Chris Wilson

2 months ago | lasvegassun.com | Chris Wilson

The Senate should have rejected Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary. This man lives secret lives. He’s acknowledged five affairs during his first marriage. We know of at least one in his second marriage, with the woman who is now his wife, and we also know of what he calls a consensual encounter that occurred with another woman behind his current wife’s back. I can only wonder how many other affairs or consensual encounters haven’t been disclosed or might still be going on.

Jan 24, 2025 | hackster.io | Chris Wilson

A hands-on first look at the Thingy:91 X cellular IoT prototyping platform from Nordic Semiconductor. In December 2024, Nordic Semiconductor launched the Nordic Thingy:91 X, an exciting new addition to their Thingy family of rapid prototyping platforms for IoT applications. The new battery-powered Thingy:91 X is an evolution of the original Thingy:91, specifically designed to enable rapid development of prototypes for cellular IoT applications, such as asset tracking and environmental monitoring.

Jul 18, 2024 | theconversation.com | Chris Wilson |Reuben W Nowell |Tim Barraclough

A little-known group of microscopic animals has spent millions of years copying recipes for antibiotics from bacteria and using them to fight infections, we have shown in a new paper. We think this unusual defensive strategy could offer short-cuts in the race to develop antimicrobial treatments. More than 1.2 million people worldwide are killed by drug-resistant bacteria each year. Antibiotics are used to treat serious bacterial infections.

May 17, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Michael Cottone |Nicole Watson |Chris Wilson

Gov. Bill Lee recently signed into law Public Chapter 950, which creates significant changes in how Tennessee's franchise tax is calculated. Until now, the franchise tax has been calculated based on 1) a taxpayer's "apportioned net worth" or 2) the "actual value" of the taxpayer's real or tangible property owned or used in Tennessee (the Alternative Measure), whichever was greater.

Mar 13, 2024 | theconversation.com | Chris Wilson |Ethan Renner |Jack Smylie |Michal Dziwulski

As our research has previously revealed, the man who attacked two mosques in Christchurch in 2019, killing 51 people, posted publicly online for five years before his terrorist atrocity. Here we provide further information about Brenton Tarrant’s posting. This article has two main goals. First, by placing his online posting against his other online and offline activities, we gain a far more complete picture of the path to his attack.