Commitment to building four-storey bioreactors is gamechanger for cultivated meat industry, says expert
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/25/worlds-largest-vats-for-growing-no-kill-meat-to-be-built-in-us
Is Social Media Training Us to Please a Machine? – Slashdot
“We tend to think that the internet is a communications network we use to speak to one another — but in a sense, we’re not doing anything of the sort. Instead, we are the ones being spoken through.”
— Read on m.slashdot.org/story/400136
Slime Mold Grows Network Just Like Tokyo Rail System | WIRED
Talented and dedicated engineers spent countless hours designing Japan’s rail system to be one of the world’s most efficient. Could have just asked a slime mold. When presented with oat flakes arranged in the pattern of Japanese cities around Tokyo, brainless, single-celled slime molds construct networks of nutrient-channeling tubes that are strikingly similar to the […]
— Read on www.wired.com/2010/01/slime-mold-grows-network-just-like-tokyo-rail-system/amp
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Cybercriminals Are Doing Their Homework in Latest Banking Scam – Slashdot
The con starts off as many that target individuals do nowadays: With a text message. In this case it’s not a phishing attempt, it’s an attempt to ascertain whether the person receiving the message is susceptible to further manipulation. Posing as the target’s bank, the message asks whether a large charge ($5,000 in the example the FBI gives) was legitimate and asks for a reply of YES or NO.
— Read on m.slashdot.org/story/398738
Dallas Got Rick Rolled With a Giant QR Code on April Fools Day | Dallas Observer
Sky Elements Drone Shows organized a drone display over downtown Dallas on Friday just for a really big joke.
— Read on www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-got-rick-rolled-with-a-giant-qr-code-on-april-fools-day-13716928
Digitizing audio that’s been unheard for about 100 years : NPR
The New York Public Library recently received a machine that will read cracked and scratched wax cylinders — which include some of the earliest recorded audio.
— Read on www.npr.org/2022/04/05/1090819310/mystery-recordings-will-now-be-heard-for-the-first-time-in-about-100-years
Earthworms Are Invasive – and Likely Hurting Insects – in Much of North America – Slashdot
Earthworms Are Invasive – and Likely Hurting Insects – in Much of North America – Slashdot
— Read on m.slashdot.org/story/398162
How ‘Crazy Eddie’ Electronics Chain Scammed America – Slashdot
How ‘Crazy Eddie’ Electronics Chain Scammed America – Slashdot
— Read on m.slashdot.org/story/397965
The Future is Vast: Longtermism’s perspective on humanity’s past, present, and future – Our World in Data
If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history
— Read on ourworldindata.org/longtermism