Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Iran's secretive nuclear site and the bomb that could destroy it

A satellite image of the Fordow nuclear facility in Iran.

If the U.S. decides to support Israel more directly in its attack on Iran, one option would be to provide the “bunker buster” bombs believed necessary to significantly damage the Fordo nuclear fuel enrichment plant built deep into a mountain.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-fordow-fordo-site-bunker-buster-1.7564311?cmp=rss

Twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV approved in U.S.

Packaging for Gilead Science's HIV prevention medication, Yeztugo, (lenacapvir).

The U.S. has approved the world's only twice-a-year shot to prevent HIV, maker Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/lenacapvir-fda-1.7564882?cmp=rss

Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuations, cancelled flights

People in cars and on bicycles stop in the street look at a yellow and orange cloud of smoke rising toward the sky.

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again Wednesday after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancellations, including to and from the resort island of Bali.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lewotobi-laki-laki-1.7564178?cmp=rss

'Sephora kids' are using anti-aging creams. A new study says harms aren't just skin deep

Teenage girl taking selfies while doing make-up at home.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/sephora-kids-anti-aging-cream-study-1.7563225?cmp=rss