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upstart writes:Mars helicopter Ingenuity nails 8th flight on the Red Planet:

upstart writes:The problem isn't remote working – it's clinging to office-based practices:

takyon writes:The ISRG wants to make the Linux kernel memory-safe with Rust

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upstart writes:Kill the 5-Day Workweek:

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upstart writes:mRNA vaccine yields full protection against malaria in mice:

upstart writes:'Mosquito smoothie' innovation boosts future malaria vaccine potential:

upstart writes:Bacteria converts degraded plastic bottles into vanilla flavoring:

upstart writes:Tasmanian devils wipe out thousands of penguins on tiny Australian island:

upstart writes:Researchers develop urine test capable of early detection of brain tumors with 97% accuracy:

upstart writes:Facebook Researchers Say They Can Detect Deepfakes And Where They Came From:

Booga1 writes:Self-healing concrete eats CO2 to fill its own cracks in 24 hours:

iPhone bug breaks WiFi when you join hotspot with unusual name:

takyon writes:Europa volcanism & interior heating modeled in detail, offers research targets for upcoming missions

takyon writes:ESA/NASA complete ISS spacewalk to install first new solar array

takyon writes:Mass-produced floating nuclear reactors use super-safe molten salt fuel

Anti-aristarchus writes:Maybe. Maybe not. New study, reported on at SciTechDaily,

martyb writes:The Earth Has a Pulse—A 27.5-Million-Year Cycle of Geological Activity:

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upstart writes:Second Space Rock Struck Earth After the One That Killed the Dinosaurs:

upstart writes:How Do Constantly Swimming Sharks Ever Rest? Scientists Just Figured It Out:

Booga1 writes:The headline at WFAA reads: 'Woke up sweating': Some Texans shocked to find their smart thermostats were raised remotely

martyb writes:Team describes science-based hiccups intervention:

upstart writes:In the visual thalamus, neurons are in contact with both eyes but respond to only one:

gawdonblue writes:The South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT) failed to be Touched by His Noodly Appendage in a decision on Adelaide woman Tanya Watkins' claim that FSM was formed for a "religious, educational, charitable or benevolent purpose".

upstart writes:Memory helps us evaluate situations on the fly, not just recall the past: Widely known as crucial for long-term memory, hippocampus also supports short-term memory:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/06/ukraine-arrests-ransomware-gang-in-global-cybercriminal-crackdown/

takyon writes:Backscatter Radio at Gigabit Speeds

takyon writes:Rocket Mining System Could Blast Ice from Lunar Craters

DannyB writes:Windows 11 Look Inspired by KDE Plasma and GNOME?

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Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://edition.cnn.com/2021/06/18/tech/estonia-cyber-security-lessons-intl-cmd/index.html

upstart writes:Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ widespread in top makeup brands, study finds:

Anti-aristarchus writes:From China, where all the new science seems to be occuring, reported in Gizmodo.

An Anonymous Coward writes:WSJ: What Keeps People From Using Password Managers?No pay wall: https://archive.is/HCtcT

Eratosthenes writes:'Great Dimming' of Betelgeuse star is solved

Freeman writes:World Bank slams bitcoin, declines to help El Salvador's cryptocurrency plan:

MostCynical writes:Channel 9 Australia and the Guardian are reporting major outages of several banks in Australia.Outages are being reported by CBA, NAB, ANZ, Westpac and St George customers, according to DownDetector.Virgin Australia has also been affected by the outage.Twitter users are suggesting that Hosting and CDN provider Akamai is the company experiencing the issues and outages this afternoon. This is a global problem, of course the timezone makes it worst for us.There is no official word from any impacted banks as to the root cause.Additional coverage at Reuters and the BBCOriginal SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/apples-tim-cook-sideloading-is-not-in-the-best-interests-of-the-user/

takyon writes:China space station: Shenzhou-12 delivers first crew to Tianhe module

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/ddos-fugitive-commander-x-arrested-in-mexico-extradited-to-us/

upstart writes:Aging NASA Hubble Space Telescope hustles to survive latest technical glitch:

upstart writes:Nasty Linux systemd root level security bug revealed and patched:

martyb writes:Last night (actually, very early this morning) @mechanicjay: generated and installed new Let's Encrypt certs for our servers.I made a quick check and everything seems to be in place. The old certs were due to expire right about now, so if you do have any issues, please pop onto IRC (preferred) or reply here and let us know!Thanks mechanicjay!Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

looorg writes:Monkey-Human hybrids are real (at least as short-lived embryos). While interesting to see what would have become of it, this is also quite scary. Not quite sure this is the direction I want science to go in.First Monkey–Human Embryos Reignite Debate Over Hybrid Animals[1]:

[2021-06-17 15:18:18 UTC] Update: Added links to journal article and video... Thanks to AC's comments!--martyb]Eratosthenes writes:Reporting on the Associated Press

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/after-ruining-75m-jj-doses-emergent-gets-fda-clearance-for-25m-doses/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/amazon-blames-social-media-companies-for-sales-of-fake-amazon-reviews/

Largest Rotating Structures in the Universe Discovered – Fantastic Cosmic Filaments Where Galaxies Are Relatively Just Specs of Dust: