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upstart writes:Atmospheric samples covering pollution particles analyzed using neutrons for the first time:

upstart writes:New Understanding of Earth's Architecture: Updated Maps of Tectonic Plates:

upstart writes:Now China wants to censor online comments:

upstart writes:Amazon Will Pilot Drone Delivery in California This Year:

upstart writes:Regulators in the EU first began probing tech giants' advertising dominance last year:

hubie writes:A new data-driven approach looks at practices that are good for the earth and profitable for farmers:

upstart writes:Reseachers training 'hero rats' to locate earthquake survivors - National:

upstart writes:NASA's next Mars copter to have rotors tested in Japan:

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upstart writes:Experts say some hospitals' use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information :

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:NASA's TESS Finds Buzzing Cosmic Neighborhood With Two Super-Earths:

upstart writes:TSMC Reveals 2nm Node: 30% More Performance by 2025:

While it may not be all that surprising to SN readers, some data on "self driving" cars has now hit the big time, WaPo reports: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/15/tesla-autopilot-crashes/

upstart writes:Atomically thin semiconductors for nanophotonics:

takyon writes:Julian Assange's extradition from UK to US approved by home secretary

looorg writes:Marseille's battle against the surveillance state

upstart writes:SpaceX launches three rockets in 36 hours:SpaceX launched three missions in just over 36 hours, including two from Florida's Space Coast with most recent a two-stage Falcon 9 early Sunday.The third rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:27 a.m. carrying a communications satellite for Louisiana-based Globalstar.Earlier, the company founded by billionaire Elon Musk launched 53 Starlink internet satellites at 12:09 p.m. Friday Eastern time from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and then sent into space a radar satellite for the German military from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 7:19 a.m. Saturday Pacific.Sunday morning's launch was Space X's 26th this year and ninth for this particular Falcon 9 first stage.Ten minutes after liftoff, the first stage went back to Earth, landiing vertically on the SpaceX droneship "Just Read The Instructions" in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast.Globalstar did give details about the launch of its spare satellite before liftoff, and SpaceX also didn't mention the payload.In the other flight from Florida, the Falcon 9's first stage landed on the "A Shortfall of Gravitas" droneship.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

hubie writes:If you're trying to scale back on impulse purchases, then you may want to hold off on drinking that coffee:

upstart writes:The growing field of sensory urbanism is changing the way we assess neighborhoods and projects:

upstart writes in with two stories on a recent DDoS attack:Hackers just launched the largest HTTPS DDoS attack in history:

DannyB writes:Why do cats lick and chew catnip? Researchers find an answer

hubie writes:Researchers from Osaka University find that infants can make moral judgments on behalf of others:

looorg writes:http://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/The Floppotron has been upgraded to version 3.0. It's a very amusing project that has been going on for many years now.

upstart writes:Europe cracks down on data cap exemptions in update to net neutrality rules:

China Launches 'Fujian,' its Most Advanced Aircraft Carrierupstart writes:China launches 'Fujian,' its most advanced aircraft carrier:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:Inspired by palm trees, scientists develop hurricane-resilient wind turbines:

upstart writes:Researchers design cheap plastic processor that could usher in the age of truly ubiquitous electronics:

upstart writes:Bats are one of the most misunderstood mammals:

upstart writes:Fastest-growing black hole of past 9 billion years discovered in bright constellation of Centaurus - ABC News:

CrypticNerd writes:https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2022/06/08/4g-antenna-suspected-of-disturbing-herd-of-cows-in-haute-loire-to-be-shut-down_5986020_114.html[...] "I can see from my tractor that they are all skin and bones. It's enough to make you cry." On the other side of the small road that winds along his property, a short distance from the town of Mazeyrat-d'Allier, in the Haute-Loire department, Frédéric Salgues can spot what he considers to be the cause of his cows' problems, less than 300 meters away: a cell phone tower commissioned by Orange on June 28, 2021.[...] On May 23, the administrative court of Clermont-Ferrand ordered the 4G antenna's cessation of operation for a period of two months.This measure, unprecedented in France, should become effective within three months. The objective is to carry out an expert assessment in order to "establish a potential causal link between the behavior of the cattle and this antenna." The administrative court highlights "a significant drop in the quality and quantity of milk produced, a serious disruption in the behavior of the herd and its voluntary denutrition and abnormally high deaths.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Protecting Against Browser-Language Fingerprinting:

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upstart writes:Europe's First Exascale Supercomputer to Unlock a Quintillion Ops:

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upstart writes:The propellant leak and ensuing investigation has resulted in a one-month delay to the CRS-25 cargo mission:

upstart writes:TSMC's Arizona Fab Construction Emerges at Breakneck Speed:

upstart writes:Activist group called for Happy's release from New York zoo, calling her cognitively complex and autonomous:

upstart writes:A toxic chemical used in hair products for black women fuels breast cancer, study finds:

hubie writes:Astronomers may have discovered the first free-floating black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, thanks to a technique called gravitational microlensing:

upstart writes:Double-layered catalyst generates more hydrogen:

upstart writes:Microsoft ends Internet Explorer support in Windows 10 tomorrow:

Andrey_Karpov writes:I wrote an "anti-article". I always write about how to perfect C++ code. But this time I'm on the dark side. So, here are "50 terrible coding tips for a C++ developer". Be careful — there's evil in there. I warned you :).However, some developers may disagree that all these tips are terrible. Therefore, I wrote an overview of the most ambiguous tips in advance. I think everyone has a teammate who should read all this :).Enjoy![Ed's comment - this is a light-hearted view of coding in C++. The thing is, many of us will have seen code like this.... Share your own memories.]Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Private space company Momentus had previously warned that "challenges" were to be expected during this inaugural mission:

upstart writes:Approach is designed to slow starch digestion to avoid blood sugar spikes:

upstart writes:Samples from the Moon's Oceanus Procellarum may be able to help determine the source of lunar water:

fliptop writes:Leaders today must be ready to take a stand on thorny social and political issues. A case study by Nien-hê Hsieh and Henry McGee examines how Apple CEO Tim Cook turned calls for data access into a rallying cry for privacy, and the complexities that followed:

upstart writes:"Downthem" DDoS-for-Hire Boss Gets 2 Years in Prison:

upstart writes:How plants' threat-detection mechanisms raise the alarm:

hubie writes:Saving Kids From Dangerous Infections – With An Amoeba:

upstart writes:The Weird World Of Liquid Cooling For Datacenters:When it comes to high-performance desktop PCs, particularly in the world of gaming, water cooling is popular and effective. However, in the world of datacenters, servers rely on traditional air cooling more often than not, in combination with huge AC systems that keep server rooms at the appropriate temperature. However, datacenters can use water cooling, too! It just doesn’t always look quite how you’d expect.Cooling is of crucial importance to datacenters. Letting hardware get too hot increases failure rates and can even impact service availability. It also uses a huge amount of energy, with cooling accounting for up to 40% of energy use in the average datacenter. This flows into running costs, as well, as energy doesn’t come cheap.Thus, any efficiency gains in cooling a datacenter can have a multitude of benefits. Outside of just improving reliability and cutting down on emissions through lower energy use, there are benefits to density, too. The more effective cooling available, the more servers and processing power that can be stuffed in a given footprint without running into overheating issues.Water and liquid cooling techniques can potentially offer a step change in performance relative to traditional air cooling. This is due to the fact that air doesn’t have a great heat capacity compared to water or other special liquid coolants. It’s much easier to transfer a great quantity of heat into a liquid. In some jurisdictions, there is even talk of using the waste heat from datacenters to provide district heating, which is much easier with a source of hot liquid carrying waste heat vs. hot air.However, liquid cooling comes with drawbacks, too. Leaks can damage electronics if not properly managed, and such systems typically come with added complexity versus running simple fans and air conditioning systems. Naturally, that improved cooling performance comes at a trade-off, else it would be the norm already.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.