China’s Quest for Human Genetic Data Spurs Fears of a DNA Arms Race

“We’re just on the cusp of beginning to understand and unravel what genes do. Whoever gets there first is going to control a lot of really amazing things. But there is also a potential for misuse.”

What you eat could be key to improving your mental health, scientists say

Research shows the links between whole foods and reduced depression and anxiety.

Every fish in B.C.’s Emerald Lake may have to be killed after signs of rare parasite detected

Researchers say it is impossible to eradicate whirling disease, which is a known aquatic invasive species.

Long Covid: MRI scans reveal new clues to symptoms

People living with long Covid after being admitted to hospital are more likely to show some damage to major organs, according to a new study.

== for anyone doing or thinking about getting into 3D printing
== I’d be happy to save our coffee ground for you
Don’t throw out those used coffee grounds—use them for 3D printing instead

Any object you create can be thrown back into a coffee grinder and reused on a new object.

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Scientists have created an organism that defies the rules of biology by using nonstandard amino acids

In 2013, a paper came out in Science describing the first genomically recoded organism (GRO) that could use an expanded repertoire of building blocks…

== I at one time was thinking of trying to generate and sell NFTs
== but got a little to nervous about crypto currencies
95% of NFTs May Now Be Worthless

NFTs have seen their rise over the recent years… now they are seeing their fall.

NASA’s James Webb Telescope may have found the source of Europa’s carbon

Scientists believe carbon dioxide on the moon came from its subsurface ocean.

This $90,000 fireproof tankbot will scout burning buildings before sending in firefighters

The robot can withstand temperatures as high as 650 degrees Celsius.

Girl receives UK’s first rejection-free kidney from mum

Eight-year-old Aditi Shankar has become the first child in the UK to receive a special type of kidney transplant that does not require her to take long-term drugs to stop rejection of the organ.

Osiris-Rex: Asteroid Bennu ‘‘is a journey back to our origins’

Nasa’s Osiris-Rex capsule will come screaming into Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday at more than 15 times the speed of a rifle bullet.

Metal-mining pollution impacts 23 million people worldwide

At least 23 million people around the world live on flood-plains contaminated by potentially harmful concentrations of toxic waste from metal-mining activity, according to a study.

== well sort of new
New Revelations From the Snowden Archive Surface

A decade after Snowden exposed NSA’s mass surveillance in cooperation with the British GCHQ, only about 1% of the documents have been published – but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by Jacob Appelbaum

SpaceX Rocket Launches Starlink Satellites On Record-Breaking 17th Flight

The company just extended its rocket-reuse record.

French Drillers May Have Stumbled Upon a Mammoth Hydrogen Deposit

A drill site in Lorraine shows rising levels of hydrogen mixed in with methane.

Algae have changed dramatically in Great Slave Lake — and what it means for fish is uncertain

When the base of the food chain changes, it effects everything else above it.

Half-million-year-old wooden structure unearthed in Zambia

The discovery of ancient wooden logs in the banks of a river in Zambia has changed archaeologists’ understanding of ancient human life.

The International Criminal Court In The Hague Says It Has Been Hacked

The International Criminal Court said Tuesday that it detected “anomalous activity affecting its information systems” last week and took urgent measures to respond.

Space Drugs Factory Denied Reentry To Earth

The Air Force and the FAA denied permission for Varda Space’s capsule to return and land on Earth.

RNA Has Been Recovered From an Extinct Species For the First Time

A new study shows the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA molecules from a Tasmanian tiger specimen preserved at room temperature in a museum collection.

Toyota Reveals Its Plan To Catch Up On EV Battery Technology

Three liquid chemistries, solid state cells, and flatter battery packs.

== who knew? I had not before reading this heard of it.
Nationwide tracking sought for rare disease that is spread by canines, fatal if untreated

Alberta particularly hit by new cases of disease spread by coyotes, dogs and foxes.

Chandrayaan-3: How important are India’s Moon mission f

Last month, India made history when it became the first country to land a lunar mission near the Moon’s south pole.

Hundreds of Flying Taxis To Be Made In Ohio

Joby Aviation will build hundreds of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in the same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight.

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In Most Industries, Regulation Tends To Prevent Competition

There have been multiple call to regulate AI. It is too early to do so.

Stanford’s upgraded X-ray laser is up and running

The LCLS-II can enable unprecedented research into atomic-scale, ultrafast phenomena.

How social engineering takes advantage of your kindness

But teaching people to be less helpful can be hard.

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Intel seems pretty excited about glass substrates

They’ll help Intel build denser and more efficient chips.

‘Public Resource’ Wins 2012 Case. Judge Rules Posting Regulations Online is Fair Use.

Our laws belong to all of us, and we should be able to find, read, and share them free of registration requirements, fees, and other roadblocks.

== expect the construction costs, mineral extraction/refining and related environmental
== concerns are considerably lower than an EV
What Happens When You Cross a Gas Turbine With an Internal Combustion Engine?

This Mini-Engine Develops Insane Power For Its Size And Makes The Future Of Electrification Less Certain.

Munich Students Smashed the World Record For EV Distance On a Single Charge

At 103 miles/kWh, the car is 25 times more efficient than any EV on sale.

Antarctic sea-ice at ‘mind-blowing’ low alarms experts

The sea-ice surrounding Antarctica is well below any previous recorded winter level, satellite data shows, a worrying new benchmark for a region that once seemed resistant to global warming.