Dutch police arrested two individuals late last week for allegedly selling data from the Dutch health ministry’s COVID-19 systems on the criminal underground. From a report: The arrests came after an investigation by RTL Nieuws reporter Daniel Verlaan who discovered ads for Dutch citizen data online, advertised on instant messaging apps like Telegram, Snapchat, and Wickr. The ads consisted of photos…
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2 infants inhaled cancer cells from mothers during birth
The infants who were born to mothers with cervical cancer may have developed lung cancer after “aspirating” tumor cells Source: https://www.livescience.com/infants-inhale-cancer-mothers.html
Megalodon shark’s enormous babies ate their siblings in the womb
Megalodons – the extinct giant sharks that lived in most of Earth’s oceans about 3 million years ago – gave birth to babies that were larger than adult humans, scientists say. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/megalodon-extinct-giant-shark-enormous-babies…
The myths behind the southern and northern lights
For millennia, humans have viewed the northern and southern lights – aurora borealis and aurora australis – and created myths and folklore to explain the dancing lights they saw in the sky. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/legends-folklore-myths-northern-southern-lights-auroras…
Newborn megalodons were larger than a human
The world’s largest shark was over two meters long at birth thanks to its penchant for eating its siblings. Measuring up to 60ft in length, this prehi… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/342886/newborn-megalodons-were-larger-than-a-human…
Megalodon sharks grew 2 metres long in the uterus by eating eggs
Ancient megalodon sharks may have been at least 2 metres long at birth – and they might have grown so large by eating unhatched eggs in the uterus Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264340-megalodon-sharks-grew-2-metres-long-in-the-uterus-by-eating-eggs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Two children with cancer may have acquired tumour cells before birth
Two boys with lung cancer in Japan acquired the tumour cells from their mothers during or shortly before birth – an incredibly rare way of developing the disease Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264067-two-children-with-cancer-may-have-acquired-tumour-cells-before-birth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Italian Mobile Operator Offers To Replace SIM Cards After Massive Data Breach
Ho Mobile, an Italian mobile operator, owned by Vodafone, has confirmed a massive data breach on Monday and is now taking the rare step of offering to replace the SIM cards of all affected customers. From a report: The breach is believed to have impacted roughly 2.5 million customers. It first came to light last month on December 28 when a…
Happy birthday to Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton, born on January 4, 1643, discovered the laws of motion and other principles that laid the foundation of physics and astronomy. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/this-date-in-science-isaac-newtons-birthday…
Koalas are being given birth control to fight overpopulation
Koala populations in parts of Australia are being controlled to prevent them eating their main food source – manna gum trees – to extinction Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2263654-koalas-are-being-given-birth-control-to-fight-overpopulation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…