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13 September 2014Every week, the BBC Focus magazine solves some doubts of its readers. Below is a selection of their responses for the curious.How does robotic surgery work?image source, Gettycaption, Robots for surgery allow three times greater precision in the doctor's hand.The Da Vinci Robotic Surgery System (pictured) consists of a four-armed, spider-legged apparatus operated by a surgeon from a control panel in the operating room, a few feet away from the patient.The surgeon uses it to control, for example, the tip of the scalpel with sub-millimeter accuracy.The incisions can be made smaller than with conventional methods and there is…

NEW YORK (AP) — Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan Chase are asking a federal court to throw out lawsuits that say big banks should have seen evidence of sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein, the high-flying financier who committed suicide in prison. while facing criminal charges.The banks said in filings late Friday that they did not commit any negligent act that would cause harm to the women who filed the lawsuits and that the lawsuits did not show that they profited from Epstein's sex trafficking.The filings in federal district court in New York came about a month after two women, both identified…

WASHINGTON — Patrick Leahy came to the Senate nearly half a century ago after the Watergate scandal and the resignation and pardon of President Richard Nixon.After a historic run, the Vermont Democrat, the last of the so-called "Watergate Babies" of that class from 1974, leaves Congress with his mind set on another constitutional crisis: President Donald Trump's efforts to subvert the election of 2020 and the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.“Here is a man who does not believe in the Constitution, has probably never read the Constitution. I'm talking about Trump, who announced just a…

Science BBC World, @bbc_ciencia10 September 2014image source, Thinkstockcaption, The Stonehenge monument is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.Beneath the impressive Stonehenge monoliths is an underground archaeological treasure trove.This was discovered by a team of scientists, who scanned the area surrounding the famous site in England and were able to see in great detail what is up to a depth of three meters underground.Their work brought them several surprises: the iconic monument was not alone, but accompanied by 17 neighboring temples.Remains of up to 60 huge stones that were part of a great ring larger than Stonehenge,…

Pope Francis prayed for his predecessor's passage to heaven as he presided over a special New Year's Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, a day after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died in his Vatican retreat.The huge basilica will house the coffin of Benedict XVI from Monday. Thousands of worshipers are expected to turn up at the coffin on the first of the three days of the wake.Benedict XVI, 95, died Saturday morning at the Vatican, where he had lived since his retirement. He was the first pope in centuries to resign, citing his growing frailty.On Sunday, Benedict's body…

Science BBC World, @bbc_ciencia11 September 2014image source, SPLcaption, The researchers say the same urgency is needed to combat climate change.A United Nations study found evidence that the ozone layer, which protects Earth from ultraviolet rays, is beginning to recover after years of depletion.Scientists believe the good news is the result of a global ban imposed in the 1980s on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), the chemicals used in refrigerators and aerosol sprays.The report's authors say this is an environmental success story thanks to international action and that the same level of urgency and unity must be directed at tackling climate change.recover the atmospherecaption,…

If an Eli Lilly weight-loss drug is approved, it could become the best-selling drug of all time, but concerns are growing over who will be able to afford it.Experts are confident that the drug, called tirzepatide, will receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration sometime next year. If that's the case, it would join two other popular, and expensive, recently approved weight-loss drugs on the market, Wegovy and Saxenda, both from drugmaker Novo Nordisk.Annual sales of tirzepatide could reach a record $48 billion, according to an estimate by Bank of America analyst Geoff Meacham. Another Wall Street analyst, UBS's…

In addition, Barack Obama announces a strategy against the Islamic State, Chile commemorates the anniversary of the coup in an atmosphere of tension caused by an explosion on Monday and Richard Kiel, the villain of the James Bond movies, dies. The actuality in 1 minute.

11 September 2014image source, Thinkstockcaption, It is difficult to predict the path of volcanic lava.Lava from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii threatened to reach communities on the Big Island and authorities declared a state of emergency. But is there an effective way to stop the lava and save the houses in its path?Sicilians have always been threatened by Mount Etna, the volcano located in the northeast of the Italian island.In 1669, the residents of the town of Catania faced the destructive advance of the lava "armed with picks and shovels and protecting themselves from the heat with wet sheepskins", according…