This is what it looks like to reenter Earth’s atmosphere from a space capsule’s POV

Varda Space Industries stuck a camera on its W-1 capsule to capture its first reentry mission.

Lobster tagged in New Brunswick caught over 250 kilometres away in Maine

UNB researcher spotted lobster tagged in St. Martins, N.B., in video by lobster fisherman.

New Study Shows Like-Charged Particles Attract or Repel in Solution

A study shows that similarly charged particles can sometimes attract, rather than repel.

But giant sandworms are (thankfully) improbable

U.S. prescription drug market in disarray as ransomware gang attacks.

== yjc
The Desert Planet In ‘Dune’ Is Plausible, According To Science

But giant sandworms are (thankfully) improbable.

Helium Discovery In Northern Minnesota May Be Biggest Ever In North America

Scientists and researchers are celebrating what they call a “dream” discovery.

Scientists are working to unravel the mysteries behind chronic itch

Just seeing someone scratching can be enough to trigger the behaviour.

Killer whale vs shark: Solo orca eats great white

A solitary killer whale, or orca, has been filmed hunting and killing a great white shark in an “astonishing” attack.

Police Now Need Warrant For IP Addresses, Canada’s Top Court Rules

Ruling states that under Charter, there is ‘reasonable expectation of privacy’ associated with IP addresses.

== not really new news, but perhaps worth repeating
Ultraprocessed Foods Linked To Heart Disease, Diabetes, Mental Disorders and Early Death, Study Finds

According to a new review of 45 meta-analyses on almost 10 million people

Adobe’s New Prototype Generative AI Tool Is the ‘Photoshop’ of Music-Making and Editing

Project Music GenAI Control can generate audio using text prompts and provides editing features to customize the results within the same workflow.

== may only be of interest to me–as a github user–but…
GitHub Besieged By Millions of Malicious Repositories In Ongoing Attack

GitHub keeps removing malware-laced repositories, but thousands remain.

== previous article on this system
‘Mathematically Perfect’ Star System Being Investigated For Potential Alien Tech

“Even if it is a negative result, that still tells us something.”

== worth a read m’thinks, lengthy
Ant geopolitics

Over the past four centuries quadrillions of ants have created a strange and turbulent global society that shadows our own. But, there are roughly 200,000 times more ants on our planet than the 100 billion stars in the Milky Way.

Banning hacking devices won’t prevent car thefts, security experts say

One expert says federal government’s plan to ban devices such as Flipper Zero ‘came out of nowhere’

Climate change could cause ‘generational trauma’ in great apes

They’re just like us — and wildfires, floods and droughts could drive them to extinction.

The Prairies are heading into another drought. Here’s why we’re more vulnerable this time

Droughts in 1988–89 and 2001–02 are often described as some of the worst.

Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Began Melting In Mid-20th Century, Study Finds

West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier began rapidly retreating at an earlier date than scientists had previously known.

Microplastics Found In Every Human Placenta Tested In Study

Scientists express concern over health impacts, with another study finding particles in arteries

Hackers Backed By Russia and China Are Infecting SOHO Routers Like Yours, FBI Warns

Six years on, routers remain a favorite post for concealing malicious activities.

China Breakthrough Promises Optical Discs That Store Hundreds of Terabytes

The coasters are making a comeback … but tech won’t be commercially available for some time.

NASA’s Crash Into an Asteroid May Have Altered Its Shape

But the study indicates that crashing a similarly disjointed space rock too forcefully risks fragmenting it, which, in a real asteroid emergency, could create multiple Earthbound asteroids.

The Pentagon used Project Maven-developed AI to identify air strike targets

But a Pentagon official assures that human workers constantly checked its recommendations.

Supreme Court Hears Landmark Cases That Could Upend What We See on Social Media

Weighing whether states such as Texas and Florida should have the power to control what posts platforms can remove from their services.

Texas Just Got a New 1.1-Million-Panel Solar Farm

Will generate enough electricity to power over 190,000 homes annually.

== British persepective, but certainly true in Canada
How ‘Smart Keys’ Have Fueled a New Wave of Car Thefts

Now manufacturers say they are being drawn in to a hi-tech ‘arms race’ with criminals.

Scientists Pursue Cancer Vaccines Tailored to the Genetic Makeup of an Individual’s Tumor

It’s a strategy looking increasingly promising for some hard-to-treat cancers such as melanoma and pancreatic cancer.