Archive for June, 2021
ALiEn: Artificial Life Environment
June 11th, 2021Via: https: Alien-Project: ALiEn is an artificial life simulation program based on a specialized physics and rendering engine in CUDA. It is designed to simulate digital organisms embedded in artificial ecosystems and to mimic conditions for (pre-)biotic evolution.
Lake Mead Falls to Lowest Water Level Since Hoover Dam’s Construction in 1930s
June 11th, 2021Via: USA Today: Lake Mead has declined to its lowest level since the reservoir was filled in the 1930s following the construction of Hoover Dam, marking a new milestone for the water-starved Colorado River in a downward spiral that shows no sign of letting up. The reservoir near Las Vegas holds water for cities, farms […]
CDC Plans “Emergency Meeting” On Rare Heart Inflammation Following COVID-19 Vaccines
June 10th, 2021Mmm hmm. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Via: CBS: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that it will convene an “emergency meeting” of its advisers on June 18th to discuss rare but higher-than-expected reports of heart inflammation following doses of the mRNA-based Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. So far, the CDC […]
Physicists Measure the Gravitational Force Between the Smallest Masses Yet
June 10th, 2021Via: Scientific American: The research effort born on that day has now produced its first result: a measurement of the gravitational force between two tiny gold spheres, each about the size of a sesame seed and weighing as much as four grains of rice—the smallest masses whose gravity has been measured to date. … It […]
Half Of Pandemic Unemployment Funds May Have Been Stolen
June 10th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: As much as half of the unemployment benefits paid by the US government over the past year may have been stolen through fraud, with the bulk ultimately ending up outside the country – likely into the hands of foreign crime syndicates in China, Nigeria, Russia and elsewhere, according to Axios’ Felix Salmon. According […]
Solar Modules Degrading Faster Than Expected
June 10th, 2021Via: PV Tech: Solar asset underperformance continues to worsen, with projects “chronically underperforming” P99 estimates and modules degrading faster than previously anticipated, risk management firm kWh Analytics has found. … Perhaps the most notable finding from the report, which builds on a finding from last year’s edition, is that operational solar assets are continuing to […]
Starlink Ground Stations
June 9th, 2021Here’s another one for your herniating Physically Vulnerable Critical Infrastructure file folder. Holy shit. Via: Eliana Sheriff:
Cleveland Clinic: Already Had COVID? Vaccine Provides No Added Benefit
June 9th, 2021Via: The Defender: A new preprint study by the Cleveland Clinic found people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 were less likely to be reinfected than fully vaccinated individuals who never had the virus — suggesting the vaccine is of no benefit to people who already had COVID.
Yield-Chasing Investors Buying Entire Neighborhoods
June 9th, 2021Via: Wall Street Journal: A bidding war broke out this winter at a new subdivision north of Houston. But the prize this time was the entire subdivision, not just a single suburban house, illustrating the rise of big investors as a potent new force in the U.S. housing market. D.R. Horton Inc. built 124 houses […]
El Salvador Becomes First Country to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender
June 9th, 2021Via: New York Post: El Salvador on Wednesday officially became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. President Nayib Bukele announced on Twitter just after 2 a.m. ET that the Central American country’s legislative body voted in favor of the so-called Bitcoin Law — making the digital currency the nation’s official legal tender, […]
