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Hurricane Ian has left thousands without power and clean water
New Scientist - 3 Oct 2022 23:33
The destruction caused by Hurricane Ian has left 600,000 Florida homes without power and many without clean water after the storm battered Florida, Cuba and the US east coast
Buried treasure of 44 Byzantine gold coins found in nature reserve in Israel
Live Science - 3 Oct 2022 21:26
Researchers in Israel discovered a hoard of 44 gold coins from the Byzantine Empire.
Bizarre, primeval sharklike fish is unlike any vertebrate ever discovered
Live Science - 3 Oct 2022 11:00
Researchers in China have discovered fossilized fragments of an ancient shark-like fish -- the oldest jawed vertebrate ever discovered.
Our ancestors' prenatal growth sped up after we split from chimps
New Scientist - 3 Oct 2022 22:00
Early humans evolved a faster fetal growth rate than other apes about a million years ago, suggesting it could have played a role in the evolution of our species
Nobel prize awarded for study of human evolution using ancient DNA
New Scientist - 3 Oct 2022 12:46
Geneticist Svante Pääbo has been awarded a Nobel prize for his work on evolutionary genetics
Image: Sun releases strong solar flare
Phys.org - 3 Oct 2022 22:40
The sun emitted a strong solar flare that peaked at 4:25 p.m. EDT on Oct. 2, 2022. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event.
Fungi grow inside cancerous tumors, scientists discover
Live Science - 3 Oct 2022 21:01
Scientists found fungus in different types of tumors.
Linux kernel 6.0 debuts, Linus Torvalds teases 'core new things' coming in version 6.1
The Register - 3 Oct 2022 00:31
Linux boss' launch message is more '6.0 is overrated' than 'The joy of 6.0' Linus Torvalds has released a stable cut of version 6.0 of the Linux kernel....
NASA pushes back Artemis 1 launch to November
Space News - 3 Oct 2022 02:43
NASA will wait until at least the middle of November before attempting another launch of the Space Launch System on the Artemis 1 mission, citing the impacts from Hurricane Ian. The post NASA pushes back Artemis 1 launch...
Learning to play an instrument could boost your short-term memory
New Scientist - 3 Oct 2022 22:00
Playing a rhythm-based game helped people remember faces and boosted activity in the brain's right superior parietal lobe, which hints at how learning music can help short-term memory
New York City Has to Install EV Chargers And It's Going to Be a Mess
Motherboard - 3 Oct 2022 15:00
There is currently one fast charging station in all of Manhattan and the Bronx.
How Ransomware Is Causing Chaos in American Schools
Motherboard - 3 Oct 2022 15:00
A Motherboard investigation based on FOIA requests show how U.S. schools have been dealing with ransomware attacks.
Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta and Google to improve speech recognition for people with disabilities
Engadget - 3 Oct 2022 14:00A Huge New Data Set Pushes the Limits of Neuroscience
Wired - 3 Oct 2022 13:00
The Allen Institute's release includes recordings from a whopping 300,000 mouse neurons. Now the challenge is figuring out what to do with all that data.
iPhone crash detection calls cops to deadly wreck
AppleInsider - 3 Oct 2022 12:37
A passenger's iPhone automatically alerted responders to a fatal car crash in Nebraska that was called "the worst crash" in the area in some time. The new crash detection feature of iPhone 14 was triggered after the Hond...
Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu was born in the outer solar system 4 billion years ago
SPACE.com - 3 Oct 2022 12:00
In 2019, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft collected samples from the asteroid Ryugu. Now, an analysis of these fragments has revealed Ryugu's history.
Scientists need your help to confirm Jupiter-like exoplanets
SPACE.com - 3 Oct 2022 12:00
Amateur astronomers can help verify discoveries by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.
Tesla says deliveries increased in Q3
Phys.org - 3 Oct 2022 10:55
New vehicle deliveries by Tesla increased in the third quarter, beating the previous three months during which its Chinese factory was shuttered for multiple weeks, the US electric automaker announced Sunday.
Biden pledge to make federal fleet electric faces slow start
Phys.org - 3 Oct 2022 10:14
President Joe Biden, a self-described "car guy,'' often promises to lead by example on climate change by moving swiftly to convert the sprawling U.S. government fleet to zero-emission electric vehicles. But efforts to el...
Can electrical stimulation improve your gym workout?
BBC - 3 Oct 2022 01:01
Whole-body EMS suits are the new big thing in fitness, but do they work?
iPhone 14 Plus lead times start growing, Pro models still high in demand
AppleInsider - 3 Oct 2022 00:47
The iPhone 14 Pro models are still seeing high demand versus the iPhone 13 Pro, a product availability tracker claims, while the iPhone 14's demand is apparently weaker than that of the iPhone 13, but there's seemingly g...
Still can't buy a Raspberry Pi board? Things aren't getting better anytime soon
Ars Technica - 3 Oct 2022 23:54
400,000 Pis are still being made every month, but most are going to businesses.