A local election candidate with a rather unfortunate name won 85% of the vote in the town of Ompundja. The 54-year-old, whose full name is Uunona Adol… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/341507/adolf-hitler-wins-local-election-in-namibia…
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AutoX Becomes China’s First To Remove Safety Drivers From Robotaxis
Residents of Shenzhen saw truly driverless cars on the road today. From a report: AutoX, a four-year-old startup backed by Alibaba, MediaTek and Shanghai Motors, deployed a fleet of 25 unmanned vehicles in downtown Shenzhen, marking the first time any autonomous driving car in China tests on public roads without safety drivers or remote operators. The cars, meant as robotaxis, are…
120,000-year-old supernova remnants detected in neighboring galaxy
Western Sydney University researchers have discovered the ‘senior citizens’ of our neighboring galaxy—close to 120,000-year-old remains of exploding stars known as supernova remnants. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-year-old-supernova-remnants-neighboring-galaxy.html…
NASA: Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid
A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a 54-year-old rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-nasa-mystery-year-old-rocket-asteroid.html…
Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico collapses after 57 years
The Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico has collapsed, just weeks after the US National Science Foundation revealed plans to decommission the 57-year-old structure Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2261528-arecibo-observatory-telescope-in-puerto-rico-collapses-after-57-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
‘Code Switch’ From NPR Is Apple’s Podcast of the Year
Apple has picked “Code Switch” as the best audio show of the year, marking the first time the company has recognized a single podcast in this way. Engadget reports: Code Switch is NPR’s weekly discussion on race. While the series has been on the air for the better part of seven years, it became significantly more popular over the summer as…
Google Maps Takes on Facebook With Launch of Its Own News Feed
People are getting frustrated that Stories are everywhere now, but Google Maps is keeping it old school. From a report: Instead of adding tiny circles to the top of the app’s screen, Google Maps is introducing its own news feed. Technically, Google calls its new feature the “Community Feed,” as it includes posts from a local area. However, it’s organized as…
AI system solves 50-year-old protein folding problem in hours
This complex problem that has plagued researchers for decades. Source: https://www.livescience.com/artificial-intelligence-protein-folding-deepmind.html
Schedar shines brightly at the Queen’s heart
Orange-hued Schedar is the brightest star in the distinctive W-shaped northern constellation Cassiopeia the Queen. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/schedar-short-life-of-burning-bright…
The ‘Advent of Code 2020’ Event Begins
“Need a vacation from 2020? Why not go on an adventure and learn programming at the same time?” asks developer Eric Wastl on Twitter, announcing this year’s edition of the Advent of Code. From the site: Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in…