Scientists Are Encrypting Information Using Crystals
Credit to Author: Maddie Bender| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:45:23 +0000
Random numbers are hard to come by, and growing crystals inside normal computers could be one way to get them.
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Scientists Found Harmful ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Pet Cats and Dogs
Credit to Author: Maddie Bender| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:33:02 +0000
PFAS are in everything from clothing to non-stick pans, and can harm humans and animals in high enough concentrations. Now, scientists have found them in pet cats and dogs.
Read moreYou Can Now Play More Than 38,000 Flash Games for Free
Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 21:50:31 +0000
Flash is dying, so one programmer made it their mission to preserve the history of web-based games.
Read moreNYPD Confiscated a Boring Company Flamethrower on New Year’s Day
Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 21:07:18 +0000
Now, the NYPD is in possession of at least one of the 20,000 flamethrowers sold by Elon Musk’s Boring Company.
Read moreAncient Humans Tried to Defend Against Rising Seas. They Failed
Credit to Author: Maddie Bender| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 21:10:06 +0000
7,000 years ago, people trying to protect against massive sea-level rise after a period of global cooling were forced to abandon everything they held dear. Now, modern people are facing similar challenges stemming from human causes.
Read moreAmazon Is Helping Police Trap Package Thieves In Canada, Too
Credit to Author: Jordan Pearson| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:09:13 +0000
The tech giant, which has partnered with hundreds of police forces in the U.S., contributed packages and “surveillance technology” to the Prince George RCMP detachment for a package theft sting that led to an arrest.
Read moreThousands of ‘Penis Fish’ Washed Up on a California Beach: ‘It Went on for Two Miles’
Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 00:37:02 +0000
“I walked for another half hour and they were scattered everywhere. There were seagulls lined up the beach the whole way having eaten so much they could barely stand.”
Read more‘We Fear for Our Children:’ Alaska Natives Speak out in Climate Change Report
Credit to Author: Maddie Stone| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:11:57 +0000
For the first time, NOAA’s annual report on the devastating effects of climate change in the Arctic is highlighting the unsettling changes to the lives of the people who live there.
Read moreMysterious Craters in the Seafloor Were Likely Formed by Garbage, Scientists Say
Credit to Author: Maddie Stone| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:04:42 +0000
Scientists were investigating the cause of “pockmarks” on the seafloor when they made an unsettling discovery: thousands of mini-craters, apparently formed by garbage.
Read moreScientists Fed an Ancient Earth Organism Space Metals. It Started ‘Dancing’
Credit to Author: Maddie Bender| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:45:50 +0000
Extremophiles are models for early life on Earth, and we just discovered that one in particular thrives on material from off-world.
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