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EU Law Requires Companies To Fix Electronic Goods For Up To 10 Years

Companies that sell refrigerators, washers, hairdryers, or TVs in the European Union will need to ensure those appliances can be repaired for up to 10 years, to help reduce the vast mountain of electrical waste that piles up each year on the continent. Euronews reports: The “right to repair,” as it is sometimes called, comes into force across the 27-nation bloc…

World’s oldest DNA sheds light on mammoth evolution

A mammoth tooth uncovered from the Siberian permafrost yields the oldest DNA yet discovered and provides insight into the evolution of the giant beasts. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/worlds-oldest-dna-mammoth-evolution-video…

Sharks’ tooth-like scales help to boost their acceleration rates

We suspected that tooth-like scales help sharks slip more easily through water, and now we know the effect is most pronounced when the sharks accelerate Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2265817-sharks-tooth-like-scales-help-to-boost-their-acceleration-rates/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Here Comes the Internet of Plastic Things, No Batteries Or Electronics Required

An anonymous reader quotes a report from IEEE Spectrum: When technologists talk about the “Internet of Things” (IoT), they often gloss over the fact that all these interconnected things need batteries and electronics to carry out the job of collecting and processing data while they’re communicating to one another. This job is made even more challenging when you consider that many…

550 Million Chinese Traveling In Biggest Holiday Since COVID-19

hackingbear shares a report from CNN: As October 1 arrives, hundreds of millions of people in China are expected to pack highways, trains and planes for the National Day holiday, one of the busiest times for travel in the world’s most populous country. In a sign of the government’s confidence in keeping the virus under control, the Chinese Center for Disease…

Earliest known person of the Native American ancestry lived in Siberia

A man who lived in Siberia about 14,000 years ago is the earliest known person in the world to have the specific mix of genes seen in people with Native American ancestry, analysis of DNA from a fossilised tooth has revealed Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2244157-earliest-known-person-of-the-native-american-ancestry-lived-in-siberia/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Earliest known man with Native American DNA ancestry lived in Siberia

A man who lived in Siberia about 14,000 years ago is the earliest known person in the world to have the specific mix of genes seen in people with Native American ancestry, analysis of DNA from a fossilised tooth has revealed Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2244157-earliest-known-man-with-native-american-dna-ancestry-lived-in-siberia/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Cannibal tooth yields oldest ever human DNA

Scientists have analyzed genetic material from a tooth of an ancient human ancestor that lived 800,000 years ago. In a new study published earlier thi… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/336146/cannibal-tooth-yields-oldest-ever-human-dna…

World’s oldest human DNA found in 800,000-year-old tooth of a cannibal

A protein analysis of an 800,000-year-old tooth suggests the supposed cannibal species Homo antecessor was only distantly related to humans and Neanderthals. Source: https://www.livescience.com/oldest-human-ancestor-dna-homo-antecessor.html