Due to the bad news that usually dominates the front page of NU.nl, the good news sometimes gets snowed under. That is why we make an overview of the positive and cheerful news.
Shortage of virus inhibitor remdesivir seems to have been resolved for the time being
The shortage of virus inhibitor remdesivir appears to have been resolved for the time being. Last weekend, a supply from a deal from the European Union arrived in the Netherlands and more doses are expected to be delivered soon, the Ministry of Health says in conversation with NU.nl.
The supply contains enough remdesivir to treat three hundred patients, a spokesman said. According to the spokesman, “dozens” of people are eligible for treatment with the drug every day.
Manufacturer Gilead, with which the European Commission buys the drug, says it will be able to supply more quickly and meet the expected demand for the longer term.
Peru opens Machu Picchu ruins to one tourist after seven months
Peru has opened the iconic ruin of Machu Picchu, which was closed due to the corona crisis, to one tourist. The Japanese had been waiting in the country for seven months before he could enter the Inca ruin.
Jesse Takayama had made a special request for the visit to Machu Picchu to the village of Aguas Calientes, where the monument is located. The Ministry of Culture finally approved Takayama for a viewing.
“This man came to Peru with only one dream: to enter the ruins,” said culture minister Alejandro Neyra during a virtual press conference.
Astronomers see how black hole absorbs star like ‘spaghetti string’
Astronomers have observed how a black hole sucks up a star and stretches it into a spaghetti string, the European Southern Observatory reports (THAT). It is the clearest observation of ‘spaghettiification’ – the stretching of an object by a black hole’s strong gravitational field – yet.
The black hole is located just over 215 million light-years from Earth, making it the closest instance of spaghettiification ever seen. Because it happened relatively close, it could be seen very well. It is a star with about the same mass as our sun. The astronomers saw that about half of this was absorbed in the black hole, they write in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Nobel Prize winner not available, colleague visits him at night
Paul Milgrom won the Nobel Prize in Economics, but no one could reach him to tell him. Colleague and fellow winner Robert Wilson decided to visit him at night. They won the Nobel Prize for their research into the way auctions work.
Facebook is banning Holocaust denial worldwide
Facebook will remove Holocaust denial messages. People who search the social medium for information about the Holocaust will be led to reliable information from the end of this year, according to the report Facebook.
The social media company has spoken a lot with leaders from the Jewish community in recent years. Following those conversations, the platform has now decided that Holocaust denial should be treated as hate speech.
Facebook has banned the distribution of implicit hate speech material, such as conspiracy theories about Jewish organizations that secretly rule the world, since the beginning of August.
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