SoylentNews

upstart writes:US obesity rates drop for 1st time in a decade, with possible help from weight loss medications:

canopic jug writes:EcoWatch has an article about a new species of pitcher plant discovered in mountains of Borneo. The rims are quite dark red. Nepenthes are a tropical vine which generally grow in very acidic soil and have pitchers dangling from the end of their leaves to capture rainfall and insects. [nitrogen]. The pitchers can occur up in the air, rest on the ground, or even be found slightly underground in various species.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

Undersea Power Cable Connecting Finland And Estonia Experiences Outage Capacity Reduced To 35%Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

canopic jug writes:Developer Niels Provos has a short guide on building your own generative AI search engine using Python and PlanAI:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

upstart writes:US finalizes up to $6.75 billion in chips awards for Samsung, Texas Instruments, Amkor:

hubie writes:The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected - that Twitter wasn't worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic:

upstart writes:The Water on Earth Might Have Been Delivered From Space by Comets:

SAE is running this https://www.sae.org/news/2024/11/refrigerant-fight story about near-term changes in the working fluid used in car air conditioning systems. Your boomer submitter remembers when Freon/R-12 was universal. By the 1990s R-134a was the standard, more recently followed by much lower global warming potential (GWP) gas R-1234yf which is nearly universal at present. However,

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

upstart writes:Web Hacking Service 'Araneida' Tied to Turkish IT Firm:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

upstart writes:How to build (and rebuild) with glass:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

taylorvich writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2024-12-nondestructive-microwave-radar-moisture-walls.html

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

upstart writes:Fossil fuel-free jet propulsion with air plasmas:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-12-geochemical-surveys-reveal-ancient-copper.html

upstart writes:Lawmakers stripped language that would keep the Trump administration from wielding unprecedented authority to surveil Americans.:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

AnonTechie writes:

upstart writes:They may one day deliver drugs within the human body:

owl writes:http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/12/storm-cloud-approaching-rapidl.html

upstart writes:Sega considering Netflix-like game subscription service:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

upstart writes:The Oropouche virus is spreading to new places:

upstart writes:Google suggests fixes to its search monopoly:

upstart writes:Ireland wanted to build data centres for the AI boom. Now they fear blackouts:

upstart writes:Ultra-thin diamond wafers for electronics made using sticky tape:

upstart writes:Why childhood vaccines are a public health success story:

owl writes:https://crookedtimber.org/2024/11/11/occasional-paper-four-hidden-species-of-portuguese-man-o-war/

AnonTechie writes:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/watch-carnivorous-squirrels-chow-down-on-tasty-voles/

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-12-purple-diamond-maser-day-amplify.html

taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2024-12-south-florida-beachfront-faster.html

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/12/buying-a-tv-in-2025-expect-lower-prices-more-ads-and-an-os-war/

owl writes:https://hackaday.com/2024/12/18/why-did-early-cd-rom-drives-rely-on-awkward-plastic-caddies/

Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

fliptop writes:Just two decades ago, China had little capacity to make cars, and owning one was considered novel. Today, China produces and exports more cars than any other country in the world: