldwide, and Google has published a guide to reading your social and video search data.

Over and over, Dr. Anthony Fauci, an infectious disease doctor who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 38 years, invoked his Fifth Amendment rights during a highly anticipated hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC).

I’d put my six-pounder anti-tank guns in the perfect position to halt the Tigers’ advance. The German tanks would have to cross the bridge, keeping them packed together, and the derailed train on their flank would keep them from spreading out too much before they came into range of my British gunners’ heavy ordnance.