You know the old problem of how to portray the round globe of Earth on a flat map? Now a trio of map experts has worked together to solve this problem. Their new map is 2-sided and round. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/astrophysicists-new-design-world-map…
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YouTube TV To Launch Option for 4K and Unlimited Streams
YouTube outlined a string of new features coming to the internet’s biggest video platform, including enhancements to YouTube TV and the rollout next month in the U.S. of YouTube Shorts — its tool for creating short-form vertical videos a la TikTok. From a report: YouTube TV, Google’s pay-TV service, will introduce an add-on option that will let subscribers watch shows in…
Galaxy-Size Gravitational-Wave Detector Hints At Exotic Physics
The fabric of spacetime may be frothing with gigantic gravitational waves, and the possibility has sent physicists into a tizzy. A potential signal seen in the light from dead stellar cores known as pulsars has driven a flurry of theoretical papers speculating about exotic explanations. Scientific American reports: The most mundane, yet still quite sensational, possibility is that researchers working with…
‘String of lights’ photographed near Charlotte
A peculiar aerial phenomenon has caught the attention of a local social media group in North Carolina. The lights, which appeared recently over the st… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343555/string-of-lights-photographed-near-charlotte…
New Site Extracts and Posts Every Face from Parler’s Capitol Hill Insurrection Videos
“Late last week, a website called Faces of the Riot appeared online, showing nothing but a vast grid of more than 6,000 images of faces, each one tagged only with a string of characters associated with the Parler video in which it appeared,” reports WIRED, saying the site raises clear privacy concerns: The site’s creator tells WIRED that he used simple,…
How to Get Interviews (Coursera Networking for Job Search Guide)
Download this guide in PDF format This guide is designed to help job seekers get more interviews. If you’re eager to increase the number of interviews you’re currently getting, we have some tips and strategies for you that can make a big difference in your results and help you overcome some of the challenges associated […]
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Coronavirus origins will be investigated by WHO team arriving in China this week
A little over a year after the World Health Organization first announced a string of mysterious illnesses, the agency will travel to their point of origin to investigate how it all started. Source: https://www.livescience.com/who-investigates-coronavirus-origin-china.html
RubyGems Catches Two Packages Trying to Steal Cryptocurrency with Clipboard Hijacking
One day after they were uploaded, RubyGems discovered and removed two malicious packages that had been designed to steal cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users by installing a clipboard hijacker, reports Bleeping Computer, citing research by open-source security firm Sonatype. Fortunately, while the packages were downloaded a total of 142 times, “At this time, none of the cryptocurrency addresses have received any funds.”…
Difficult Times by Adrian Tchaikovsky: An electro band get a weird gig
Failing fringe electro band Cosmic String have got a strange new gig, writes winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award Adrian Tchaikovsky in his new short story Difficult Times Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833131-100-difficult-times-by-adrian-tchaikovsky-an-electro-band-get-a-weird-gig/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Microwave pulses caused bizarre ‘Havana syndrome,’ report suggests
A string of unexplained illnesses in Cuba, China and elsewhere was likely caused by directed, pulsed radio frequency energy, according to a government report. Source: https://www.livescience.com/havana-syndrome-caused-microwave-energy-government-report.html