Brain tissue may be fuel for marathon runners | Apple keeps exploring (and scrapping) new ways to detect users’ health | These tiny electric fans are powerful enough to propel drones and jets | Bibi Netanyahu is the wrong man in the wrong place

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Brain tissue may be fuel for marathon runners - Science News

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Long-distance runners may tap into myelin as a fuel source for the brain. The fatty tissue insulates nerve cells and seems to diminish just after a race, then build back up in the following weeks.

In endurance athletes, some brain power may come from an unexpected source.

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Apple keeps exploring (and scrapping) new ways to detect users’ health - The Verge

Apple’s been signaling for years that it wants to dive more deeply into healthcare. A lengthy new Bloomberg report details just how far the company wants to go, while also explaining why it just hasn’t gotten there yet.

Its biggest ambitions, says the article, have been slowed in part by concerns from leaders like Apple CEO Tim Cook and COO Jeff Williams. The executives reportedly worry that slip-ups in the high-stakes field of healthcare “could tarnish the perception of the company.”

Bloomberg’s write-up has lots of previously unknown tidbits about Apple’s health aims, sourced from anonymous employees. Here are the highlights:

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These tiny electric fans are powerful enough to propel drones and jets - Popular Science

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Bibi Netanyahu is the wrong man in the wrong place - The Economist

FIVE DAYS into Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza, its armoured and infantry battalions are deepening their presence in the northern and central sectors of the Strip, while starting to take casualties. Civilian deaths continue to spiral to horrific levels with reports of dozens of Palestinians killed by the bombardment of several buildings in Jabalia, north of Gaza city. Israel claims it killed 50 militants in the same location, including Ibrahim Biari, one of the commanders of Hamas’s October 7th attack. Footage from Palestinian sources appears to confirm that many bystanders died, too.

Inside Israel a political battle is raging over the conduct of the war, its aftermath and who makes decisions. At its heart is Binyamin Netanyahu, the dominant figure in Israeli politics for over two decades, who may now be the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is widely perceived to have lost the confidence of the Israeli public and is struggling to run a war cabinet effectively. He is also an implausible candidate to deliver the two-state solution that America is implicitly demanding in return for its support of the offensive. On October 31st Antony Blinken, America’s secretary of state, told Congress that he supported a “revitalised” Palestinian Authority (PA) running Gaza after Israel leaves, with international help.

Start with public opinion. Mr Netanyahu is being held responsible by much of the public for the failures leading up to Hamas’s attack. Despite the culpability of the army and intelligence chiefs, they remain much more popular than him. According to one recent survey, half of Israelis trust the commanders of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to lead the country in war, only a fifth of them trust the prime minister and the generals equally. Just a tiny minority trusts Mr Netanyahu more.

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