An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Cable-TV companies are still charging customers for sports channels even as the coronavirus pandemic forces the suspension of all major sports leagues. The continued charges include Regional Sports Network (RSN) fees, which often add almost $10 to customer bills in exchange for access to local professional and college live-sports broadcasts. But RSN…
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Baffling 500-page ABC maths proof to be published after eight-year row
In 2012 mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki produced a proof claiming to solve the long-standing ABC conjecture, but no one understood it. Most mathematicians still don’t, but it will now be published in a journal Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2239662-baffling-500-page-abc-maths-proof-to-be-published-after-eight-year-row/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Mathematical Proof of the ABC Conjecture Will Be Published
AmiMoJo shares a report from Nature: After an eight-year struggle, embattled Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki has finally received some validation. His 600-page proof of the abc conjecture, one of the biggest open problems in number theory, has been accepted for publication. Acceptance of the work in Publications of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS) is the latest development in a…
More essential coronavirus links: March 17-23
A roundup of information from physicians, scientists and journalists. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/more-essential-coronavirus-links-march-17-23…
Essential links to coronavirus info
Updated March 16, 2020. Vital links from the world of news, science and medicine about the ongoing pandemic. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/earthskys-essential-links-to-coronavirus-info…
Disney Blocks John Oliver’s New Episode Critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Disney-owned Hotstar, India’s largest on-demand video streaming service with more than 300 million users, has blocked the newest episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” that was critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. From a report: The move has angered many of its customers ahead of Disney+’s launch in one of the world’s largest entertainment markets next month. In…
Almost Every Website You Visit Records Exactly How Your Mouse Moves
Medium’s technology blog OneZero reports that many websites today use a service that collects all of your mouse movements, enabling “replays” of every move. “What surprised me was that the software even recorded when I shook my mouse around while deciding what to click on. It felt like observing digital body language.” Session replay services have been around for over a…
Current Model For Storing Nuclear Waste May Not Be Sufficiently Safe, Study Says
pgmrdlm quotes a report from ABC News: The current model the U.S. and other countries plan to use to store high-level nuclear waste may not be as safe as previously thought. The materials used to store the waste “will likely degrade faster than anyone previously knew” because of the way the materials interact, according to research published Tuesday in the journal…
First Space-Baked Cookies Took 2 Hours In Experimental Oven
pgmrdlm shares a report from ABC News: The results are finally in for the first chocolate chip cookie bake-off in space. While looking more or less normal, the best cookies required two hours of baking time last month up at the International Space Station. It takes far less time on Earth, under 20 minutes. And how do they taste? No one…
Some Hospitals Are Ditching Lead Aprons During X-Rays
pgmrdlm shares a report from ABC News: Some hospitals are ditching the ritual of covering reproductive organs and fetuses during imaging exams after prominent medical and scientific groups have said it’s a feel-good measure that can impair the quality of diagnostic tests and sometimes inadvertently increase a patient’s radiation exposure. The about-face is intended to improve care, but it will require…