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canopic jug writes:Deutsche Welle (DW) is reporting on a historical reenactment, of sorts, on a large scale. Since 1997 the Guédelon castle about 10km from the village of Treigny, France has been in the process of being built using exclusively methods and materials like those used in the Middle Ages. Stones are quarried, shaped, and laid by hand. Nails wrought in smithies on site, along with all metal tools. Paints are mixed from traditional materials, and so on. Even after almost 25 years of progress, the completion of the 13 century style castle is still a long ways off and estimated to be in 2030.

martyb writes:Study reveals the gateway to conscious awareness: How some sensory information breaks through to conscious experience:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:PsiQuantum and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Claim Quantum Computing Breakthrough - insideHPC:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:30% Federal tax offset for videogame development announced:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Many consumers misinterpret food date labels, yet use them with confidence:

takyon writes:Ikea-like pasta is the Earth-friendly food of the future

takyon writes:Upgraded Starship prototype makes soft landing after test flight

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Anti-Spam WordPress Plugin Could Expose Website User Data:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:'Oddball supernova' appears strangely cool before exploding:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:'Millions' of Dell PCs will grant malware, rogue users admin-level access if asked nicely:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:How to stop AI from recognizing your face in selfies:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/05/spacex-gets-500000-starlink-pre-orders-musk-says-it-can-meet-demand/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Do people aged 105 and over live longer because they have more efficient DNA repair?:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:RPI Computer Scientist Wins NSF Award to Match Exascale Systems with Petascale Data Volumes - insideHPC:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:DogeCoin hit 60 cents: What's behind the latest surge:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:‘Last resort’ antibiotic pops bacteria like balloons:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Bugatti's $300,000 pool table has gyroscopic self-leveling for your yacht:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Mars has right ingredients for present-day microbial life beneath its surface, study finds:

martyb writes:Citrus derivative makes transparent wood 100 percent renewable:

Eratosthenes writes:From Live Science,

Anti-aristarchus writes:Coming up. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower. You should take in a shower.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Intel investing $3.5B in New Mexico fab upgrade, boosting US chipmaking:

martyb writes:NASA's Parker Solar Probe Discovers Radio Signal in Venus' Atmosphere:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:Baidu rolls out paid driverless taxi service in Beijing:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Apple reports 2 iOS 0-days that let hackers compromise fully patched devices:

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:

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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: