NASA’s Voyager 2 Is Experiencing an Unplanned ‘Communications Pause’

The spacecraft’s antenna is—alarmingly—no longer pointing towards Earth, in what NASA hopes is a temporary problem.

AI Helps Crack Salt Water’s Curious Electrical Properties

Water’s ability to resist an electric field decreases as salinity increases.

Inside the World’s Largest 3D-Printed Neighborhood In Texas

The first 3D-printed house has been completed for a new 100-home development north of Austin, Texas.

Blood of Young Mice Extends Life in the Old

Infusions of youthful blood led older mice to live 6 to 9 percent longer, a new study found.

== must be amazing creatures
Scientists Resurrected an Extinct Animal Frozen for 46,000 Years in Siberia

“Their evolution was literally suspended for 40k years,’ wrote one scientist of the revived nematodes from a species unknown to science until now.

Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it

It’s not the criminal hacking browser you think it is.

== been on the news, but…
Ancient 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck found off coast of Italy

The wreckage of an ancient Roman ship from more than 2,000 years ago has been found off the coast of Italy.

Android Phones Can Now Tell You If There’s an AirTag Following You

Google says its own tracker ecosystem is on hold until iOS has the same protection.

New research shows how Meta’s algorithms shaped users’ 2020 election feeds

But some are concerned about Meta’s role in the unusual collaboration between industry and academia.

Era of Global Boiling Has Arrived, UN Chief Says

Head of World Meteorological Organization also warns ‘climate action is not a luxury but a must’ as temperatures soar.

== perhaps what apps are meant to be
Researchers’ app could help people with visual impairments navigate the NYC subway

Commute Booster recognized 97 percent of public transportation signs in a preliminary test.

Kahnawà:ke’s bay restoration hailed as an example of Indigenous-led conservation

Expropriation transformed this island. Now, its Kanien’kéha community is reclaiming and reviving the space.

== yjc
How extreme heat affects the human body

High temperatures can bring heart attacks, kidney failure and even poor judgment

== claim made a few times before, not yet proven or put into production
The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor

South Korean scientists have announced the development of a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor. If the claim is verified, this will change the world.

These moisture-sucking materials could transform air conditioning

Rather than small silica beads, Blue Frontier’s cooling technology relies on a salt solution that’s so concentrated, it can pull moisture from the air.

Meta, Microsoft and Amazon team up on maps project to crack Apple-Google duopoly

The data notably includes 59 million “points of interest,” such as restaurants and landmarks, and was collected and donated by Meta and Microsoft.

Landslides and uncertainty: As Nunavik’s permafrost melts, locals and researchers focus on adaptation

Communities have 10 to 30 years ‘at the most’ to adapt, says researcher.

== yjc
How the Halifax explosion relates to Oppenheimer and other Canadian connections to the atomic bomb

Canada’s wartime contributions to 1st atomic bomb resulted in a legacy of nuclear research.

Wall squats and planks best at lowering blood pressure

Strength-training exercises such as wall squats or holding the plank position are among the best ways to lower blood pressure, a study suggests.

== yjc
‘Historically low water’ in the Mackenzie River forces northern cargo on 4,000 km detour

Cargo that normally travels the Mackenzie River will instead be trucked north

== yjc, wonder what it smells like
Structure of Elusive Boron Monoxide Finally Determined After 83 Years

In an effort to discover new 2D materials, a team of scientists from Ames National Laboratory determined the structure of boron monoxide.

There’s a Heatwave In the Sea and Scientists Are Worried

Could warmer ocean temperatures be a sign climate change has progressed further than we thought?

== yjc
For as long as there have been cattle, people have been stealing them

An Alberta farmer recently lost $175,000 worth of cows, calves and bulls.

Gulf Stream Could Collapse as Early as 2025, Study Suggests

A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis.

== fup earlier article
UN begins complex oil tanker salvage operation to avoid ‘catastrophic’ spill in Red Sea

Operation will siphon oil out of rusting tanker moored off Yemen.

Lawsuit Says US Environmental Agency Ignores Harm of Biofuel Production

New suit charges that the EPA disregards ethanol production’s impact on endangered species as it is directed to study under law.

There is a ‘gravity hole’ in the Indian Ocean, and scientists now think they know why.

There is a “gravity hole” in the Indian Ocean — a spot where Earth’s gravitational pull is weaker, its mass is lower than normal, and the sea level dips by over 328 feet (100 meters).

Researchers Find ‘Backdoor’ in Encrypted Police and Military Radios

The TETRA standard is used in radios worldwide. Security researchers have found multiple vulnerabilities in the underlying cryptography and its implementation, including issues that allow for the decryption of traffic.

== fup on previous item
Astrophysicist who claimed to find alien tech may have done the science wrong

Avi Loeb’s scientific peers suggest the professor’s public comments were premature and irresponsible.

MIT’s ‘PhotoGuard’ protects your images from malicious AI edits

The technique introduces nearly invisible ““perturbations” to throw off algorithmic models.

== I once took a bat I found hanging on the side of the house to school, it was apparently not appreciated.
== They really are so important to the world at large.
For these researchers, an ideal summer night is spent chasing bats through Vancouver’s parks

Team of experts study mammals in hopes of saving them from deadly white-nose syndrome.

Why is technology not making us more productive?

We are often told that we are in the midst of a technological revolution.

Workers Complain AI is Actually Increasing the ‘Intensity’ of Their Work

‘It almost doubled our workload’: AI is supposed to make jobs easier. These workers disagree.

== have seen articles on the concept, but this looks like a real project
America’s First Solar Panel-Covered Irrigation Canals Planned in California, Arizona

Solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread?

This Arkansas Town Could Become the Epicenter of a U.S. Lithium Boom

There’s lithium in them thar Arkansas hills! Tiny town of Magnolia that sits on multi-billion-dollar gold mine…