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May 28, 2022

An Entirely New Kind of Highly Reactive Chemical Has Been Found in The Atmosphere

Posted by in category: chemistry

Every lungful of air we suck down is mostly made up of nitrogen, with a generous helping of oxygen, and a dash of carbon dioxide.

But dusting this atmospheric soup is a whole encyclopedia of different compounds and elements, some of which we can only speculate about.

One of those mysteries just came into focus, however. Chemists have shown that a reactive class of compounds called organic hydrotrioxides exists in the atmosphere, and while these chemicals last only briefly, they could have effects we don’t know about.

May 28, 2022

Elon Musk Throws Dogecoin a Lifeline

Posted by in categories: cryptocurrencies, Elon Musk, space travel

Elon Musk will soon allow Dogecoin to purchase SpaceX merchandise.

May 28, 2022

2,100-year-old farmstead in Israel found ‘frozen in time’ after owners disappeared

Posted by in category: military

The ancient farmsteaders may have “left in haste.”


Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed the 2,100-year-old remains of a farmstead whose owners likely abandoned it in a hurry, possibly to avoid an impending military invasion.

“We were very lucky to discover a time-capsule, frozen in time, in which the finds remained where they were left by the occupants of the site,” which is near Israel’s northern Sea of Galilee, archaeologist Amani Abu-Hamid, who is leading the excavation for the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), said in a statement.

May 28, 2022

James Webb telescope will soon study two Super-Earths in the Milky Way

Posted by in category: space

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NASA’s James Webb space telescope is almost ready to get to work. The telescope’s mirrors are perfectly aligned. The team is currently finishing up the final calibrations of the spacecraft’s various instruments. Once that is done, Webb will be ready to get to work. One of the first things NASA plans to do with it is study two “super-Earth” planets known as 55 Cancri e and LHS 384 b.

Of note, both planets are located in our own Milky Way galaxy.

May 28, 2022

‘Privacy’ Search Engine DuckDuckGo Smoked Over Hidden Tracking Agreement With Microsoft

Posted by in category: security

ZeroHedge — On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.


DuckDuckGo, the search engine which claims to offer ‘real privacy’ because it doesn’t track searches or store users’ history, has come under fire after a security researcher discovered that the mobile DuckDuckGo browser app contains a third-party tracker from Microsoft.

Researcher Zach Edwards found that while Google and Facebook’s trackers are blocked, trackers related to bing.com and linkedin.com were also being allowed through.

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May 28, 2022

Attackers Can Use Electromagnetic Signals to Control Touchscreens Remotely

Posted by in category: futurism

GhostTouch attack allows attackers to use electromagnetic signals to control touchscreen devices.

May 28, 2022

Microsoft Finds Critical Bugs in Pre-Installed Apps on Millions of Android Devices

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Details released for a new critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Chrome dev channel and related Chromium-based web browsers.

May 28, 2022

Experts Detail New RCE Vulnerability Affecting Google Chrome Dev Channel

Posted by in category: futurism

Details released for a new critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Chrome dev channel and related Chromium-based web browsers.

May 28, 2022

Nearly 100,000 NPM Users’ Credentials Stolen in GitHub OAuth Breach

Posted by in category: futurism

GitHub shares more details about the recent OAuth token breach, revealing that the attacker gained access to the credentials of nearly 100k NPM users.

May 28, 2022

Boeing’s Starliner lands in the desert — and brings NASA one step closer to a key strategic goal

Posted by in category: space travel

Starliner’s path to success has been turbulent.


This flight has been a long time coming. It brings NASA one step closer to a goal it’s had for some years now: To rely on multiple private space companies to transport astronauts and supplies between the ground and the ISS. But Starliner’s path has been turbulent. For NASA, even if the ascent was a success, it was still well behind schedule.

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