‘This time, it’s the other way around’: how Indonesia is reclaiming the science of human history - Nature

A rude awakening over the debt-fueled AI binge has sent investors rushing out of stocks and into government bonds, which now seem to be reclaiming their status as a safe haven and a hedge against equity and credit market wobbles. For much of the year, bonds have ⁠offered little ​protection as inflationary pressure pushed borrowing costs to multi-decade highs, leaving investors warily looking to hedge funds and other assets as alternatives. But on Wednesday, something strange happened: Treasuries and other government bonds rallied sharply, despite a hotter-than-expected US inflation report, which left chances of a US rate hike from the Federal Reserve this year on the table.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher Isaiah Santistevan led the development of three-dimensional simulations exploring how a nuclear device could deflect or disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth. Credit: Blaise Douros/LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a nuclear device could be used to deflect or potentially disrupt an asteroid threatening Earth.