upstart writes:How do our organs know when to stop growing? A multidisciplinary team led by researchers from UNIGE and MPIPKS has solved with a mathematical equation the mystery of how an organ changes its size depending on the size of the animal.
upstart writes:Tsunamis' magnetic fields are detectable before sea level change: Magnetic field information could provide earlier disaster warning to at-risk regions, potentially saving lives:
[2021-12-24 23:01:40 UTC UPDATE] Yay! @mechanicjay: heard my plea, and responded! "slash died and left a stale pid behind. Cleaned it up, started slash, all good now." Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you! Original post follows.It has been brought to my attention that the story comment counts have not been updating.I'm seeing the same symptoms that I did on 2021-12-19 when this last happened. So, I tried to restart things armed with this new information. The system insisted on ignoring my efforts. :(I've requested help from other, more-knowledgeable staff rather than following the time-honored tradition of not asking for help until everyone else has has a chance to gum up the works!Summary: New stories ARE going out on schedule. Further, comment AND moderations ARE being accepted (and tallied) as expected. In short, it seems that everything *else* is working as expected (whew!). I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience while things get sorted out. --martyb/BytramP.S. I can assure you that eggnog had no part in the current situation!Read more of this story at SoylentNews.
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upstart writes:Antibiotics can be first-line therapy for uncomplicated appendicitis cases: A review of studies shows that antibiotic therapy is effective in up to 70% of cases that do not have added risks:
upstart writes:Comets' heads can be green, but never their tails. After 90 years, we finally know why: The team solved this mystery with the help of a vacuum chamber, a lot of lasers, and one powerful cosmic reaction.:
upstart writes:Stress, by itself, can lead to excessive drinking in women but not men: Study shows stress led to drinking more than intended in men only when they already had consumed alcohol:
upstart writes:Giving bug-like bots a boost: A new fabrication technique produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots.:
An Anonymous Coward writes:With the first update of youtube-dl since June of this year, the December 17th release has a nice changelog, but also the Core Developer, Sergey M., AKA dstftw, steps down[1]. What will this mean for future releases, or is the project now dead?Some have moved on to a fork of youtube-dl, known simply as, "yt-dlp."Speculation: Considering the amount of controversial news the youtube-dl project has received in the past year or so, could someone with enough power/influence have "convinced" the developer to walk away?[1] The correct message was that he marked himself as, "inactive", but IMO this may as well be called "stepping down." [Ed's Note: ... or his wife is having a baby, or he is going on holiday, or he is having an operation for a medical problem, or... ]Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.