“Masks are stupid and so are the people wearing them,” posted one San Diego woman on Facebook (who is also an anti-vaxxer). “She has also shared previous posts expressing her refusal to wear masks, and her belief that those who wear them are ‘not thinking clearly,'” reports the Washington Post. Here’s what happened next… Amber Lynn Gilles walked into a Starbucks…
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41 million-year-old insect sex romp preserved in amber
Amber from Australia holds some of the continent’s oldest known specimens of preserved plants and animals, and includes a pair of flies trapped while mating. Source: https://www.livescience.com/australian-amber-plants-animals-oldest.html
Instead of Hazard Pay, Spectrum Offered a $25 Gift Card To Technicians Who Enter Homes Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Amber Jamieson writes via BuzzFeed News: Spectrum technicians connecting cable and internet for customers during the coronavirus outbreak will receive a $25 gift card for a local restaurant as a “token of our appreciation” from management, after staff called for hazard pay and protective equipment. “These gift cards never expire, so if you choose a restaurant that is currently not open,…
Oracle Announces Java 14
Java “remains the world’s most popular programming language,” notes ZDNet, reporting on Oracle’s release this week of Java Development Kit (JDK) 14, Oracle’s “reference implementation of the Java 14 programming language spec.”
Rolling out in line with Oracle’s six-monthly release schedule that began with Java 9 in 2017, JDK 14 includes enhancements that Oracle says will improve developer productivity… According to Georges…
Tiny ‘dino-bird’ skull found trapped in amber
One of the smallest ever dinosaur fossils has been found remarkably well preserved in a chunk of amber. Writing in ‘The Conversation’, Lars Schmitz – … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/335338/tiny-dino-bird-skull-found-trapped-in-amber…
Trapped in amber, this could be the smallest dinosaur ever found
This bird-like dinosaur was so small, it weighed about 2 grams, the weight of two $1 bills. Source: https://www.livescience.com/smallest-dinosaur-of-mesozoic.html
Tiny birdlike dinosaur species identified from skull trapped in amber
A new species of dinosaur has been named from a skull measuring only 1.4 centimetres across. The dinosaur was smaller than any living bird today Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532734-500-tiny-birdlike-dinosaur-species-identified-from-skull-trapped-in-amber/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
‘Exquisite’ dinosaur-age cockroaches discovered preserved in amber
A pair of 99-million-year-old cave-dwelling cockroaches are rewriting the early history of when bugs first moved into caves. Source: https://www.livescience.com/oldest-cave-dwelling-animal-cockroaches.html
Earliest known cave-dwelling animal is a 99-million-year-old cockroach
The earliest cave-dwelling animal identified from the dinosaur era is a ghostly white cockroach with tiny eyes and wings that was preserved in amber Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2234805-earliest-known-cave-dwelling-animal-is-a-99-million-year-old-cockroach/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
A bee from the age of dinosaurs
One hundred million years ago, a bee got trapped in tree resin. Over time, geological forces converted the resin to amber. Now a scientist arrives on the scene, to tell us this bee’s story. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/fossil-bee-trapped-amber-parasites-pollen…