== yjc
Cheating in Tennis: How Cellphone Records Revealed a Massive Match-Fixing Ring

The man who built the biggest match-fixing ring in tennis.

Lyme disease, West Nile, and an array of lesser-known infections are on the rise, scientists warn

Ethan Lee has been keeping your favorite indie games running for years by porting them to Linux. Now he wants developers to start thinking about “maintenance” instead of “remasters.”

Why insect-transmitted illnesses are emerging threats in Canada and beyond

Lyme disease, West Nile, and an array of lesser-known infections are on the rise, scientists warn.

The ‘perfect’ teaching assistant? Universities find new uses for AI

New wave of tools embraced by educators — and not just in computer labs.

== yjc
Newbie metal detectorist thought he found chocolate coins. Turns out he struck gold

Museum says pieces of gold necklace from 1,500 years ago are ’the find of the century in Norway’.

== some of the article contained in others we’ve seen
UN Warns World Will Miss Climate Targets Unless Fossil Fuels Phased Out

Governments failing to cut emissions fast enough to meet Paris agreement goals and avoid disaster, major report says.

Scientists may have a solution to the International Space Station’s fungus problem

Microbial or fungal biofilms on spacecraft can clog hoses and filters, or make astronauts sick. Space Station tests show that a surface treatment can help.

Humanized Kidneys Grown Inside Pigs For the First Time

Hybrid organs raise prospect of fully human body parts being grown inside animals for transplants.

== UK perspective, but expect it applies elsewhere
Five million vapes thrown away every week - research

Five million disposable vapes are thrown away each week in the UK, a fourfold increase over the past year, according to research from recycling campaign group Material Focus.

== tiny seems to be in this week
An experimental rice-sized implant monitors how drugs affect tumors

The device could help researchers study the effects of new treatments on some of the hardest-to-treat brain cancers.

== yjc
Bird photographer of the year 2023 winners – in pictures

An image of a peregrine falcon tackling a brown pelican that ventured too close to its nest in California is the overall winner of the world’s largest bird photography competition, which had more than 20,000 entries from all over the world

== see this kind of message so often, don’t know if this is a repeat or not
The World Has Just Experienced the Hottest Summer On Record – By a Significant Margin

Earth had hottest three-month period on record, with unprecedented sea surface temperatures and much extreme weather.

Biometric implant monitors transplant patients for organ rejection

Wireless technology senses warning signs up to three weeks earlier than current methods.

Japan launched an X-ray telescope more advanced than its peers

In an ambitious mission pairing, Japan launched a next-generation X-ray observatory and an innovative lunar lander.

Tesla tops Mozilla’s list of ‘creepiest’ carmakers, but 25 brands failed basic data privacy tests

They’re all bad.

== quite amazing and perhaps scary
Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg

Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb.

P.E.I. salmon streams get boost from new watershed project

Removing barriers to fish passage important as climate change creates extra challenges.

Priceless artifacts found near untouched Beothuk site in central Newfoundland

Provincial archaeologist says more excavation planned for area, as lake creeps closer.

Dead Sea reveals four 1,900-year-old Roman swords in cave

A cache of four excellently preserved Roman swords have been discovered by Israeli researchers in a cave overlooking the Dead Sea.

‘Alarming’ Scale of Marine Sand Dredging Laid Bare by New Data Platform

UN-developed Marine Sand Watch estimates 6bn tonnes dug up a year, well beyond rate at which it is replenished.

== ?$ forbes
Was Your Clothing Made By Forced Labor? These Startups Can Tell You

New import bans have sent retailers scrambling to prove their supply chains are free from cotton originating from places like China’s Xinjiang region — or else risk millions in seized merchandise.

== yjc, couldn’t resist, though sayding SMART ePANTS out loud makes me wonder
US Spy Agency Dreams of Surveillance Underwear

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is throwing $22 million in taxpayer money at developing clothing that records audio, video, and location data.

Invasive Species Cost Humans $423 Billion Each Year and Threaten World’s Diversity

At least 3,500 harmful invasive species recorded in every region on Earth spread by human activity, says UN report.

== pretty amazing
Scientists Finally Know Why Germany’s Wild Boar Are Surprisingly Radioactive

But radioactivity levels have decreased in other animals while mysteriously persisting in the boars – a peculiar behavior known as the “wild boar paradox”.

Moon base: Bangor scientists design fuel to live in space

Scientists have developed an energy source which could allow astronauts to live on the Moon for long periods of time.

New tech boosts Dutch drive for sustainable farming

I’m at the Wageningen University’s Farm of the Future, where I had been expecting to see robots and perhaps, drones flying overhead.

== yjc, lengthy with links to lots of reference articles
America’s Surprising Partisan Divide on Life Expectancy

Centuries-old settlement patterns — and the attitudes they spawned about government — are to blame for differences in longevity between red southern states and bluer parts of the country.

== This is pretty much how I see the universe. Perhaps worth a read.
== As the author, I was raised Catholic. Think that has a lot to do with it.
What God, Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness Have in Common

Theories that try to explain these big metaphysical mysteries fall short, making agnosticism the only sensible stance.

== never been into computer/board/etc games, but this was an interesting read (well, for me)
== an way back when I did a little programming at the IPX level
Hitting the Books: The programming trick that gave us DOOM multiplayer

iD Software’s John Romero discusses deathmatches and frags.

Ecologists say life will return to B.C. wildfire zone, but trees may never grow back

Smaller shrubs and animals like bluebirds, owls and woodpeckers likely to thrive as environment regenerates.