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martyb writes:Mutant corn gene boosts sugar in seeds, leaves, may lead to breeding better crop:

takyon writes:Arm Pioneer: Nvidia's Grace CPU Is Proof That It Will 'Compete Unfairly'

takyon writes:Bill Gates and Melinda Gates are splitting up after 27 years

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/technician-for-water-co-linked-to-liver-failure-says-his-dog-got-liver-illness/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Reaching 'Herd Immunity' Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe:

takyon writes:RISC-V International to give away 1,000 RISC-V development boards

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://betanews.com/2021/05/01/vmware-has-no-plans-to-support-windows-10-on-m1-macs-windows-is-second-priority-behind-linux/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Machine learning algorithm helps unravel the physics underlying quantum systems:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:How to stop Windows 10 Defender from uploading files to Microsoft:

Beryllium Sphere (r) writes:The UK did a large study of household transmission, large enough to include a statistically respectable number of breakthrough cases among vaccinated people.The vaccinated people who never got infected of course didn't pass along an infection. Of those who had been vaccinated but still got infected, the chance of passing it along to a household member dropped by 38-49%.https://www.gov.uk/government/news/one-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-can-cut-household-transmission-by-up-to-halfTake the reduction in infections into account, and the estimate is that vaccinations cut the effective reproductive number by a factor of 6. The virus cannot afford that. Even in the early days in Wuhan with no precautions it was only 3-3.5.We're still waiting for the results of the prospective study on college campuses but this strikes me as enough data to encourage vaccines to protect the unvaccinated.I'm eager to see how the nasal spray vaccines turn out. Medicine is horribly unpredictable but it's reasonable to think that something stimulating the mucosal immune subsystem could be even more effective, maybe even much more.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

martyb writes:Dietary Therapy for Cancer? Amino Acid Consumption Determines the Fate of Cancer Cells:

martyb writes:Billion-Year-Old Fossil Discovered – Reveals Missing Link in the Evolution of Animals:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Oculus will sell you a Quest 2 headset that doesn't need Facebook for an extra $500:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Google is reportedly saving over $1 billion a year thanks to remote work:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Huge rocket looks set for uncontrolled reentry following Chinese space station launch - SpaceNews:

hemocyanin writes:Carbon Robotics is developing an autonomous weeding robot, currently sold out for 2021 that eliminates the need for chemicals and/or intensive labor.

takyon writes:Turkey Adds Crypto Trading to Anti-Money Laundering and Terror Funding Laws

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Drone operators challenge surveyors' turf in mapping dispute:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:11-Sigma Detection of Dark Energy Comes From Measuring Over a Million Extremely Distant Galaxies - Universe Today:

martyb writes:Stealthy RotaJakiro Backdoor Targeting Linux Systems:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Verizon tries to sell Yahoo and AOL after spending $9 billion on fallen giants:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Defenseless:

Fnord666 writes:Cybil over on the GoodReads web site has an interesting article titled "The Science (and Math) of Andy Weir's Sci-Fi Success" about an interview with Andrew Weir, author of The Martian and Artemis. They discuss his previous books a bit as well as where he gets his ideas from before digging into some of the details about his upcoming book Project Hail Mary.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Flu Has Disappeared Worldwide during the COVID Pandemic:

martyb writes:The Parker Solar Probe continues to set new speed records. It's only a third of the way through its planned 24 orbits, each of which being not only closer to the Sun but faster, too!NASA's Parker Solar Probe Keeps Its Cool as it Speeds Closer to the Sun:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:China, Russia open moon base project to international partners, early details emerge - SpaceNews:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Here's How We'll Know an AI Is Conscious:

An Anonymous Coward writes:In the Roaring Twenties, Ads Make a Comeback:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Speed at which world's glaciers are melting has doubled in 20 years:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Cyber-attack hackers threaten to share US police informant data:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:This tech makes perishable food last months without a fridge:

[UPDATE (2021-04-30 20:44:10 UTC)]:Ingenuity Completes its Fourth Flight:

takyon writes:US investigating possible 'Havana syndrome' attack near White House: CNN

takyon writes:Assembly of Chinese space station begins with successful core module launch

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:mRNA Vaccines: What Happens:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Nanobodies inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Tor-Based Linux Botnet Abuses IaC Tools to Spread:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:More than one scribe wrote the text of a Dead Sea Scroll, handwriting shows:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Office default Calibri will join Clippy, Internet Explorer in Windows retirement:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Solar and wind can meet world energy demand 100 times over:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could become first-ever home cure for COVID-19:

An Anonymous Coward writes:GlobalFoundries shifts HQ from Silicon Valley to join its tip-top chip fab in New York:

Anti-aristarchus writes:You can find lots of Hubble pics if you look, but here are some of the best — all in one fine article.These Real-Life Photos Of The Hubble Telescope Look Too Strange To Be True:

martyb writes:Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module, has died:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Toyota to buy self-driving division of U.S. ride-hailing firm Lyft:

martyb and an anonymous coward write:The world finally woke up to India's virus nightmare:

martyb writes:Meet the 12-year-old graduating high school and college in the same week:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Disrupted sleep is linked to increased risk of early death, particularly in women:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/04/cable-chewing-beavers-take-out-towns-internet-in-uniquely-canadian-outage/

takyon writes:Neutron stars may be bigger than expected, measurement of lead nucleus suggests