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Jan 19, 2019
The Force is not strong with you, Sasuke!
Posted by Michael Lance in category: futurism
Jan 18, 2019
That was quick!Prince Philip gets new Land Rover delivered after crash
Posted by Carse Peel in category: futurism
Prince Philip’s driving days don’t appear to be numbered just yet after a replacement Land Rover was delivered to him today — less than 24 hours after his horror smash.
The black Freelander — an exact replica of the one Philip wrote-off yesterday — was driven off the back of a lorry and into Sandringham at around Midday.
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Jan 18, 2019
This Dutch Startup Converts Heat Into Cold Via A Stirling Engine, And Could Just Save The Planet
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Jan 18, 2019
Soil bacteria found to produce mosquito repelling chemical stronger than DEET
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: futurism
A trio of researchers at the University of Wisconsin has discovered that a common soil bacterium produces a chemical that is more effective in repelling mosquitoes than DEET. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, Mayur Kajla, Gregory Barrett-Wilt and Susan Paskewitz describe their search for the chemical made by the bacteria and their hopes for its future.
DEET has been the leading mosquito repellent since the late 1940s and multiple studies have shown it to be safe to use—still, some believe its synthetic nature suggests it might be causing harm. Because of that, scientists have continued to look for a natural repellent. In this new effort, the researchers report that they have found a naturally occurring chemical that is even more repellent than DEET, though it will have to undergo extensive study to see if it is safe to use.
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Jan 18, 2019
Australia to harden GPS infrastructure cyber defences
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Jan 17, 2019
Opal-filled fossils reveal timid, dog-size dinosaur that lived down under
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
When Mike Poben, an opal buyer and and fossil fanatic, bought a bucket of opal from an Australian mine, he was surprised to find to find what looked like an ancient tooth in the pile.
Later, he also found a fossilized jaw piece — one that was shiny and glistening with opal.
After showing the two opalized specimens to paleontologists in 2014, Poben learned that they were part of a previously unknown dog-size dinosaur species, a new study finds. This dino lived about 100 million years ago in Australia, back when the landscape was lush and dotted with lakes. [Photos: Meet Wade, the Long-Necked Dinosaur from Down Under].
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Jan 17, 2019
Inside China’s Future Factory | Hello World Shenzhen: Part One
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: business, futurism
Over the past 40 years, the fishing village of Shenzhen has been reborn as a futuristic metropolis bursting with factories. Bloomberg Businessweek’s Ashlee Vance travels to the heart of China’s tech revolution to witness this new reality firsthand, as part of a three-episode exploration of the city. In part one of Hello World Shenzhen, Vance gets a worker’s view of life in a startup and then explores one of the city’s famous electronics markets to learn how people survive (and in some cases make fortunes) in such a frenetic, competitive environment.
https://www.bloomberg.com/hello-world
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