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upstart writes:Space: the wooden frontier:

upstart writes:'Charging room' system powers lights, phones, laptops without wires:

upstart writes:Researchers make alkali metal-chlorine batteries rechargeable:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/microsoft-may-withhold-security-updates-from-unsupported-windows-11-pcs/

upstart writes:China cuts amount of time minors can spend playing video games:

upstart writes:NASA just cut a 10-cent check to kick-start moon mining tech:

upstart writes:A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an 'Internet Apocalypse':

upstart writes:Eternal Change for No Energy: A Time Crystal Finally Made Real:

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upstart writes:European Union To Remove The U.S. From Its 'Safe Travel' List:

upstart writes:2,200 Year Old Alexander the Great Statue Discovered in Alexandria:

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This story presents a roundup of a selection of Microsoft Windows 11 prerelease story submissions. Included are the following:

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upstart writes:Online Trolls Also Jerks in Real Life: Aarhus University Study:

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upstart writes:Astra Rocket 3.3 launch fails - SpaceNews:

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upstart writes:The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, passes final ground tests:

wirelessduck writes:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-28/china-thorium-molten-salt-nuclear-reactor-energy/100351932Scientists in China are about to turn on for the first time an experimental reactor that's believed by some to be the Holy Grail of nuclear energy — safer, cheaper and with less potential for weaponisation.Construction on the thorium-based molten salt reactor was expected to be finished this month with the first tests to begin as early as September, according to a statement from the Gansu provincial government.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:$15 drug gets COVID patients off oxygen support in under week – study:

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upstart writes:More people are poisoning themselves with horse-deworming drug to thwart COVID:

takyon writes:Imagination Technologies to design RISC-V cores:

upstart writes:The Science of Underground Kingdoms:

upstart writes:Science Shows Attractiveness Pays Off at Work – But There's a Trick To Level the Playing Field:

owl writes:WaPo link (may be paywalled): https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/30/oak-mites-bite-cicadas-dc/Archive.is link (no paywall): https://archive.is/AEi6a

TheMightyChickadee writes:The day that seemed like it would never come, is closer. NASA's next-gen James Webb Space Telescope completes testing, is ready to pack up and ship out to launch:

DannyB writes:SpaceX paused Starlink launches to give its internet satellites lasers

JoeMerchant writes:Dan Ariely Retracts Honesty Study Based On Fake Data:

upstart writes:Fukushima nuclear water to be released via undersea tunnel - SRN News:

upstart writes:Silent changes to Western Digital's budget SSD may lower speeds by up to 50%:

upstart writes:FAA to review Boeing employee reports of pressure over safety issues:

upstart writes:US government agencies plan to increase their use of facial recognition technology:

canopic jug writes:Consultant and author Peter N M Hansteen has written up an overview of recent and not so recent changes in OpenBSD that make life better (and may turn up elsewhere too). He covers a few decades of developments that he has found particularly useful and explains why. He covers greylisting, spam filters, OpenSSH, and of course PF.

DannyB writes:Blue Origin Employees Are Jumping Ship

upstart writes:Seawater could provide nearly unlimited amounts of critical battery material:

upstart writes:Countering climate change with cool pavements:

upstart writes:Mental Phenomena Don’t Map Into the Brain as Expected:

takyon writes:Newly Discovered Space Rock Loops The Sun Quicker Than Any Known Asteroid

owl writes:https://orangebeanindiana.com/2021/04/09/once-upon-a-time-america-had-an-atomic-mecha-warrior-robot/

LabRat writes:Hubble Captures a Stunning 'Einstein Ring' Magnifying The Depths of The Universe:

owl writes:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2287862-ants-use-soil-physics-to-excavate-metre-long-tunnels-that-last-decades/

upstart writes:Scientists are mining metals from an unusual source -- Plants:

upstart writes:How a simple crystal could help pave the way to full-scale quantum computing:

upstart writes:World’s Fastest-Accelerating Coaster Suspended Because Riders Keep Breaking Their Bones: