hubie writes:Analysis of data from ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft from the solar south pole region reveals a surprise: The magnetic field is carried towards the pole faster than expected:
hubie writes:A bitter new drink swept through the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in the early 1500s - and ignited one of the fiercest religious debates of the late-medieval Islamic world:
Life is full of negotiations. Techies focused on their career specialty may not be well prepared to negotiate, but at MIT there is a highly respected class - https://betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/issues/spring-2025/unlocking-unique-negotiation-playbooks
Two Windows Vulnerabilities, One a 0-Day, are Under Active Exploitationupstart writes:Both vulnerabilities are being exploited in wide-scale operations:
The Australian Wine Industry has had enough of counterfeits which are weighing in at an estimated cost of $70 billion. Bottle caps with NFC and an application to read the value to verify that the bottle is authentic.
gawdonblue writes:This story, from Australia's national broadcaster, details how scientists were keen to use old lead from a ship that sunk in Roman times to shield modern instruments from stray radiation.
PiMuNu writes:I thought this was an interesting angle on the Air India crash back in June - questioning whether the crash of the Boeing 787 might be a technical fault, rather than pilot error as had been presumed previously by media reporting:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33pzypkkdzo"""
canopic jug writes:In print since 1818, and not to be confused with The Old Farmers' Almanac which started in 1792, The Farmers' Almanac is shutting down and closing up shop. Their web site will be up through December 2025 and the 2026 Farmers' Almanac will be their last edition:
fliptop writes:Ten years ago the discussion was about STEM and answering the question, "Are there flaws in the American education system, both at the K-12 level and in college, that lead us to be very dependent on foreign STEM graduates?"Now that technology has started cannibalizing entry-level jobs, GenZ is starting to reach for a toolbelt instead of a mouse:
canopic jug writes:In regards to open access, the London School of Economics and Political Science has an article asking the question, does academia need a wake up call on Wikibooks? The various Wikibooks are non-fiction works and cover a range of topics. They are all licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License which fits well within the Open Access movement in general.
An Anonymous Coward writes:New law makes electric vehicles safer for pedestrians in AustraliaWith claims that a new law 'will save lives' a new Australian law will require all new electric vehicles to emite sound at low speed. Vision Australian claim that 35 percent of people who are blind or have low vision 'have had a collision with a silent vehicle'. Of the 27.2 million people in Australia an estimated 453 thousand have low vision of which 66 thousand are blind with more than 70% of people affected being over 65 years old. Public view on the matter ranges from both ends of the spectrum with many people asking why a better system could not be found for which is not more noise pollution.