That's great news! The poor little bugger, it's impressive it can live for so long.
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Not all Piranhas are meat-loving killers ... Sauron is not: https://www.ni.bio.br/content/v22n2/1982-0224-2023-0095/1982-0224-ni-22-02-e230095.pdf
And this is what I fear : https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/h5n1-bird-flu-isnt-a-human-pandemic-yet/
And this is what I fear : https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/h5n1-bird-flu-isnt-a-human-pandemic-yet/
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23 hours just to send or receive a signal from it. Tbh though, I would have thought it took even longer at this point.
I'm positively surprised it has survived this far ... if only its camera was still active ...
Ok, this is where I draw the line.
sg.news.yahoo.com
Microplastics found in penises for first time, researchers say - raising questions over impact on sexual health
Microplastics have been found in penises for the first time, with scientists raising questions about their impact on sexual health. A study, published in the science journal Nature, assessed the tissue from six men who had undergone surgery treating erectile dysfunction. In 80% of the samples...
Pretty scary stuff. On the positive side, we act as mussels and protect the environment.Ok, this is where I draw the line.
Microplastics found in penises for first time, researchers say - raising questions over impact on sexual health
Microplastics have been found in penises for the first time, with scientists raising questions about their impact on sexual health. A study, published in the science journal Nature, assessed the tissue from six men who had undergone surgery treating erectile dysfunction. In 80% of the samples...
PS: Funny to see the journalists were confused because there were 5 samples plus 1 control, so they didn't know whether to write 5 men or 6.
History : Shady business never dies out : https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/ea-nasir-copper-merchant-ur
The sand drawings of Vanuatu - and math (the article is in German language, but the pictures are nevertheless interesting) : https://reportage.spektrum.de/mathematik-einer-suedseetradition
This heat wave is no joke.
abc7news.com
Heat record shattered in Death Valley, one of the hottest places on Earth
A new heat record for the day was set in California's Death Valley on Friday -- one of the hottest places on Earth. The previous high shattered by 5 degrees F, with the mercury climbing to 127 F. The old mark of 122 F was last tied in 2013.
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Yeah, when the heat index gets over a hundred, that's when I bail indoors for the comfort of the AC.
That should melt the conviction of the remaining global warming sceptics. Someone told me we were about to enter a new ice age, not long ago. I didn't even replying we already were in an ice age, and more likely to exit it...
Imagine living in an area called Furnace Creek. No thanks.
A cool article on randomness and random generators.
www.bbc.com
PS: The Minecraft example, though, has nothing to do in that article since it relies on the computer's RNG.
The search for the random numbers that run our lives
Our world runs on randomly generated numbers and without them a surprising proportion of modern life would break down. So, why are they so hard to find?
www.bbc.com
PS: The Minecraft example, though, has nothing to do in that article since it relies on the computer's RNG.
Here's an interactive map of the submarine communications cable that support the bulk of the Internet traffic around the world. It started in the 19th century as telegraphy cables, but now it's optic fiber for digital communications, and there are about 1.5 million km of them.
www.submarinecablemap.com
It's not always smooth sailing, however. According to an expert interviewed by the Guardian, a cable is accidentally severed every 3 days, either by anchors, fishing, or sharks (here's a video of shark trying to cut a cable). Or sometimes volcanoes.
www.theguardian.com
Submarine Cable Map
TeleGeography's comprehensive and regularly updated interactive map of the world's major submarine cable systems and landing stations.
www.submarinecablemap.com
It's not always smooth sailing, however. According to an expert interviewed by the Guardian, a cable is accidentally severed every 3 days, either by anchors, fishing, or sharks (here's a video of shark trying to cut a cable). Or sometimes volcanoes.
What lies beneath: the growing threat to the hidden network of cables that power the internet
Last month large parts of Tonga were left without internet when an undersea cable was broken. It’s a scenario that is far more common than is understood
www.theguardian.com
Some of the comments are priceless.
Just another thing my parents claimed you had to do but were wrong. 
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people.com
Washing Your Fruit Before Eating Doesn't Remove Pesticides, New Study Finds
A new report found that washing your fruit before eating doesn't actually remove pesticides as they still “penetrate the peel layer” in fruits like apples
Yeah, the number of things I had to un-learn. I guess my kids will say the same in a few years - maybe they already have.Just another thing my parents claimed you had to do but were wrong.
Thankfully, I think we're more critical about information than before.
PS: I could be completely biased about this, so don't take my word for it.
It turns out there's water on Mars after all.
www.google.com
Mars water: Liquid water reservoirs found under Martian crust
Studies of quakes detected from the planet's surface found it in the planet's rocky outer crust.
www.google.com
