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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:The Guardian view on dark skies: we need them:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Black hole is closest to Earth, among the smallest ever discovered:

Eratosthenes writes:Nuclear fallout is showing up in U.S. honey, decades after bomb tests:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Produces Oxygen on Another Planet for the First Time:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Out of the cave: French isolation study ends after 40 days:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:[Ed note. What's presented here is but a small part of what reads like a whodunnit mystery. Highly recommend reading the whole story before commenting. What is really going on here?--martyb]The Big Pentagon Internet Mystery Now Partially Solved:

Beryllium Sphere (r) writes:"In a crisis, it is always best to have more than one option" -- Jean-Luc Picard. Or more than 11.Vaccine development continues, and here are a few interesting ones mentioned in the latest Science News.Vaxxinity (formerly COVAXX) uses multiple fragments of virus protein called peptides and has completed Phase I trials. Their product is stable at refrigerator temperatures.Vaxart has yet another adenovirus-vector vaccine, with two SARS COV 2 proteins as payload. One is the nucleocapsid protein, which has been pretty constant over the history of the virus. The interesting thing about the vaccine is that it comes in a pill. "Amateurs study battles, generals study logistics". A room temperature vaccine that can be shipped through the mail and administered by someone without needle training would be an asset.The other interesting thing is that the company hopes that something that goes through the gut will light up the mucosal immune subsystem, which is normally our first line of defense. Their founder says there is animal research suggesting that's an improvement, but TFA does not have references.Valneva is a whole killed virus with two adjuvants.Inovio comes with an interesting administration mechanism. It's injected just under the skin with a microarray of needles and an electric pulse. It is a DNA vaccine, with a room temperature shelf life of a year.https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-vaccine-new-upcoming-pill-electricity, it may nag you for a subscription.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

takyon writes:Pine64's new keyboard case turns the PinePhone into a pocketable Linux laptop

takyon writes:Russia's First Domestically-Produced AMD B450 Motherboard Debuts

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Computer security world in mourning over death of Dan Kaminsky, aged 42:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Hackers are exploiting a Pulse Secure 0-day to breach orgs around the world:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Astronomers Detect Extreme Flare from Proxima Centauri:

aristarchus writes:Damn empiricists! Ruining perfectly good myths, like Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock. Evidence reported at Wired, but that is not where it is.

chromas writes:Social Catfish:

chromas writes:The Verge:

JoeMerchant writes:The thorny thought experiment has been turned into a real experiment.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Pfizer Finds Fake COVID-19 Vaccines in Mexico and Poland:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Motor Trend is running an interesting comparison -- the new/current Acura MDX vs a 2003 Acura MDX.tl;dr -- the author concludes that doing things for himself (instead of the car/SUV doing things for him) is preferable.

DannyB writes:Apple faces lawsuit over its iTunes 'buy' button

takyon writes:SpaceX rocket carrying four astronauts launches from Florida

DannyB writes:America is running out of people willing to get a COVID-19 shot, and some vaccination sites are even shutting down because of a lack of demand

An Anonymous Coward writes:Youtube Is Now Building Its Own Video-Transcoding Chips | Ars Technica:

DannyB writes:Consumer Reports shows Tesla Autopilot works with no one in the driver's seat

takyon writes:A new technique could make some plastic trash compostable at home

takyon writes:Guilty Verdict for Hong Kong Journalist as Media Faces 'Frontal Assault' (archive)

takyon writes:IBM Clarifies Stance On Developers Working On Open-Source Projects In Off-Hours

takyon writes:Is the post office spying on you? USPS "covert operations" may monitor social media posts

AnonTechie writes:Cracking open the mystery of how many bubbles are in a glass of beer:

DannyB writes:Mars helicopter Ingenuity flies higher and longer on Red Planet in 2nd flight:

AnonTechie writes in with a sumission which inspired this story.U.S. Deepens Emissions Target At Climate Summit, Goal Called ‘Game Changing’ | Reuters:

Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Cracking Tool and Became a Legendupstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Signal's CEO Just Hacked the Cops' Favorite Phone Cracking Tool and Became a Legend:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Brace yourselves. Facebook has a new mega-leak on its hands:

Eratosthenes writes:Messages home, from one on the frontier. Story at Space.com.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Foxconn mostly abandons $10 bln Wisconsin project touted by Trump:

takyon writes:SpaceX Starlink competitor OneWeb misled the FCC, media with false "near-miss" narrative

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Amazon to bring pay-by-palm technology to Whole Foods:

takyon writes:University Banned From Contributing To Linux Kernel For Intentionally Inserting Bugs

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Educational Distro Escuelas Linux 6.13 Introduces OBS Studio and Kolibri - 9to5Linux:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:How product placements may soon be added to classic films:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:'Single-use plastics' to be phased out in Australia from 2025 include plastic utensils and straws:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Parler re-platformed as Apple allows social network back into App Store:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:'Zombie' genes? Research shows some genes come to life in the brain after death: Post-mortem changes may shed light on important brain studies:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Microsoft says mandatory password changing is "ancient and obsolete":

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:No, Vaccine Side Effects Don't Tell You How Well Your Immune System Will Protect You From Covid-19:

takyon writes:Marijuana legalization has won

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:translation-for-the-language-of-wales-is-nextGroundbreaking effort launched to decode whale language:

takyon writes:VESA Announces That The DisplayHDR 2000 Certification Does Not Exist

[Ed. note: Our story on George Floyd's death was our seventh most commented story, ever (385 comments). Based on past experience with this site, it will get discussed. Rather than having comments on this decision appearing strewn throughout unrelated stories, please post those comments here. Also, please keep the discussion civil and on-topic. Attacks on the people discussing this are inviting a "-1 Offtopic" moderation. --martyb]upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Live updates: Derek Chauvin convicted of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd:

takyon writes:Firefox 88 Released With FTP Support Disabled, Support For JavaScript In PDFs