#Reawakened Yellowstone geyser won’t predict the volcanic ‘big one’

#Reawakened Yellowstone geyser won’t predict the volcanic ‘big one’

“#Reawakened Yellowstone geyser won’t predict the volcanic ‘big one’” The famous Steamboat geyser in Yellowstone National Park won’t foretell a major volcanic eruption, according to scientists. The geyser in the Norris Geyser basin shoots water more than 300 feet into the air during its major eruptions. Steamboat, which is the world’s tallest active geyser, reawakened with prolific eruptions in…

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#Japan hoping wooden satellites will solve the problem of space junk

#Japan hoping wooden satellites will solve the problem of space junk

“#Japan hoping wooden satellites will solve the problem of space junk” Japanese researchers are working on satellite technology that would use wood components to eliminate excess space junk, allowing objects to burn up upon reentry to Earth’s atmosphere, according to a new report. Sumitomo Forestry, a 400-year-old Japanese woodworking company, is partnering with Kyoto University to develop the technology, the BBC reported…

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#Coronavirus ‘long haulers’ experiencing fishy, sulfur smells

#Coronavirus ‘long haulers’ experiencing fishy, sulfur smells

“#Coronavirus ‘long haulers’ experiencing fishy, sulfur smells” While researchers continue to study lasting, long-term effects following infection from the novel coronavirus, new reports reiterate the so-called “long haulers” experiencing a distorted sense of smell, catching odd, unpleasant fishy, sulfur and burning odors. Professor Nirmal Kumar, consultant ENT surgeon and president of ENT UK, attributed the warped sense of smell to parosmia, calling it…

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#Britain to infect healthy volunteers with COVID-19 for research

#Britain to infect healthy volunteers with COVID-19 for research

“#Britain to infect healthy volunteers with COVID-19 for research” The world’s first COVID-19 human challenge is about to start. Britain will infect 2,500 healthy volunteers with coronavirus to study how the infection behaves in the body — specifically the amount it takes before a person develops Covid-19, the Sun reported. The government has budgeted $45…

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#Google told scientists to take ‘positive tone’ on AI research: report

#Google told scientists to take ‘positive tone’ on AI research: report

“#Google told scientists to take ‘positive tone’ on AI research: report” Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists’ papers by launching a “sensitive topics” review, and in at least three cases requested authors refrain from casting its technology in a negative light, according to internal communications and interviews with researchers involved in…

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#Social media manipulation affects even US senators

#Social media manipulation affects even US senators

“#Social media manipulation affects even US senators” BRUSSELS — The conversation taking place around two U.S. senators’ verified social media accounts remained vulnerable to manipulation through artificially inflated shares and likes from fake users, even amid heightened scrutiny in the run up to the U.S. presidential election, an investigation by the NATO Strategic Communications Center…

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