Individual house sparrows show distinct personality types, and they are healthier when they live in groups that reflect a diversity of sparrow personalities Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2265802-sparrows-are-healthier-living-in-groups-with-diverse-personalities/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Here are 3 amazing feats of spiders
Halloween time is spider time. Three amazing spider skills you might not have known about. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/three-amazing-feats-of-spiders…
City dwellers are just as helpful as people in towns and villages
A series of tests across the UK has shown that the likelihood of people to help others was not influenced by whether they live in cities or smaller towns, but by a neighbourhood’s relative wealth Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256252-city-dwellers-are-just-as-helpful-as-people-in-towns-and-villages/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
T-Mobile’s Project 10Million Aims To End the Homework Gap
As schools start around the US, many face a problem with getting all their students connected for virtual classes. To help with that crisis, T-Mobile has launched its grant program that aims to eliminate the so-called homework gap. From a report: Unveiled a year ago, Project 10Million will provide hotspots and free connectivity for millions of students around the country. Now…
Facebook Launches Hub To Help Users With US Poll Related Information
Facebook on Thursday launched a ‘Voting Information Center’ for the 2020 U.S. elections to help voters easily navigate the poll process. From a report: The hub will connect Facebook and Instagram users to accurate and easy-to-find information about voting wherever they live and help them hold their elected officials accountable, the social media company said in a blog.
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Satellites discover new penguin colonies from space
Satellite images have revealed 11 previously unknown emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica, identified by telltale reddish-brown guano stains the birds leave on the ice. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/satellite-new-emperor-penguin-colonies-from-space…
Scientists Pull Living Microbes, Possibly 100 Million Years Old, From Beneath the Sea
sciencehabit writes: Microbes buried beneath the sea floor for more than 100 million years are still alive, a new study reveals. When brought back to the lab and fed, they started to multiply. The microbes are oxygen-loving species that somehow exist on what little of the gas diffuses from the ocean surface deep into the seabed. The discovery raises the “insane”…
Can the new coronavirus spread through building pipes?
Two residents of a Hong Kong apartment building have fallen ill with the new coronavirus even though they live on different floors. Source: https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-spread-building-pipes.html
71-Year-Old William Gibson Explores ‘Existing Level of Weirdness’ For New Dystopian SciFi Novel
71-year-old science fiction author William Gibson coined the word “cyberspace” in his 1984 novel Neuromancer. 36 years later he’s back with an even more dystopian future in his new novel Agency. But in a surprisingly candid interview in the Daily Beast, Gibson says he prefers watching emerging new technologies first because “To use it is to be changed by it; you’re…
Cities Struggle To Boost Ridership With ‘Uber for Transit’ Schemes
Helsinki, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Singapore, and other metros have been experimenting with on-demand buses — and not seeing a lot of success. From a report: Since September, commuters using Shanghai’s Number 9 bus route have had a new way of catching a ride. Rather than stand at a designated stop, they open a smartphone app and book a ride to wherever…