Scientific researchers worry that the capacity for spreading misinformation “goes far beyond the big-name social media sites,” warns the Washington Post. Citing pre-print servers and unvetted “research repositories,” they note that “Any online platform without robust and potentially expensive safeguards is equally vulnerable.” “This is similar to the debate we’re having with Facebook and Twitter. To what degree are we creating…
Tag: Pet
Feeding your cat a very meaty diet may mean it kills less wildlife
In a small trial in the UK, pet cats fed on an unusually meaty diet brought home 36 per cent fewer prey animals than cats given a typical diet Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267539-feeding-your-cat-a-very-meaty-diet-may-mean-it-kills-less-wildlife/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Puppy and toddler found in 2,000-year-old burial
A toddler was buried with meal offerings and a pet dog about 2,000 years ago in what is now central France. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-toddler-buried-with-dog.html
The Pandemic Has Created a Middle Class Private Jet Boom
An anonymous reader shares a report: While the commercial airline industry has been largely grounded following various global lockdowns — with outbound international travel from the UK set to be banned on Thursday — private aviation has soared among new customers. Many of them are families. Once the preserve of millionaires and A-listers, business planes have been taken up by holidaying…
The secret weapon in the war between pet cats and wildlife
To stop cats killing billions of birds and small mammals every year, we must enlist the help of people who love them, which means getting inside the minds of cat owners Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833061-000-the-secret-weapon-in-the-war-between-pet-cats-and-wildlife/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Is there a puppy heaven? Owners think so, headstones in pet cemeteries show
Since the first pet cemetery was established in the 19th century, the notion of pets sharing the afterlife with their owners has grown in popularity. Source: https://www.livescience.com/pets-afterlife.html
Cult Expert Predicts QAnon Adherents Will ‘Get Angry and Exit’
“From my time studying cults and helping followers escape them, I can reassure you that QAnon will disintegrate in the United States over time if effective measures are taken if and when Trump is defeated,” writes prominent mental health counselor Steven Haasan: When cult adherents get confused, then ashamed, then realize they’ve been scammed, they get angry and exit. While some…
Russian woman is selling a ‘wish-granting’ cat
One Novosibirsk resident claims that her magical pet cat grants its owner three wishes and now she’s selling it on. Listed on Russian classified ad pl… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339999/russian-woman-is-selling-a-wish-granting-cat…
Remembering the Golden Age of Computer User Groups
Slashdot reader #16,185 wrote regularly for the newsletter of a small-town computer users group. Now they’ve written an article for Ars Technica reminding readers that “The Homebrew Computer Club where the Apple I got its start is deservedly famous — but it’s far from tech history’s only community gathering centered on CPUs.” Throughout the 70s and into the 90s, groups around…
Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode Display On Human Skin
In a new report on Science Advances, Minwoo Choi and a team of scientists in Electronic Engineering and Materials Science in the Republic of Korea, developed a wearable, full-colour OLED display using a two-dimensional (2-D) material-based backplane transistor. Phys.Org reports: They engineered an 18-by-18 thin-film transistor array on a thin molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) film and transferred it to an aluminium oxide…