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Jun 11, 2021

This AI-powered robot can make 300 pizzas in an hour — Strictly Robots

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Could this be the future of pizza?


Simply log onto the pizza maker’s mobile application, input the number and type of pizzas you want, and the machine will do the rest of the work.

Jun 10, 2021

PuzzleMaker attacks exploit Windows zero-day, Chrome vulnerabilities

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Two of the zero-days used were patched by Microsoft on Tuesday.

Jun 9, 2021

Everyone on Earth is actually your cousin

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Circa 2015 o.o…


You are special and important and also irrelevant and meaningless.

Jun 9, 2021

Neuroscientists Have Discovered a Phenomenon That They Cant Explain

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“Scientists are meant to know what’s going on, but in this particular case, we are deeply confused.”

Jun 9, 2021

Dr. Vicki Fishlock — Amboseli Trust for Elephants — Conservation And Welfare Of Africas Elephants

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50+ Year Study Of The Life Cycle, Conservation And Welfare Of Africa’s Elephants — Dr. Vicki Fishlock, Ph.D., Resident Scientist, Amboseli Trust for Elephants.


Dr. Vicki Fishlock Ph.D. is a Resident Scientist, at The Amboseli Trust for Elephants (https://www.elephanttrust.org/), an organization that aims to ensure the long-term conservation and welfare of Africa’s elephants in the context of human needs and pressures, through scientific research, training, community outreach, public awareness and advocacy, and which is involved in the longest-running study of wild elephants in the world.

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Jun 9, 2021

South African woman gives birth to 10 babies in possible world record

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Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37, was astonished by decuplets after scans only showed eight in the womb.

Jun 8, 2021

Humans Can Learn How to ‘Echolocate’ in Just 10 Weeks, Experiment Shows

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Echolocation for humans. Original post https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article


With enough training, most humans can learn how to echolocate, using their tongue to make clicking sounds, and interpreting the sounds of the echoes that come back, reflected from the surrounding environment.

In as few as 10 weeks, researchers were able to teach participants how to navigate obstacles and recognize the size and orientation of objects using the rebounding calls of their clicks. The experiment involved 12 participants who’d been diagnosed as legally blind during their childhood, and 14 sighted people.

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Jun 8, 2021

Two new species of cat-size flying squirrel discovered in the Himalaya

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The rodents, which live at elevations of more than 15000 feet, have fluffy tails that act as rudders while they sail between rocky cliffs.

Jun 8, 2021

Ring of fire: How to view the annular solar eclipse on June 10

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June 10 marks the first solar eclipse of any kind viewable in North America since 2017.


The ring of fire annular solar eclipse in June is the first solar eclipse viewable in North America since 2017. Here’s how to watch and what makes it special.

Jun 5, 2021

ADHD Drugs Can Affect Later Generations

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, futurism

“Because of this male-specific effect, we investigated the effects of MPH through the paternal line and observed the same behaviors in several generations of their descendants not directly administered the drug.”


Summary: A new study of male guppies reveals behaviors affected by methylphenidate hydrochloride (MPH), an active ingredient in common ADHD medications, can be passed along to future generations.

Source: University of Toronto

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