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martyb writes:Flying a helicopter on Mars is getting 'harder and harder,' NASA says:

takyon writes:China prepares to test thorium-fuelled nuclear reactor

takyon writes:U.S. generals planning for a space war they see as all but inevitable

upstart writes:We managed to toilet train cows, and they learned faster than a toddler:

AnonTechie writes:Whitest paint in world created at Purdue, may help curb global warming:

upstart writes:California wildfires threaten famous giant sequoia trees:

upstart writes:Pollutionwatch: how bad are bonfires for the environment?:

upstart writes:Facebook documents show how toxic Instagram is for teens, Wall Street Journal reports:

upstart writes:Engineered E. coli could make carbohydrates, renewable fuel, from CO2:

upstart writes:Study: Childhood obesity in U.S. accelerated during pandemic:

upstart writes:Scientists find evidence of humans making clothes 120,000 years ago:

upstart writes:France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers without pay:

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owl writes:https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/16/home-computing-pioneer-sir-clive-sinclair-dies-aged-81

upstart writes:Black Summer bushfires triggered Southern Ocean algal blooms bigger than Australia:

upstart writes:90% of global farm subsidies damage people and planet, says UN:

upstart writes:Travis CI flaw exposed secrets of thousands of open source projects:

upstart writes:Vermont sues oil companies for allegedly falsifying climate info:

China Has 'Too Many' Electric Vehicle Companies, Minister Saysupstart writes:China has 'too many' electric vehicle companies, minister says:

upstart writes:Astronomers solve 900-year-old cosmic mystery surrounding Chinese supernova of 1181AD:

upstart writes:'Dramatically more powerful': world's first battery-electric freight train unveiled:

upstart writes:Influenza cases hit an all-time low in Australia in 2021:

LOLIN S2 Pico – A compact ESP32-S2 board with an OLED displaytakyon writes:LOLIN S2 Pico – A compact ESP32-S2 board with an OLED display

upstart writes:LG's outrageous direct-view LED TV tops out at 335 inches, $1.7 million:

owl writes:Science News link: https://science-news.co/scientists-create-matter-from-pure-light-proving-the-breit-wheeler-effect/Archive link: https://archive.is/AeYlu

upstart writes:Microsoft remote work study: Average length of workweek has increased 10% during pandemic:

upstart writes:Apple and John Deere Shareholder Resolutions Demand They Explain Their Bad Repair Policies - iFixit:

upstart writes:Rerun of supernova blast expected to appear in 2037:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09/the-stormy-relationship-between-solar-power-and-the-weather/

upstart writes:Storage galore: New PS5 update finally lets users add more space for games:

martyb writes:Late last night (~10 PM UTC), the security certificates for SoylentNews.org expired. (Out-of-date certs result in nasty warning messages being displayed by your browser.)Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience the outage caused.Unfortunately, that was after I (and others on staff who could do anything about it) had gone to bed.I had personally updated the certs in the past, but the last time was years ago. (TheMightyBuzzard had previously — and subsequently — handled getting and applying updated certs.) It had been so long that I could not find my notes on the process. (Note to self: it helps to look in the correct directory tree!)Thankfully, @audioguy: appeared and was able to get things updated.Please join me in thanking him for getting things straightened out!P.S. The current certs are due to expire December 14, 2021, Please feel free to remind us as that date approaches!P.P.S. The technical staff is aware of various automated solutions to renewals but made a conscious decision to do them manually. Remember that people make mistakes but to really foul things up use a computer!Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

owl writes:NYT Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/science/kea-beak-tools.htmlArchive Link: https://archive.is/rwG10

takyon writes:Will it be safe for humans to fly to Mars?

upstart writes:Tesla Opens NM Showroom on Tribal Land, Avoiding Direct-Sale Ban:

takyon writes:SpaceX Crew Dragon, Falcon 9 roll out to the pad for historic Inspiration4 launch

upstart writes:Taking lessons from a sea slug, study points to better hardware for artificial intelligence:

upstart writes:International project seeks to eliminate HIV in kids:

upstart writes:Ebola vaccine regimen generates strong immune response in children and adults in a clinical trial in Sierra Leone:

owl writes:https://www.zmescience.com/other/fahrenheit-vs-celsius-did-the-u-s-get-it-right-after-all/

upstart writes:Prehistoric humans rarely mated with their cousins:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/leaked-documents-reveal-the-special-rules-facebook-uses-for-5-8m-vips/

takyon and looorg write:Firm raises $15m to bring back woolly mammoth from extinction

upstart writes:Apple can no longer force developers to use in-app purchasing, judge rules:

upstart writes:Stanford scientists solve mystery of icy plumes that may foretell deadly supercell storms:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Mammals Carry A Graveyard Of Viruses In Our Dna, And It Could Have A Crucial Purpose:

upstart writes:Toyota, Honda oppose U.S. House electric vehicle tax plan:

upstart writes:TAU Team Reverses Early Signs of Alzheimer's:

upstart writes:Google.com dark mode is rolling out to everyone:

upstart writes:Physicists discover black holes exert a pressure in serendipitous scientific first:

upstart writes:Illinois researchers demonstrate extreme heat exchanger with additive manufacturing: