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The Land, Water and Air Around Us Are Chock-Full of DNA Fragments from Fungi that Mycologists Can’t Link to Known Organisms
June 28th, 2024Via: Scientific American: If you want to discover a hidden world of new life-forms, you don’t have to scour dark caves or slog through remote rainforests. Just look under your feet. When then-graduate student Anna Rosling went to northern Sweden to map the distribution of a particular root-loving fungus, she found something much more intriguing: […]
First 2024 U.S. Presidential Debate: Do You Want To Discuss It?
June 28th, 2024I usually ignore U.S. Presidential Debates. I broke with tradition this time and tried to watch, but I only lasted about ten minutes. I mainly had morbid curiosity, similar to how one feels drawn to look at a traffic accident. I found it hard to believe that Biden would be able to participate at all. […]
Pentagon Says $62 Million In Ukraine Weapons Aid Was ‘Lost Or Destroyed’ – But It Doesn’t Know Which
June 27th, 2024Via: Tampa Free Press: The Pentagon doesn’t know whether $62 million in missing U.S. weapons aid to Ukraine has been lost or destroyed, according to a new report released on Wednesday. The $62 million in weapons were designated for end-use monitoring (EEUM), but problems in reporting and tracking between U.S. and Ukrainian forces left an […]
“Lab-Grown Living Skin Created by Scientists Hoping to Make More Human-Like Cyborgs”
June 27th, 2024It looks like they’re off to a great start. (Prepare yourself.) pic.twitter.com/TQCA3zYII5 — cryptogon (@cryptogon) June 27, 2024 Via: New York Post: It’s the face of the future. A team of scientists unveiled a robot face covered with a delicate layer of living skin that heals itself and crinkles into a smile in hopes of […]
NASA Awards SpaceX Contract to Destroy International Space Station in 2030
June 27th, 2024Via: NASA: NASA announced SpaceX has been selected to develop and deliver the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle that will provide the capability to deorbit the space station and ensure avoidance of risk to populated areas. “Selecting a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle for the International Space Station will help NASA and its international partners ensure a safe and […]
WikiLeaks DNC Email Archive Appears to Have Been Removed, But Not Recently
June 26th, 2024The WikiLeaks DNC email archive appears to have been removed, but not recently. I checked Internet Archive and I had to go back to 2022 to get a working snapshot. The WikiLeaks search index still contains pointers to the files, but the files themselves are resulting in “Internal Server Error” as of now. If you […]
U.S. Diplomat Found Dead in Kyiv Hotel
June 26th, 2024Via: Newsweek: A U.S. Embassy staffer has been found dead in Ukraine’s capital, according to local media. The body of the unnamed embassy attaché was found Tuesday at Kyiv’s Hilton Hotel, online newspaper Strana UA reported Wednesday, citing law enforcement sources.
Taylor Swift: Post Concert Amnesia [???]
June 25th, 2024Do you think this is real? Via: MinutesOfHorror:
Northrop Grumman’s Manta Ray Submersible Drone Spotted in Google Satellite Image
June 24th, 2024It’s fascinating how the autonomous death robots can harvest energy from the environment, giving them “near unlimited” range. They can also “hibernate” on the seafloor: In order to achieve this, Northrop’s demonstration vehicle features “energy-saving technologies,” the exact nature of which remain murky, allowing it to anchor on the seafloor and hibernate in a low-power […]
JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE AFTER PLEA DEAL
June 24th, 2024JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a… — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 24, 2024 […]
