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stormwyrm writes:Archaeologists excavating the site of ancient Troy at Hisarlik in Turkey have found pieces of wood in strange form that they suspect might be the remains of the legendary Trojan Horse. The wooden pieces fit the descriptions of the Trojan Horse in Virgil's Aeneid (the most detailed description; it actually isn't mentioned at all in Homer's Illiad which cuts out before the Trojan War ends, and is only briefly alluded to in the Odyssey) and other classical writers. The pieces date from the 12th to 11th centuries BCE, the approximate date of the Trojan War. From the Greek Reporter:

DannyB writes:Elon Musk offers for SpaceX to make NASA spacesuits, after watchdog says program to cost $1 billion:

upstart writes:Smoke from Siberia wildfires reaches north pole in historic first:

upstart writes:Artificial Intelligence may diagnose dementia in a day:

upstart writes:Bayer loses appeal of ruling that its weed killer causes cancer:

upstart writes:NASA, DOE fund three nuclear thermal space propulsion concepts:

An Anonymous Coward writes:New “Glowworm attack” recovers audio from devices’ power LEDs:

aristarchus and fx_68 both bring us news of a slight Perseverence hiccup:Perseverance fails at first sample collection? At Endgadget

upstart writes:Japanese Scientists Tried Mailing Freeze-Dried Mouse Sperm on a Postcard – Here's What They Discovered:

takyon writes:Desktop and All-in-One Arm Linux computers launched with Baikal-M processor

upstart writes:Tesla Claims 92% Battery Cell Material Recovery In New Recycling Process - Electrek:

upstart writes:Anti-Piracy Firm Asks Google to Block 127.0.0.1 * TorrentFreak:

upstart writes:Permafrost Thaw in Siberia Creates a Ticking 'Methane Bomb' of Greenhouse Gases, Scientists Warn:

takyon writes:Starliner investigation continues

takyon writes:ICON 3D prints simulated mars habitat designed by bjarke ingels group for NASA

upstart writes:Sky News Australia to face Senate inquiry after week-long YouTube suspension:

upstart writes:Glenfiddich uses own whisky waste to fuel trucks:

upstart writes:Big Tech call center workers face pressure to accept home surveillance:

upstart writes:Major U.K. science funder to require grantees to make papers immediately free to all:

martyb writes:At a time of Delta variant proliferation, partisan politics, and economic confusion it was quite refreshing to come upon this story reminding us it is not just unbridled competition out there.Watch Two Olympians agree to share the gold in rare and heartwarming tie:

upstart writes:New device can diagnose Covid-19 from saliva samples:

upstart writes:Caltech's New Space-Based Solar Project Could Power Our Entire Planet:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Preorders For This Electromagnetic Rifle Are Being Taken For $3,775:

upstart writes:Amid the Labor Shortage, Robots Step in to Make the French Fries:

upstart writes:Computer hardware giant GIGABYTE hit by RansomEXX ransomware:

TheMightyChickadee writes:Booster stacked! Story at Techcrunch, and everywhere else.

takyon writes:Intel: Upcoming US Fab Will Be a Small City, to Cost $60 to $120 Billion

upstart writes:The US Navy's New Solar Aircraft Will Fly For 90 Days Without Landing:

upstart writes:2 out of 3 Americans say they would take a pay cut to work remotely full time:

upstart writes:‘Master Faces’ That Can Bypass Over 40% Of Facial ID Authentication Systems:

upstart writes:Researchers discover fresh water in the Mediterranean Sea:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Geological analysis explains durability of Stonehenge megaliths:

upstart writes:‘It could feed the world’: amaranth, a health trend 8,000 years old that survived colonization:

upstart writes:Fast-Growing Mini-Forests Spring up in Europe to Aid Climate:

takyon writes:2 Red Objects Were Found in the Asteroid Belt. They Shouldn't Be There.

upstart writes:28,000-year-old cave lion cub found in perfect condition:

upstart writes:Leaked Document Says Google Fired Dozens of Employees for Data Misuse:

upstart writes:30th Anniversary of the World Wide Web:

DannyB writes:Peloton treadmill owners will be able to run again without a subscription:

upstart writes:Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery:

upstart writes:Fasting may help ward off infections, study in mice suggests:

DannyB writes:Climate crisis: Scientists spot warning signs of Gulf Stream collapse:

upstart writes:The State Department and 3 other US agencies earn a D for cybersecurity:

upstart writes:Please, no Moore: 'Law' that defined how chips have been made for decades has run itself into a cul-de-sac:

damnbunni writes:Telstra has announced that all of their pay phones will allow free calls to Australian landlines and cell phones starting immediately.https://www.zdnet.com/article/telstra-makes-public-payphone-calls-free-australia-wide/

upstart writes:Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment than tap water:

upstart writes:The rise of never-ending job interviews:

upstart writes:Hawaiian Electric to pay customers for adding battery storage to rooftop solar:

upstart writes:These Foldable Houses Cost $50k and Go Up in a Day:

upstart writes:FDA aiming to give final approval to Pfizer vaccine by early next month -NY Times: