Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found
A world-beating deposit of lithium along the Nevada–Oregon border could meet surging demand for this metal, according to a new analysis.
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/lithium-discovery-in-us-volcano-could-be-biggest-deposit-ever-found/4018032.article #lithium #deposit #volcano #Nevada #oregon
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WHAT SHOULD LASTPASS USERS DO?
According to MetaMask’s Monahan, users who stored any important passwords with LastPass — particularly those related to cryptocurrency accounts — should change those credentials immediately, and migrate any crypto holdings to new offline hardware wallets.
“Really the ONLY thing you need to read is this,” Monahan pleaded to her 70,000 followers on Twitter/X: “PLEASE DON’T KEEP ALL YOUR ASSETS IN A SINGLE KEY OR SECRET PHRASE FOR YEARS. THE END. Split up your assets. Get a hw [hardware] wallet.Migrate.Now.”
Ranked: Most Popular U.S. Undergraduate Degrees (2011–2021)
This visualization by Kashish Rastogi, based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), examines the changing landscape of undergraduate degrees awarded between the 2010–2011 and 2020–2021 academic years.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/charted-most-popular-u-s-undergraduate-degrees-2011-2021/
#infographic #ranking #Popular #US #Undergraduate #Degrees
Japan’s famous virtual singer Hatsune Miku turns 16, thousands of fans celebrate
Legions of fans celebrated the ‘birthday’ of Japan’s pioneering Vocaloid – a computer-synthesised singing voice software that comes with a virtual avatar
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3233211/japans-famous-virtual-singer-hatsune-miku-turns-16-thousands-fans-celebrate?utm_source=rss_feed #HatsuneMiku #SweetSixteen #japan #virtual #avatar
Scientologists Tell Feds They Don't Want Randos Repairing Their E-Meters
L. Ron Hubbard’s literary organization told the U.S. copyright office that it didn’t support DMCA exemptions for repairing personal electronics.
https://gizmodo.com/scientologists-right-to-repair-e-meters-1850793185?utm_source=regular #RightToRepair #scientology
Woman forced to do her own detective work when an LAPD officer stole her debit card
A woman tracked down the LAPD officer who stole her debit card when she was in their station. She got photos of him using it at a Home Depot and somehow convinced the LAPD to start an internal affairs investigation. The officer in question has been arrested, and hopefully, the police learned a thing or two about investigating a crime.
https://boingboing.net/2023/08/31/woman-forced-to-do-her-own-detective-work-when-an-lapd-officer-stole-her-debit-card.html #LA #police #steal #DebitCard #citizen #investigation
China tells South Korea not to allow ‘third party’ interference
Foreign Minister Wang Yi urges his counterpart Park Jin to prevent outside forces from interfering in the relationship between the two countries
Beijing urges Seoul to resist efforts to sever the supply chain between the two countries
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3233100/china-tells-south-korea-not-allow-third-party-interference?utm_source=rss_feed #china #SouthKorea #diplomacy #trade #SupplyChain
Human ancestors may have survived a brush with extinction 900,000 years ago
Population of our ancestors shrank to about 1300 breeding adults, modeling study suggests
https://www.science.org/content/article/human-ancestors-may-have-survived-brush-extinction-900-000-years-ago #NearExtinction #human #statistics #genomics
Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago
A new technique analysing modern genetic data suggests that pre-humans survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02712-4 #human #ancestors #bottleneck
Startling New Research: Sickle Cell Disease Is 11 Times More Deadly Than Previously Thought
A recent study indicates that the death toll attributed to sickle cell disease is likely 11 times higher than what mortality records alone suggest. Not only is the condition often underdiagnosed, but it also heightens the risk of various complications such as infections, strokes, cardiac issues, kidney dysfunction, and complications during pregnancy.
https://scitechdaily.com/startling-new-research-sickle-cell-disease-is-11-times-more-deadly-than-previously-thought/ #SickleCell #deadly #underdiagnosed #mortality
nostr:npub1e3l9yxz58g0f08fy7nue7yuwla6pjyks3kejq5jwvhq752u8pgas3843lg Wasn't this in Breaking Bad?
The Surprising Southern Roots of Sierra Leone’s Krio Homes
Freetown’s Krio homes preserve an enduring legacy of resilience—but the question of how to save them looms.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/krio-house-freetown-sierra-leone-bod-os #SierraLeone #krio #home BodOs #BoardHouse
Unknown 'anatomically modern human lineage' discovered from 40,000-year-old hip bone
Fossil found in France is not quite modern human and not quite Neanderthal.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/unknown-anatomically-modern-human-lineage-discovered-from-40000-year-old-hip-bone #neanderthal #no #ModernHuman #no #france #HipBone #2Euro #Châtelperronian
Horrifying photo captures moment parasitic fungus bursts from huge spider's body
"While it is not uncommon to encounter insects parasitized by 'zombie' fungi in the wild, it is a rarity to witness large spiders succumbing to these fungal conquerors," said evolutionary biologist Roberto García-Roa, who took the photograph.
https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders/horrifying-photo-captures-moment-parasitic-fungus-bursts-from-huge-spiders-body #spider #fungus #photo #parasite #pop #zombie
Astronomers Discover Connection between Neptune’s Cloudy Weather and 11-Year Solar Cycle
https://www.sci.news/astronomy/neptunes-cloudy-weather-solar-cycle-connection-12191.html #neptune #weather #sun #SolarCycle
Fugoppe Cave Petroglyphs
Yoichi, Japan
One of the only two archaeological sites in Japan to feature petroglyphs, which some believe to be a long-lost writing system of the gods.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fugoppe-cave-petroglyphs #petroglyphs #japan #fugoppe #cave #EpiJōmon
Plantation slavery was invented on this tiny African island, according to archaeologists
A 16th-century sugar estate on the tiny African island of São Tomé is the earliest known example of plantation slavery.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/plantation-slavery-was-invented-on-this-tiny-african-island-according-to-archaeologists #slavery #plantation #SãoTomé #sugar
Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule
How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.
“We are living off his good graces,” a Pentagon official said of Musk’s role in the war in Ukraine. “That sucks.”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule #elonmusk #USGovt #RonanFarrow #spaceX #Ukraine #Starlink
‘He’s Scared’: Jen Psaki Spots ‘Unusual’ Sign That Trump Is Finally Afraid
The MSNBC host said the former president has made an unexpected change of habit.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jen-psaki-trump-afraid_n_64e2fccfe4b0dd56103103ab #JenPsaki #trump #ascairt #afraid #lawyers #habits
Scientists Successfully Recreate and Mathematically Validate Two Molecular Languages at the Origin of Life
Canadian researchers at the University of Montreal have successfully recreated and mathematically confirmed two molecular languages at the origin of life.
Their groundbreaking findings pave the way for advancements in nanotechnologies, offering potential in areas like biosensing, drug delivery, and molecular imaging.
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-successfully-recreate-and-mathematically-validate-two-molecular-languages-at-the-origin-of-life/ #language #life #origin #allostery #multivalency