China’s Moon atlas is the most detailed ever made

The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other countries.

== this does not sound good
Why dangerous bird flu is spreading faster and farther than first thought in U.S. cattle

Infections could have been ‘flying under our radar for months,’ researcher says.

Noise From Traffic Stunts Growth of Baby Birds, Study Finds

Researchers also find zebra finches 20% less likely to hatch from eggs if exposed to noise pollution.

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Orca calf swims out of lagoon after being trapped for a month

Ehattesaht First Nation says young killer whale swam over sandbar on her own at high tide.

They swim and they spin: Meet the aquatic spiders

Some make nests inside seashells, others tote bubbles of air on their backs. The spiders that went back to water evolved lots of slick survival strategies.

Prehistoric giant ‘sabre-toothed salmon’ renamed after new discovery

Fish renamed ‘spike-toothed salmon’ after new skulls reveal real tusk position.

What are microplastics doing to human health?

Negotiations are underway in Ottawa toward a global plastic pollution treaty.

British man tests first personalised melanoma vaccine

An important trial of the world’s first “personalised” mRNA vaccine against the deadliest form of skin cancer - melanoma - is now under way in the UK.

Conservation slowing biodiversity loss, scientists say

Conservation actions are effective at reducing global biodiversity loss, according to a major study.

The world’s biggest 3D printer can a make a house in under 80 hours

It can also theoretically make military vehicles, bridges and more.

How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods

Climate change is the most likely explanation for why Dubai has been experiencing increasingly heavy rainfall events, a new study says.

== yjc
AI Could Kill Off Most Call Centres, Says TCS Head

AI will result in “minimal” need for call centres in as soon as a year, with AI’s rapid advances set to upend a vast industry across Asia and beyond.

Vast DNA Tree of Life For Plants Revealed By Global Science Team

Using 1.8 billion letters of genetic code from more than 9,500 species covering almost 8,000 known flowering plant genera.

El Niño is nearing its end. Does that mean global temperatures will cool down in 2024?

March was the 10th month in a row with record-breaking temperatures.

What the Heck Is Seaweed Mining?

Preliminary research suggests seaweed can trap and store valuable minerals. Is this the beginning of a new type of mining?

== interesting read, at least for me (nature of the universe and machine learning in one article)
AI Starts to Sift Through String Theory’s Near-Endless Possibilities

Using machine learning, string theorists are finally showing how microscopic configurations of extra dimensions translate into sets of elementary particles — though not yet those of our universe.

Try Something New To Stop the Days Whizzing Past, Researchers Suggest

Researchers find memorable images make time feel slower because we are trying to gather more information about them.

What Comes After OLED? Meet QDEL

Interested in gadgets with premium displays? QDEL should be on your radar.

EU’s new right-to-repair rules force companies to repair out-of-warranty devices

The law is awaiting approval by member states.

== yjc, have used reddit a fair bit in the last year or two, maybe less now
AI Is Poisoning Reddit To Promote Products and Game Google With ‘Parasite SEO’

Naturally, there are now services that will poison Reddit threads with AI-generated posts designed to promote products.

Oh, Buoy! Satellite Data Helps Pinpoint Ocean Waves

Improved satellite-enabled buoys could make a splash in ocean science.

Toyota’s Hydrogen Future Is Crumbling As Owners File Lawsuits, Call For Buybacks

Frozen pumps. Skyrocketing fuel costs. Plummeting resale values. Here’s why owners who bought into Toyota’s hydrogen dream feel “cheated and misled.”

NASA Officially Greenlights $3.35 Billion Mission To Saturn’s Moon Titan

Dragonfly will push the boundaries of engineering and science as it explores Titan.

Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Updates To Earth

How did NASA accomplish this feat of long distance repair? They broke up the code into smaller pieces and redistributed them throughout the memory.

California Is Grappling With a Growing Problem: Too Much Solar

As electricity prices go negative, the Golden State is struggling to offload a glut of solar power.

Europe Baked in ‘Extreme Heat Stress’ Pushing Temperatures To Record Highs

Europeans are dying from hot weather 30% more than they did two decades ago, report finds.

Study: Alphabetical Order of Surnames May Affect Grading

An analysis by University of Michigan researchers of more than 30 million grading records from U-M finds students with alphabetically lower-ranked names receive lower grades.

== yjc, first OS I ever used, on a pc built from a kit (14 KB of memory, 8 bit cpu, tape drive for storage, eventually an 8 in floppy disk drive, I didn’t build it a friend did)
(https://computerhistory.org/blog/fifty-years-of-the-personal-computer-operating-system/)

50 years ago, PC software pioneer Gary Kildall “demonstrated CP/M, the first commercially successful personal computer operating system.

Startup is Building the World’s Largest Ocean-Based Carbon Plant - and It’s Scalable

But carbon-removal projects are controversial, criticized for being expensive, unproven at scale and a distraction from policies to cut fossil fuels. And when they involve the oceans — complex ecosystems already under huge strain from global warming — criticisms can get even louder.

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Just Sent Its Last Message Home

NASA’s stranded Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has beamed back its final signal to Earth from the Red Planet, which included a farewell message for mission scientists. It will continue collecting data on Mars until it dies but will not transmit this data to Earth.

GPT-4 Can Exploit Real Vulnerabilities By Reading Security Advisories

While some other LLMs appear to flat-out suck

== yjc
Who likes loud cars? Ontario study suggests they skew young, male and score high on psychopathy and sadism

Western University prof says noise pollution from illegal cars needs to be taken seriously.

Ziplines Drones Complete Their 1 Millionth Delivery

The company said its zero-emission autonomous drones have now flown more than 70 million commercial autonomous miles across four continents.

Some Astronomers Will Re-Examine a 102-Year-Old Theory About the Universe’s Expansion

Meeting at London’s Royal Society will scrutinise basic model first formulated in 1922 that universe is a vast, even expanse with no notable features.

Could the Earth’s Record Hot Streak Signal a New Climate Era?

A quantum leap in warming that is confounding climate models and stoking ever more dangerous weather extremes.

== yjc
The Legendary Zilog Z80 CPU Is Being Discontinued After Nearly 50 Years

The microprocessor was used in countless consoles, arcade machines, and embedded devices.

Data Centers Are Turning to an Old Source of Power

One data center can require 50 times the electricity of a typical office building, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Ocean Spray Emits More PFAS Than Industrial Polluters, Study Finds

Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlines

British Columbia Bans Level 3 and Above Autonomous Cars

British Columbia doesn’t want unsupervised self-driving cars on its public roads.

NASA Veteran Behind Propellantless Propulsion Drive Announces Major Discovery

There are rules that include conservation of energy, but if done correctly, one can generate forces unlike anything humankind has done before.

== probably bad news!
Microsoft’s AI tool can turn photos into realistic videos of people talking and singing

YouTube videos of 6K celebrities helped train AI model to animate photos in real time. YouTube videos of 6K celebrities helped train AI model to animate photos in real time.