== yjc
Have a marmot in your engine? It’s more common than you might think

Urban wildlife specialist says he gets 2-3 calls a week.

GPT-4-Generated Pitches Are 3x More Likely To Secure Funding Than Human Ones

Want to secure a hefty investment for your business? You may want to use an AI chatbot.

Gas Stoves Pollute Homes With Benzene, Which Is Linked To Cancer

Researchers at Stanford University found that among the pollutants emitted from stoves is benzene, which is linked to cancer.

== yjc
Dazzling ancient bronze sword found in Germany

German archaeologists are thrilled to have dug up a Bronze Age sword more than 3,000 years old which is extraordinarily well preserved.

Millions of Americans’ Personal Data Exposed in Global Hack

Millions of people in Louisiana and Oregon have had their data compromised in the sprawling cyberattack that has also hit the US federal government, state agencies said late Thursday.

Action To Tackle Air Pollution Failing To Keep Up With Research

Globally, outdoor air pollution is second only to tobacco as greatest cause of lung and respiratory cancers.

Global temperatures hit a key threshold this June. Scientists say it’s a sign of things to come

Temporary breach of 1.5 degree threshold is a climate hazard warning: scientists.

== picture made me think of a pheasant
Isle of Wight: New dinosaur species discovered

The fossilised remains of a previously unknown type of dinosaur have been found on the Isle of Wight.

Mercedes Is Adding ChatGPT To Its Infotainment System

The automaker is adding OpenAI’s conversational AI agent to its MBUX infotainment system, though what it could possibly be needed for is hard to say.

Recipient of Europe’s Largest Ever Seed Round Doesn’t Even Have a Product

Can you guess what it is yet? Here’s a clue: It starts with ‘A’ and ends with ‘I’.

== yjc
Peru archaeology: Ancient mummy found under rubbish dump

Archaeologists in Peru conducting a dig at the site of a rubbish dump in the capital Lima have found a mummy they think is around 3,000 years old.

== seen article(s) on this before
EU officials pass draft law to regulate AI and ban facial recognition systems

They’re hoping to pass the final version later this year.

LockBit digital gang named top ransomware threat by Canada and other nations

Type of malware takes over a network or computer to extort money.

High school students’ technology helps this man who uses a wheelchair mow his lawn again

Windsor, Ont., man loved cutting the grass before injury in cycling accident 5 years ago

First synthetic human embryo raises ethical issues

Scientists have created the first synthetic human embryos - using no eggs or sperm - provoking deep ethical questions, according to reports.

Quantum Computing Advance Begins New Era, IBM Says

IBM says the breakthrough opens up a new era of ‘quantum utility’ where the machines have real world applications.

Google Faces EU Break-Up Order Over Anti-Competitive Adtech Practices

Google may have to sell part of its lucrative adtech business to address concerns about anti-competitive practices, EU regulators said on Wednesday, threatening the company with its harshest regulatory penalty to date.

Saturn’s moon Enceladus could support species similar to Earth

The discovery of phosphorous means it contains all the chemical building blocks for life.

Super-engineered vaccines created to help end polio

Scientists have “super-engineered” polio vaccines to prevent them mutating into a dangerous form that can cause outbreaks and paralysis.

‘Breakthrough’ Could Explain Why Life Molecules Are Left- Or Right-Handed

Experiments suggest magnetic materials skewed early biomolecules.

Ocean Temperatures Are Off the Charts

In a world of worsening climate extremes, a single red line has caught many people’s attention.

NYC Establishes First Minimum Wage For Food Delivery Workers

New York City’s food delivery workers are slated to make a minimum wage for the first time ever under new regulations announced by Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday.

Researchers Warn of ‘Model Collapse’ As AI Trains On AI-Generated Content

“We find that use of model-generated content in training causes irreversible defects in the resulting models.”

Climate change, fires transform some of Canada’s boreal forests into savannahs

Increased severity of wildfires and dryer, warmer weather means different species are growing back.

Hackers Can Steal Cryptographic Keys By Video-Recording Power LEDs 60 Feet Away

Key-leaking side channels are a fact of life. Now they can be done by video-recording power LEDs.

California Wildfires Are Five Times Bigger Than They Used To Be

Summer fires in the state consume several times more area than they did a few decades ago, scientists say, an increase driven largely by climate change.

Tiny frogs rock even tinier ‘G-strings’ for science

Biologist designs ‘frog pants’ to track the amphibians as they travel vast distances to care for their young.

Sir Paul McCartney Says AI Has Enabled a ‘Final’ Beatles Song

…the technology had been used to “extricate” John Lennon’s voice from an old demo so he could complete the song.

== yjc, think we had article on earlier finds in the area
Southwark: Rare Roman mausoleum unearthed in London

A “completely unique” Roman mausoleum has been discovered by archaeologists in south London.

NYC Will Charge Drivers Going Downtown

The toll is formally known as the Central Business District Tolling Program — but it’s commonly called “congestion pricing.”

Nature Bans AI-generated Art From Its 153-Year-Old Science Journal

“The process of publishing … is underpinned by a shared commitment to integrity.”

New exoplanet discovery sparks hope of hidden ‘Tatooines’

Exoplanet ‘BEBOP-1c’ orbits a binary star system.

Wind-to-Hydrogen Production Reaches Deep Water

Offshore turbines validate a half-century-old renewable electrolysis vision.

Will Submerging Computers Make Data Centers More Climate Friendly?

In a Hillsboro lab, Intel is immersing computers in fluids that dissipate heat more effectively than air cooling. That could reduce the amount of electricity and water that data centers use.

Cause and Cure Discovered for a Common Type of High Blood Pressure

Clinicians at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Hospital have identified a gene variant that causes a common type of hypertension (high blood pressure) and a way to cure it, new research published in the journal Nature Genetics shows.

NASA Researchers Think (Microbial) Life Could Survive on the Moon

Some hardy microbes might be able to survive on Earth’s nearest neighbor — likely after making the trek there with us.

Experts identify 3 reasons why fires are going to get more intense and damaging in eastern provinces

Draining of the Kakhovka reservoir creates an uncertain future for the region.

== yjc, family in the Maritimes
How climate change is making wildfires worse in normally mild and wet Atlantic Canada

Experts identify 3 reasons why fires are going to get more intense and damaging in eastern provinces

Is Self-Healing Code the Future of Software Development?

Developers love automating solutions to their problems, and with the rise of generative AI, this concept is likely to be applied to both the creation, maintenance, and the improvement of code at an entirely new level.

== yjc, BBC reporting on Canadian wildfires, had to include that
== but of course they have had their own fire issues and
== the rest of the world will sooner or later
Canada wildfire crews try to control the uncontrollable

The government says the country as a whole is on course for its worst year for wildfires on record. In the province of Quebec, over 120 fires are burning, and fire crews are battling an element that always surprises.

== there was no way I could not include this one, world championship??
Stone-skimming: ‘How I became one of the best in the world’

From skimming pebbles on tiny lakes to driving more than a stone’s throw away to become a world champion.

== yjc, many of us live in BC, and we appear to live in a rather risky location
B.C. at high risk of province-wide drought this summer, authorities warn

The warning is concerning to those whose livelihoods depend on water, such as cattle ranchers.

== yjc, and I do not expect to go see the waterfall
‘Where’s the rock?’: Photographer captures dramatic before-and-after shots of N.W.T. waterfall

‘It’s something that I figured would happen one day, but for it to be in our lifetime is just crazy.’

Robinhood App Will End Support for Three Cryptocurrency Tokens After June 27

Cryptocurrency isn’t having a very good week in the U.S.

Arctic Could Be Sea Ice-Free in the Summer by the 2030s

A new study estimates climate change will lead to unprecedented melting in the Arctic a decade earlier than previously projected

China Wants To Launch a Moon-Orbiting Telescope Array As Soon As 2026

The satellite constellation circling the moon would enable scientists to peer into the universe’s early days.

== likely a conseqence that didn’t occur to most of us, perhaps a lesson to be learned
Smoke Sends US Northeast Solar Power Plunging By 50% As Wildfires Rage In Canada

Solar generation drops across New England and Mid-Atlantic.

== believe we’ve had something on this before
Octopuses Can Rewire Their ‘Brains’ By Editing Their Own RNA On the Fly

When conditions fluctuate, they can rapidly recode key proteins in their nerve cells, ensuring critical neurological activities remain functional when temperatures drop dramatically.

== yjc, a few people on the distribution list live on the Sunshine Coast
== and I expect there will be a similar issue in many places in Canada and the world
Sunshine Coast stress on the rise as temperatures heat up, water shortage threat looms again

Residents, businesses frustrated by water cutoffs last year and lack of real solutions

Common, inexpensive diabetes drug could cut long COVID risk, study finds

Metformin reduced long COVID incidence among infected patients by 41 per cent.

== believe I included an article on NeMo in previous list
Nvidia’s AI Software Tricked Into Leaking Data

Researchers manipulate feature in ways that could reveal sensitive information.