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upstart writes:Online Trolls Also Jerks in Real Life: Aarhus University Study:

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upstart writes:Astra Rocket 3.3 launch fails - SpaceNews:

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upstart writes:The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, passes final ground tests:

wirelessduck writes:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-28/china-thorium-molten-salt-nuclear-reactor-energy/100351932Scientists in China are about to turn on for the first time an experimental reactor that's believed by some to be the Holy Grail of nuclear energy — safer, cheaper and with less potential for weaponisation.Construction on the thorium-based molten salt reactor was expected to be finished this month with the first tests to begin as early as September, according to a statement from the Gansu provincial government.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:$15 drug gets COVID patients off oxygen support in under week – study:

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upstart writes:More people are poisoning themselves with horse-deworming drug to thwart COVID:

takyon writes:Imagination Technologies to design RISC-V cores:

upstart writes:The Science of Underground Kingdoms:

upstart writes:Science Shows Attractiveness Pays Off at Work – But There's a Trick To Level the Playing Field:

owl writes:WaPo link (may be paywalled): https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/30/oak-mites-bite-cicadas-dc/Archive.is link (no paywall): https://archive.is/AEi6a

TheMightyChickadee writes:The day that seemed like it would never come, is closer. NASA's next-gen James Webb Space Telescope completes testing, is ready to pack up and ship out to launch:

DannyB writes:SpaceX paused Starlink launches to give its internet satellites lasers

JoeMerchant writes:Dan Ariely Retracts Honesty Study Based On Fake Data:

upstart writes:Fukushima nuclear water to be released via undersea tunnel - SRN News:

upstart writes:Silent changes to Western Digital's budget SSD may lower speeds by up to 50%:

upstart writes:FAA to review Boeing employee reports of pressure over safety issues:

upstart writes:US government agencies plan to increase their use of facial recognition technology:

canopic jug writes:Consultant and author Peter N M Hansteen has written up an overview of recent and not so recent changes in OpenBSD that make life better (and may turn up elsewhere too). He covers a few decades of developments that he has found particularly useful and explains why. He covers greylisting, spam filters, OpenSSH, and of course PF.

DannyB writes:Blue Origin Employees Are Jumping Ship

upstart writes:Seawater could provide nearly unlimited amounts of critical battery material:

upstart writes:Countering climate change with cool pavements:

upstart writes:Mental Phenomena Don’t Map Into the Brain as Expected:

takyon writes:Newly Discovered Space Rock Loops The Sun Quicker Than Any Known Asteroid

owl writes:https://orangebeanindiana.com/2021/04/09/once-upon-a-time-america-had-an-atomic-mecha-warrior-robot/

LabRat writes:Hubble Captures a Stunning 'Einstein Ring' Magnifying The Depths of The Universe:

owl writes:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2287862-ants-use-soil-physics-to-excavate-metre-long-tunnels-that-last-decades/

upstart writes:Scientists are mining metals from an unusual source -- Plants:

upstart writes:How a simple crystal could help pave the way to full-scale quantum computing:

upstart writes:World’s Fastest-Accelerating Coaster Suspended Because Riders Keep Breaking Their Bones:

owl writes:https://www.pcmag.com/news/samsung-can-remotely-disable-any-of-its-tvs-worldwide:

owl writes:AMD Unveils New Ryzen V-Cache Details at HotChips 33:

owl writes:https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-z-fold-3-unlock-bootloader-broken-camera/

owl writes: Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80:

chromas writes:The 'Joker' Virus Has Returned to Android: Empty Your Bank Accounts Without You Noticing It and It is Hidden in These Apps on the Google Play Store:

upstart writes:The author of this piece has an obvious bias (Geoff Cooper is the president and CEO of Renewable Fuels Association), but does he also have a valid point?Let's prioritize American renewable fuels over foreign oil and minerals:

fliptop writes:Upguard Research disclosed multiple data leaks exposing 38 million data records via Microsoft Power Apps portals configured to allow public access. From ZDNet:

owl writes:https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/08/covid-19-vaccine-cards-why-so-big/619707/

upstart writes:Molecular Farming Means the Next Vaccine Could Be Edible and Grown in a Plant:

upstart writes:Elon Musk Says There Needs to Be Universal Basic Income:

upstart writes:Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine wins full approval from the FDA:

owl writes:https://therecord.media/firefox-follows-chrome-and-prepares-to-block-insecure-downloads/

upstart writes:GM to spend $1 billion to expand Chevy Bolt EV recall due to fires:

owl writes:https://wccftech.com/ibm-z-next-gen-processor-detailed-telum-chip-7nm-process-22-5-billion-transistors-8-cores-beyond-5-ghz-clocks/

upstart writes:Under the northern lights: Mesospheric ozone layer depletion explained: