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mrpg writes:https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210514134119.htmClimate change is exacerbating problems like habitat loss and temperatures swings that have already pushed many animal species to the brink. But can scientists predict which animals will be able to adapt and survive? Using genome sequencing, researchers show that some fish, like the threespine stickleback, can adapt very rapidly to extreme seasonal changes. Their findings could help scientists forecast the evolutionary future of these populations.Journal Reference:Alan Garcia‐Elfring, Antoine Paccard, Timothy J. Thurman, Ben A. Wasserman, Eric P. Palkovacs, Andrew P. Hendry, Rowan D. H. Barrett. Using seasonal genomic changes to understand historical adaptation to new environments: Parallel selection on stickleback in highly‐variable estuaries. Molecular Ecology, 2021; 30 (9): 2054 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15879Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for aristarchus:Lopsided Galaxy NGC 2276:

aristarchus writes:Flying has never been a safe or precise art. Even when it is not on Mars! Latest from the Ingenuity saga, from NASA it's own self.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Ohio lawmakers want to abolish vaccine requirements:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Ohio lawmakers want to abolish vaccine requirements:

Beryllium Sphere (r) writes:Up to now, people have been discouraged from getting antibody tests to measure what their COVID vaccination did. The reasoning behind that advice is that since nobody knew what a given level meant in actionable terms, it was not useful information.That just changed.Nature has published the results of research into the relationship between antibody levels post-vaccination and vaccine efficacy, with plenty of different vaccines.An easy-to-read overview is at https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01372-6The full paper, with the methodology and conclusions, is at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01377-8 (It looks like careful work but it's over my head in places.)The bottom line is that they found a clear correlation and protection levels keep going up as antibody levels go up, though there's some diminishing returns at the very top end where the mRNA vaccines are.The cool part is they figured out what antibody level would give you the 50% protection that we would have been willing to accept from a vaccine. The mRNA vaccines leave you with an order of magnitude more. That's quite a comforting safety factor against variants and gradual decline.Journal References:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Runaway1956:Mars Helicopter Suffered Glitch During Flight, Forced Emergency Landing:

takyon writes:Asahi Linux Dev Reveals 'M1RACLES' Flaw in Apple M1, Pokes Fun at Similar Flaws

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Sleep Evolved Before Brains. Hydras Are Living Proof.:

takyon writes:Marvell Announces First PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD Controllers: Up To 14 GB/s

takyon writes:Ex-official who revealed UFO project accuses Pentagon of 'disinformation' campaign

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Giant tortoise thought extinct 100 years ago is living in Galapagos, Ecuador says:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Vulnerability in VMware product has severity rating of 9.8 out of 10:

AnonTechie writes:Court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut net emissions by 45%:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Tired of Boring CAPTCHAs, This Developer Created a Doom-Themed One:

canopic jug writes:TorrentFreak, is reporting on a thread at the orange site discussing Comcast allegedly having invoked the DMCA against a customer for having downloaded Ubuntu, a very popular GNU/Linux distro made by Canonical, Ltd. Just to be clear, the license for Ubuntu and its components allow not just downloading, but also even redistribution, modification, and redistribution of the modifications. The DMCA complaint was filed by a German company named OpSec Security. No comment was provided to TorrentFreak by either Canonical or OpSec.

takyon writes:Biden asks intel community to 'redouble' efforts probing COVID-19 origins

DannyB writes:USB-C is about to go from 100W to 240W, enough to power beefier laptops

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Nearly the Speed of Light in One Millimeter: Presenting a New Type of Particle Accelerator:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Not Graphene: New Type of Atomically Thin Carbon Material Discovered:

takyon writes:Exclusive: Valve is making a Switch-like portable gaming PC

New 12.9-inch iPad Pro already has a display problem:

canopic jug writes:There are still a few months to fix this, but for now the US Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Acting Commissioner for Patents, Andrew Faile, and Chief Information Officer, Jamie Holcombe, have announced that starting January 1, 2022, the USPTO will institute a surcharge for applicants that are not locked into Microsoft products via the proprietary DOCX format. From that date onwards, the USPTO will move away from PDF and require all filers to use that proprietary format or face an arbitrary surcharge when filing.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Toyota gives hydrogen car successful debut in Fuji 24 Hours:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for raxas:Deadly Parasite Discovered in Chinese Family Shows You Should Never Eat Raw Centipedes:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:Introducing Half-Double: New hammering technique for DRAM Rowhammer bug:

takyon writes:Google is officially releasing its Fuchsia OS, starting w/ first-gen Nest Hub

takyon writes:Arm Announces Mobile Armv9 CPU Microarchitectures: Cortex-X2, Cortex-A710 & Cortex-A510

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo_:Yuan Longping, Plant Scientist Who Helped Curb Famine, Dies at 90:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RunawayXXXX:How to see the 'Super Flower Blood Moon,' 1st lunar eclipse of this decade:

mrpg writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2021-05-compound-commonly-candles-grid-scale-energy.html

Freeman writes:China will likely ban all bitcoin mining soon

takyon writes:Libreboot Sees First New Release In Nearly 5 Years, Supports More Old Motherboards

canopic jug writes:Ken Shirriff has carefully disassembled an ATX PC power supply and blogged about his findings.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for FatPhil:Tesla is found guilty of throttling charging speed, asked to pay $16,000 to thousands of owners - Electrek:

Freeman writes:Crypto payments above $10,000 would be reported to IRS under Treasury plan

Freeman writes:A zombie-fire outbreak may be growing in the north:

takyon writes:Announcing the Raspberry Pi PoE+ HAT

takyon writes:Huawei confirms a June 2, 2021 launch for HarmonyOS

takyon writes:Potential organic salt detection from Curiosity yields further evidence for past organics on Mars

martyb writes:Incredible Microscope Sees Atoms at Record Resolution:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Washington State Removes All Barriers to Municipal Broadband:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for mrpg:The glow of fireflies is helping scientists find treatments for cancer:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Coherent Storage of Light Over One-Hour Achieved – Great Stride Towards the Application of Quantum Memories:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for FatPhil:Global Cactus Traffickers Are Cleaning Out the Deserts:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Vulnerabilities in billions of Wi-Fi devices let hackers bypass firewalls:

martyb writes:This is a follow-up to our site crash.If you are just tuning in, SoylentNews experienced a database crash on 2021-05-20. We tried to restore from recent backups, but found they were corrupted and unusable. Thanks to heroic work by @mechanicjay: the site is back up and running!Many thanks to mechanicjay for his 16-hour(!) day on Thursday to get us back up and then move us to a single back-end configuration. He didn't stop there, but has continued on gathering information and guiding work to get us to a more stable foundation. We'll keep you posted as to our progress.Read on if interested... otherwise, another story will be along presently.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:SpaceShipTwo makes first flight to space from New Mexico - SpaceNews: