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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:Human sperm swim more like otters than eels, study finds:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:[From ESO (European Southern Observatory).]Stunning Space Butterfly Captured by ESO Telescope:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Is Your Chip Card Secure? Much Depends on Where You Bank:

takyon writes:Internet Archive Tells Court its Digital Library is Protected Under Fair Use

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:North Atlantic climate far more predictable following major scientific breakthrough:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:One Mystery of Stonehenge’s Origins Has Finally Been Solved:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Bill Aimed at Ending 'Warrant-Proof' Encryption Introduced in House:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Google One now offers free phone backups up to 15GB on Android and iOS – TechCrunch:

Fnord666 writes:Nautilus has an interesting rundown on how scientific fraud happens and what could possibly be done to correct it written in comic book form. It's a fun little read and oh so true.The book that it is based on, Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth, is worth reading as well.

takyon writes:Intel facing class-action lawsuit over 7nm delay

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for carny:Red Hat and CentOS systems aren’t booting due to BootHole patches:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Challenging a central dogma of chemistry: Energy flow in chemical reactions:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:If you own one of these 45 Netgear devices, replace it: Kit maker won't patch vulnerable gear despite live proof-of-concept code:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Mars-bound spaceship experiencing technical issues: NASA:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Bacteria live despite burial in seafloor mud for 100 million years:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Cartoons Were Right? Bending a Rifle's Barrel Backward Will Actually Redirect a Bullet:

chromas writes:Big Tech CEOs grilled by Congress: Key moments from the historic antitrust meeting:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:SpaceX completes static fire of Starship prototype, will hop next:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New insights into wound healing: Using 3D mapping, researchers uncover a process that has stymied mechanobiology:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Putting Copper in Hospitals:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:The Mystery of Titan’s Expanding Orbit:

takyon writes:Apache Software Foundation Estimates Its Code Value Increased ~$600M For FY2020

martyb writes:Medieval medicine remedy could provide new treatment for modern day infections:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for guy_:Chinese Type 075 Big Deck Amphib Preparing for Sea Trials - USNI News:

rob_on_earth writes:[Emphasis in original retained. What appears here is the tl;dr summary; the article provides the steps taken to sleuth this out, as well as a timeline of the researcher's communications with Zoom that started on April 1st. --Ed.]

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Once considered lost, ESA and NASA's SOHO came back from the brink of death to work even better than it did before:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Democrats want a truce with Section 230 supporters:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Some scientists are taking a DIY coronavirus vaccine, and nobody knows if it's legal or if it works:

Phoenix666 writes: Economists warn of 'widespread costs' from lockdown:

Phoenix666 writes:Simulating quantum 'time travel' disproves butterfly effect in quantum realm:

Phoenix666 writes:New blood test shows great promise in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease :

Freeman writes:Mounting poisonings, blindness, deaths as toxic hand sanitizers flood market

takyon writes:NASA and SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) carried two astronauts, Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken. Subsequent missions will carry four astronauts, starting with SpaceX Crew-1 in September 2020. Now, the astronauts flying on SpaceX Crew-2 in 2021 have been announced, and they will likely be launched using "flight-proven" hardware:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Hydrogel mimics human brain with memorizing and forgetting ability:

driverless writes:New Zealand has just become the first country to publish an algorithm charter regulating the use of algorithms and data by government agencies:

An Anonymous Coward writes:Reuters: Rite Aid monitored customers using facial recognition cameras

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Scientists identify a cat in the UK infected with SARS-CoV-2:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Dead star emits never-before seen mix of radiation:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:UK/US Governments Warn of QNAP NAS Malware:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Virgin Galactic shows off passenger spaceship cabin interior:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Scientists Start Assembling the World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New approach refines the Hubble's constant and age of universe:

c0lo writes:ZDNet

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Science identifies the ancient enzyme in bacteria that makes humans' body odor so pungent:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/google-will-keep-200000-workers-home-through-next-summer/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:U.S. agency: Pandemic masks thwarting face recognition tech:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Despite debate, even the world's oldest trees are not immortal:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Testing Chernobyl fungi as a radiation shield for astronauts:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:New study reveals how day- and night-biting mosquitoes respond differently to colors of light and time of day:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Garmin Begins Recovery From Ransomware Attack - BBC News: