Saturday, March 28, 2020

ShotokuTech News of the Week: 28 March 2020 edition.

Unthinkable Quasar Tsunamis, Comet ATLAS is getting really bright, Canada Diamond samples reveal lost continent, Thai hospitals deploy 'ninja robots', Man stole coronavirus test kits, NASA Mars Curiosity rover selfie, UFOs Appear During SpaceX Launch, How squid talk to each other, Feathered Carnivorous Dinosaur Found, Neanderthals knew how to fish.

ShotokuTech News of the Week: 28 March 2020 edition.
https://youtu.be/Q45BVLcWVHA

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Hubble Telescope Detects Unthinkable Quasar Tsunamis
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/hubble-telescope-detects-unthinkable-quasar-tsunamis/ar-BB11tIu6?li=BBnb7Kz

Newfound Comet ATLAS is getting really bright, really fast
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/science/newfound-comet-atlas-is-getting-really-bright-really-fast/ar-BB11swhp?li=BBoPWjQ

Diamond samples in Canada reveal size of lost continent
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51989255

Thai hospitals deploy 'ninja robots' to aid virus battle
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/thai-hospitals-deploy-ninja-robots-to-aid-virus-battle/ar-BB11ovbf?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Arizona coronavirus: Police searching for man who allegedly stole coronavirus test kits
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/arizona-coronavirus-police-searching-for-man-who-allegedly-stole-coronavirus-test-kits/ar-BB11xyAH

NASA Curiosity rover took a gorgeous Mars selfie to mark a daring climb
https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-curiosity-rover-took-a-gorgeous-mars-selfie-to-mark-a-daring-climb/

Silver UFOs Appear On Live Broadcast During SpaceX’s Latest Starlink Launch
https://www.ibtimes.com/silver-ufos-appear-live-broadcast-during-spacexs-latest-starlink-launch-2947053

Illuminating find: Here's how squid talk to each other in the dark
https://www.cnet.com/news/illuminating-find-heres-how-squid-talk-to-each-other-in-the-dark/

New Feathered Carnivorous Dinosaur Found in New Mexico
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dineobellator-dinosaur-new-mexico-180974511/

Neanderthals didn't just hunt mammoths. They actually knew how to fish, researchers discover.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/27/neanderthals-knew-how-fish-regularly-ate-seafood-study-says/2916710001/

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Saturday, March 21, 2020

ShotokuTech News of the Week: 21 March 2020 edition.

Minecraft a Platform for Censored Journalists, Snails Might Save Coffee Crops, Beware the Ides of March, Our Solar System Is Stranger Than Thought, Amazon Is Hiring 100,000 Workers, Museums Offer Virtual Tours, Apollo astronaut Al Worden dies at 88, Most Mysterious Song on the Internet, New Zealand's most famous tree vandalized, Earliest Spring start in 124 years, Narwhal tusk size does matter.

ShotokuTech News of the Week: 21 March 2020 edition.
https://youtu.be/KarlMkovVJc

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This Minecraft Library Provides a Platform for Censored Journalists
https://gizmodo.com/this-minecraft-library-provides-a-platform-for-censored-1842298748

Invasive Snails Might Save Coffee Crops From Fungus, but Experts Advise Caution
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/snails-might-save-coffee-crops-fungus-experts-advise-caution-180974397/

Beware the Ides of March. But Why?
https://www.history.com/news/beware-the-ides-of-march-but-why

Our Solar System Is Even Stranger Than We Thought - Scientific American - Pocket
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/our-solar-system-is-even-stranger-than-we-thought

Amazon Is Hiring 100,000 Workers to Handle the Increase in Online Shopping
https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/amazon-just-made-a-stunning-announcement-about-its-plans-for-handling-coronavirus-crisis.html

Tons Of Museums Offer Virtual Tours In Case You Need A Quarantine Activity
https://sports.yahoo.com/tons-museums-offer-virtual-tours-141446347.html

Apollo astronaut Al Worden, who orbited the moon, dies at 88
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/apollo-astronaut-al-worden-who-orbited-the-moon-dies-at-88/ar-BB11nu6H?OCID=ansmsnnews11

The Unsolved Case of the Most Mysterious Song on the Internet
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-unsolved-case-of-the-most-mysterious-song-on-the-internet

'That Wanaka Tree,' New Zealand's most famous tree, vandalized
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/that-wanaka-tree-new-zealands-most-famous-tree-vandalized/ar-BB11ooaK

Spring starts tonight: Earliest in 124 years
https://www.al.com/news/2020/03/spring-equinox-2020-its-earliest-astronomical-spring-in-124-years.html

Narwhal tusk attract mates, For a whale of a good time, size does matter
https://www.serialpressit.com/2020/03/20/narwhal-tusk-attract-mates-for-a-whale-of-a-good-time-size-does-matter/

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Saturday, March 14, 2020

ShotokuTech News of the Week: 14 March 2020 edition.

Easter Island statue destroyed, $360,000 PlayStation auction, ISS Lettuce Farm, NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson remembered, Adidas footwear in space, Woman paid bail with marijuana-scented cash, Study to resolve low-cal sweetener debate, Enoki Mushrooms Listeria Outbreak, Salvador Dali engraving in thrift store, Smallest Dinosaur Found in Amber, FAA suspends ‘use it or lose it’, Gas-giant planet has iron rain, 139 new objects found beyond Neptune, DHL adds 1000 autonomous robots, 70 million year old clam  reveals shorter Earth day, Scottish Fossil footprints are dinosaur parade.

ShotokuTech News of the Week: 14 March 2020 edition.
https://youtu.be/90gJ5sAHqFs

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'The damage is incalculable': Easter Island moai statue destroyed by truck
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/the-damage-is-incalculable-easter-island-moai-statue-destroyed-by-truck/ar-BB10Qvdt

The Nintendo PlayStation sells for $360,000 at auction
https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/06/nintendo-playstation-auction-done/

Lettuce grown on the ISS is as nutritious as Earth harvests, scientists find
https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/06/lettuce-iss-nutrition/

‘Because of you, I have no bounds’: NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson remembered at memorial service
https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-nw-katherine-johnson-memorial-service-20200307-cprbihfhuzg6jbe3cep7wx5j7e-story.html

SpaceX launch: Adidas sends footwear research into space so it can make better sneakers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spacex-launch-adidas-sends-footwear-research-into-space-so-it-can-make-better-sneakers/ar-BB10R5xa

Police jail woman who paid $5,000 bail with marijuana-scented cash
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/10/police-jail-woman-who-paid-bail-with-marijuana-scented-cash/

Yale study may help resolve bitter debate over low-cal sweeteners
https://news.yale.edu/2020/03/03/yale-study-may-help-resolve-bitter-debate-over-low-cal-sweeteners

Listeria Outbreak Causing Four Deaths Linked to Enoki Mushrooms, Say Officials
https://www.newsweek.com/listeria-outbreak-causing-four-deaths-linked-enoki-mushrooms-say-officials-1491638

Salvador Dali wood engraving donated to North Carolina thrift store
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2020/03/10/Salvador-Dali-wood-engraving-donated-to-North-Carolina-thrift-store/9381583872344/

Smallest Known Dinosaur Found in Amber
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/smallest-known-dinosaur-found-in-amber/

FAA suspends ‘use it or lose it’ slot rules at US airports
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/faa-suspends-use-it-or-lose-it-slot-rules-at-us-airports-for-now/ar-BB113dHZ

Hot gas-giant planet appears to have iron rain
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/hot-gas-giant-planet-appears-to-have-iron-rain/

Minor planet' bonanza: 139 new objects discovered beyond Neptune
https://www.space.com/minor-planets-beyond-neptune-dark-energy-survey.html

DHL expands robotic footprint with 1000 autonomous robots
https://www.zdnet.com/article/dhl-expands-robotic-footprint-with-1000-autonomous-robots/

Ancient clam fossil reveals Earth's day was shorter 70 million years ago
https://www.space.com/ancient-clam-fossil-reveals-earth-shorter-day.html

Fossil footprints on Scottish island reveal dinosaur parade ground
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-dinosaurs-idUSKBN20Y2Z3

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Saturday, March 7, 2020

ShotokuTech News of the Week: 7 March 2020 edition.

Human Hunter-gatherer evolution, Protein in a Meteorite, China coronavirus clears pollution, Kirkland, Wash. coronavirus epicenter, New York pizza shop boxes with photos of dogs, 'cotton candy' planets have rings?, 'Leaning Tower of Dallas' comes down, 3 billion-year-old Earth was water world, China's satellites for autonomous cars, Mount Merapi Spews Ash Clouds, Man brings llama to his sister's wedding, Los Angeles International Airport power outage, Plastic-chomping caterpillars, Mystery of dark matter, Mars Curiosity rover highest-resolution panorama, California Virus Cruise Ship Held, Doctors edit genes inside eye, Robot draws blood, Why NASA chose 'Perseverance'.

ShotokuTech News of the Week: 7 March 2020 edition.
https://youtu.be/Ktd6OzRbwB0 

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Hunter-gatherer networks accelerated human evolution
https://phys.org/news/2020-02-hunter-gatherer-networks-human-evolution.html

Scientists Discover Protein in a Meteorite
https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-discover-protein-meteorite

China pollution clears amid coronavirus slowdown
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51691967

Kirkland, Wash., becomes epicenter of coronavirus response as cases spread
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coronavirus-spread-kirkland-washington/2020/03/01/5e112fb8-5c10-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html

A New York pizza shop is putting photos of dogs on pizza boxes to help them find homes
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-news/a-new-york-pizza-shop-is-putting-photos-of-dogs-on-pizza-boxes-to-help-them-find-homes/ar-BB10Bqkr?OCID=ansmsnnews11

What if mysterious 'cotton candy' planets actually sport rings?
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-mysterious-cotton-candy-planets-sport.html

The 'Leaning Tower of Dallas' comes down 2 weeks after it was set to implode
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/us/leaning-tower-dallas-falls/index.html

3 billion-year-old Earth had water everywhere, but not one continent, study suggests
https://www.space.com/waterworld-earth.html

China's Geely invests $326 mln to build satellites for autonomous cars
https://www.reuters.com/article/geely-china-satellite-autonomous-idUSL4N2AV45H

Indonesia Volcano Eruption: Mount Merapi Spews Ash Clouds, Triggering Aviation Alert
https://www.ibtimes.com/indonesia-volcano-eruption-mount-merapi-spews-ash-clouds-triggering-aviation-alert-2932837

A man brought a llama in a tuxedo to his sister's wedding, and the photo of her unamused expression is going viral
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/a-man-brought-a-llama-in-a-tuxedo-to-his-sisters-wedding-and-the-photo-of-her-unamused-expression-is-going-viral/ar-BB10E8Mw?li=BBnbfcL

Power restored at Los Angeles International Airport after widespread outage
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2020/03/03/lax-outage-power-restored-los-angeles-international-airport/4944110002/

These plastic-chomping caterpillars can help fight pollution
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/these-plastic-chomping-caterpillars-can-help-fight-pollution/ar-BB10JyMQ

Scientists shed light on mystery of dark matter
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-scientists-mystery-dark.html

See Mars like never before in this highest-resolution panorama ever from the Curiosity rover
https://www.space.com/mars-rover-curiosity-biggest-panorama-photo-ever.html

California Virus Crisis As Cruise Ship Held, Funding Deal Struck
https://www.ibtimes.com/california-virus-crisis-cruise-ship-held-funding-deal-struck-2934198

OHSU doctors edit a person’s genes inside the eye to try to reverse blindness
https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2020/03/ohsu-doctors-edit-a-persons-genes-inside-the-eye-to-try-to-reverse-blindness.html

Robot uses artificial intelligence and imaging to draw blood
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/ru-rua030320.php

What's in a name: Why NASA chose 'Perseverance' for its next Mars rover
https://www.space.com/why-nasa-chose-perseverance-mars-rover-name.html

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Story Time 8 May 2021 Edition.

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