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upstart writes:Elon Musk named Time Person of the Year:

upstart writes:Malicious NPM packages are part of a malware "barrage" hitting repositories:

upstart writes:Intel Unveils Plan to 'Propel Moore's Law Beyond 2025':

upstart writes:Researchers develop advanced catalysts for clean hydrogen production:

takyon writes:Mexico joins Artemis Accords

upstart writes:Melatonin Exacerbates Asthma Discovers Research Group:

upstart writes:Apple's 'Do Not Track' Button Is Privacy Theater:

upstart writes:Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 is Deceitful and Threatening:

upstart writes:"Newer, nimbler, faster:" Venus probe will search for signs of life in clouds of sulfuric acid:

owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2021/08/reverse-engineering-vintage-power.html

upstart writes:The hand-cranked calculator invented by a Nazi concentration camp prisoner:

[ED NOTE: Editors discussed whether we should even run this story. I decided to take a chance. BUT, it's up to the community how this goes. Feel free to downmod comments that attack the *commenter* rather than *add* something to the discussion.--martyb]gznork26 writes:Growing extremism can and has turned almost anything into a political struggle in which people pay diminishing attention to the topics and more to the 'tribal' group that they may be associated with. We've seen the effects on the functioning on the US congress, as well as in how laws on various topics have been playing out lately.But the idea that without a center, things fall apart, may be more real than we thought, as this article at ScienceBlog about a Cornell study describes: https://scienceblog.com/527200/tipping-point-makes-partisan-polarization-irreversible/It seems that up to a point, it is possible to reverse the polarization. Beyond that tipping point, it cannot. From what I've seen, the US is probably in the vicinity of that tipping point. The pattern described here sounds an awful lot like the period-doubling path to chaos, a mathematical construct in which a function that has a single stable state in one range of numbers starts developing two stable states, and then four, until stability is lost and the set devolves into chaos. If this reflection has any validity in the political or social realms, then we should also have seen the same pattern play out within discussions that turn to chaos.Is there predictive power in this observation by the researchers at Cornell? If so, can anything be done to head it off, or are we all doomed to watch it play out?Journal Reference:

upstart writes:At least 100 feared dead after tornadoes devastate six US states:

upstart writes:Government to push for international ban of autonomous weapons, or killer robots:

upstart writes:Water's ultimate freezing point just got lower:

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upstart writes:FAA to end commercial astronaut wings program - SpaceNews:

upstart writes:watching the grass grow and how 19th century scientists were rightScientists solve the grass leaf conundrum:

upstart writes:Forbes accidentally exposed '30 Under 30' winners' private info, honoree finds:

upstart writes:As Facebook plans the metaverse, it struggles to combat harassment in VR:

upstart writes:Two-year follow up shows delaying umbilical cord clamping saves babies' lives: A minute's delay could make a lifetime of difference:

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upstart writes:Julian Assange Loses Appeal: British High Court Accepts U.S. Request to Extradite Him for Trial:

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upstart writes:'Super trees' may help save Houston ... and beyond: Live oaks, sycamores top ranking of trees that mitigate effects of pollution, climate change:

upstart writes:Italian regulator fines Amazon $1.28 billion for abusing its market dominance:

DannyB writes:Japanese Billionaire Arrives at Space Station for 12-Day Tourist Trip:

takyon writes:Space sleeping bag to solve astronauts' squashed eyeball disorder

upstart writes:Where did western honey bees come from? New research finds the sweet spot:

An Anonymous Coward offers the following story:Here's yet another reason that (assuming the article is correct) current self-driving technology has a long ways to go before it is ready for large-scale roll out in urban areas.https://www.autonomousvehicleinternational.com/news/ai-sensor-fusion/ai-research-combats-problem-of-vanishing-cyclists-and-pedestrians.html

Mykl writes:The iPhones of 9 US State Department officials were infected by malware developed and sold by the Israeli exploit firm NSO Group.

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takyon writes:TSMC Founder: Pat Gelsinger Too Old to Make Intel Great Again - TSMC and Intel exchange rants.

takyon writes:Intel plans to take self-driving car unit public in the U.S. in mid-2022

upstart writes:Scientists Identify Factor in "Young Blood" That Helps Rejuvenate Aging Muscle:

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upstart , using material from multiple submissions, writes:NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is fueled up for its Dec. 22 launch:

upstart writes:Instagram to users: Take a break:

upstart writes:Daytime meals may reduce health risks linked to night shift work:

upstart writes:Whether people inform themselves or remain ignorant is due to three factors:

upstart writes:NYC anime convention may offer 'earliest looks' at Omicron spread in US, CDC director says:

DannyB writes:Over 200 papers quietly sue Big Tech:

DannyB writes:Taking Viagra cuts the risk of Alzheimer's by up to 69% and it could be prescribed to beat dementia, study suggests

upstart writes:QNAP warns users of bitcoin miner targeting their NAS devices:

upstart writes:Concerned about SpaceX, France to accelerate reusable rocket plans:

upstart writes:Gene discoveries give new hope to people who stutter:

upstart writes:New type of earthquake discovered:

takyon writes:Imagination introduces Catapult RISC-V CPU cores