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Canadian Scientist Sent Deadly Viruses to Wuhan Lab Months Before RCMP Asked to Investigate
June 15th, 2020“The virus shipments are not related to the outbreak of COVID-19 or research into the pandemic, Canadian officials said.” Mmm hmm. What is admitted in this article (in terms of what was sent to China) is almost unbelievable. Also, the denials about “conspiracy theories” are hilarious. I mean, Bill Gates, millions of dollars in research […]
FCC Has “Serious Doubts” that SpaceX Can Deliver Latencies Under 100ms
June 14th, 2020In the darkest days of my Internet connectivity hell in rural NZ, I had to use IPstar, which had latencies as high as 1000ms+. Yep. Not a typo. Over a second. How is SpaceX going to improve on that by a couple orders of magnitude? Operating the Starlink constellation in low earth orbit is part […]
USC Professor Joel Hay Thinks Covid19 Antibodies Present in Blood Drawn Back in September 2019
June 12th, 2020Via: The Highwire:
Quantum ‘Fifth State of Matter’ Observed in Space for First Time
June 11th, 2020Via: AFP: Scientists have observed the fifth state of matter in space for the first time, offering unprecedented insight that could help solve some of the quantum universe’s most intractable conundrums, research showed Thursday. Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) — the existence of which was predicted by Albert Einstein and Indian mathematician Satyendra Nath Bose almost a […]
A Look Inside Seattle’s ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’
June 11th, 2020I know it’s Seattle, but my guess is that the people involved with Portlandia have just pissed themselves laughing. Via: New York Post: “The homeles [sic] people we invited took away all the food at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone,” the person tweeted. “We need more food to keep the area operational. please if possible […]
U.S. May Deficit Nearly Doubles to $399 Billion
June 10th, 2020Via: Reuters: The U.S. federal budget deficit in May nearly doubled to $399 billion from a year earlier amid continued strong spending on coronavirus relief programs and a 25% drop in receipts, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday. The May deficit brought the year-to-date fiscal deficit to $1.88 trillion, already eclipsing the previous full-year record […]
World’s Most Powerful CW Handheld Laser
June 8th, 2020When I was a boy, I played with the 5mw red laser in my high school’s chemistry lab and it was good. These kids today… Via: styropyro:
Mysterious Pattern Of ‘Cosmic Radio Bursts’ From A Distant Galaxy Repeats Every 157 Days, Say Scientists
June 8th, 2020Via: Forbes: Although several thousand FRBs are thought to be coming in from deep space every day, and from every direction, there are two that are particularly interesting—FRB 121102 and FRB 180916.J10158+56. These two keep repeating. … The astronomers think that the pattern they observed suggests that these powerful bursts are linked to: * the […]
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could be Released in Florida and Texas
June 8th, 2020Here we go again. Via: Medical Express: On May 1, 2020, the company Oxitec received an experimental use permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to release millions of GM mosquitoes (labeled by Oxitec as OX5034) every week over the next two years in Florida and Texas. Females of this mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, transmit […]
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin Both Worked Security at a Club Called El Nuevo Rodeo
June 4th, 2020Via: KSTP: A former club owner in south Minneapolis says the now-fired police officer and the black man who died in his custody this week both worked security for her club up to the end of last year. George Floyd and now-former Officer Derek Chauvin both worked security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club on […]
