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Anti-aristarchus writes:Posted on NASA Spaceflight, James Webb Space Telescope one step closer to launch.

upstart writes:Early humans were sheltered from worst effects of volcanic supereruption:

TheMightyChickadee writes:From the Weather section of WOWK TV,

upstart writes:‘A scourge of the Earth’: grasshopper swarms overwhelm US west:

upstart writes:Manchester University sparks backlash with plan to keep lectures online:

upstart writes:Iceland's four-day working week trials an 'overwhelming success', report finds - ABC News:

upstart writes:Chinese-owned firm acquires UK's largest semiconductor manufacturer:

upstart writes:Kepler telescope glimpses a free-floating planet population:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/up-to-1500-businesses-infected-in-one-of-the-worst-ransomware-attacks-ever/

upstart writes:Belgian-Dutch prodigy obtains bachelors degree at the age of 11:

TheMightyChickadee writes:NASA’s helicopter on Mars just keeps flying and flying:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/spiders-eating-snakes-oh-my-here-are-the-photographs-to-prove-it/

takyon writes:Linux Foundation Launches Open 3D Foundation, Amazon Lumberyard Spun As Open 3D Engine

takyon writes:Audacity facing scrutiny after new privacy policy allows data collection, makes app 13+

takyon writes:Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI cloud contract that Amazon and Microsoft were fighting over

upstart writes:Potential Path Discovered to a Broadly Protective COVID-19 Vaccine Using T Cells:

upstart writes:Bursting the Hubble Bubble: Powerful Ground-Based Telescope Will See Further and Clearer Than Hubble Space Telescope:

upstart writes:A Black Hole's Core Could be a Strange "Planck Star":

upstart writes:Humble Bundle stops purchasers from giving full payment to charity:

TheMightyChickadee writes:Why does Mercury have such a big iron core? Magnetism!

upstart writes:In fossilized dinosaur poop, scientists find hidden treasure:

upstart writes:Radio telescope faces "extremely concerning" threat from satellite constellations - SpaceNews:

upstart writes:$12 Billion Government Contractor Booz Allen Facilitates Ransomware Payments:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Seems problems at Boeing are not limited to the 737 Max and the Dreamliner.Story in the Local Paper:

martyb writes:Milestone:

NPC-131072 writes:From Machine Learning @ Berkeley Blog

canopic jug writes:TorrentFreak has a short retrospective on two decades of the bitTorrent protocol, which was first launched July 2, 2001. At its peak, about one third of all Internet traffic was BitTorrent. Currently, many GNU/Linux distributions and various data sets (including for games) are distributed officially via BitTorrent due to it being an inexpensive and efficient means of transfer of large volumes of data.

upstart writes:US plans to make airlines refund fees if bags are delayed:

upstart writes:New, deadly bacteria may be lurking in US; CDC warns of three puzzling cases:

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/07/01/hhs-announces-rule-to-protect-consumers-from-surprise-medical-bills.html

upstart writes:NSA discloses hacking methods it says are used by Russia:

upstart writes:Tesla has great quarter, delivers more than 200,000 EVs:

upstart writes:NASA's NEOWISE Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension:

An Anonymous Coward writes:The Verge:

upstart writes:Watchdog: 10 Government Agencies Deployed Clearview AI Facial Recognition Tech:

upstart writes:SOCOM To Test Anti-Aging Pill Next Year:

upstart writes:Amazon doesn't like FTC chair Lina Khan's views, wants her off investigations:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57703836

upstart writes:12-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest grandmaster in chess history:

upstart writes:5,000-year-old hunter-gatherer is earliest person to die with the plague:

upstart writes:Australia ranks last for climate action among UN member countries:

upstart writes:Hawking's Black Hole Theorem Confirmed Observationally for the First Time:

canopic jug writes:Newsweek reports that the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, and Stanford University have created and deployed a submersible robot which operates at a depth of around 900 meters. The robot weights 250 kilograms and can operate at depth either tethered or autonomously untethered. At depth, the water is very cold and nearly without light from the surface.

upstart writes:Right to repair rules will extend lifespan of products, government says:

takyon writes:Blue Origin flight: Wally Funk, 82, to join Jeff Bezos space flight

upstart writes:Britain 'consigns coal power to the history books' as ban is brought forward to 2024:

takyon writes:Micron Sells Lehi 3D XPoint Fab to Texas Instruments for $900M

upstart writes:Easy 5-Minute Workout Lowers Blood Pressure As Much as Exercise or Medication:

upstart writes:IBM becomes first to demonstrate advantage of quantum computers in real-life scenario:

upstart writes:Maine passes the strongest state facial recognition ban yet: