ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 31 October 2020 Edition.

Turkey Terror, Osiris-Rex Losing its Grip, Aliens Can See Us, Murder Hornet Nest Found, Crews vacuum 'murder hornets', Water on the Sunlit Surface of the Moon, Metal Asteroid Psyche, Giant New Coral Reef, New rogue planet found, OSIRIS-REx successfully stows sample, Amazon Prime Users Don't Own Content, Octopuses taste with their arms.

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https://youtu.be/4OyBcyPZlgE

 

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Gerald the turkey that terrorized Oakland has been captured
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/22/gerald-the-turkey-has-been-captured-and-relocated/

NASA is rushing to hold onto its first sample of asteroid dust before too much leaks into space: 'Time is of the essence'
https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-osiris-rex-asteroid-sample-leaking-into-space-2020-10

Aliens on 1,000 nearby stars could see us, new study suggests
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/aliens-on-1000-nearby-stars-could-see-us-new-study-suggests/ar-BB1aj1B8

First murder hornet nest found in US is about to be destroyed
https://www.cnet.com/news/first-murder-hornet-nest-found-in-us-is-about-to-be-destroyed/

Crews vacuum 'murder hornets' out of first nest found in US
https://www.chron.com/lavoz/news/article/Crews-vacuum-murder-hornets-out-of-first-nest-15672664.php

Moon holds more water in more places than ever thought
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Moon-may-hold-frozen-water-in-more-places-than-15675531.php
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Study offers more complete view of massive asteroid Psyche
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-view-massive-asteroid-psyche.html

Scientists discover a massive coral reef in Australia's Great Barrier Reef
https://theweek.com/speedreads/946327/scientists-discover-massive-coral-reef-australias-great-barrier-reef

Mars-sized rogue planet found drifting through the Milky Way
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/10/29/Mars-sized-rogue-planet-found-drifting-through-the-Milky-Way/4061603979657/?ur3=1

OSIRIS-REx successfully stows sample of asteroid Bennu
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-osiris-rex-successfully-stows-sample-asteroid.html

Amazon Prime Video Users Cannot Own Content They’ve Purchased
https://www.techshout.com/entertainment/2020/29/amazon-prime-video-users-do-not-own-videos-theyve-purchased/

Octopuses taste their food when they touch it with their arms
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2258515-octopuses-taste-their-food-when-they-touch-it-with-their-arms/#ixzz6cMYGu1T6

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ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 24 October 2020 Edition.

California's Plastic Fiber Count, Deep Sea Coral Climate Record, Betelgeuse 25% Closer, Space Time Error Correction, Eel Invasion, New Shortest Unit of Time, Nokia on the Moon, Longest Human Footprint Trail, Milky Way Clumpy Halo, Away Cancelled, Rare White Baby Sea Turtle, Ancient Cat Meme, Missing Tectonic Plate Found, Osiris-Rex Sucks up Bennu Dust.

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https://youtu.be/GyGwv7vH7_0

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Groundbreaking study finds 13.3 quadrillion plastic fibers in California’s environment
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/groundbreaking-study-finds-133-quadrillion-plastic-fibers-in-california-e2-80-99s-environment/ar-BB1a5IMv

Deep-sea corals reveal secrets of rapid carbon dioxide increase as the last ice age ended
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-deep-sea-corals-reveal-secrets-rapid.html

Betelgeuse is 25 percent closer than scientists thought
https://bgr.com/2020/10/16/betelgeuse-distance-star-supernova-size/

How Space and Time Could Be a Quantum Error-Correcting Code
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-space-and-time-could-be-a-quantum-error-correcting-code

'Big pile' of eels dumped in NYC park; impact not yet known
https://www.chron.com/news/article/Big-pile-of-eels-dumped-in-NYC-park-impact-not-15655175.php

Meet the zeptosecond, the shortest unit of time ever measured
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/meet-the-zeptosecond-the-shortest-unit-of-time-ever-measured/ar-BB1a7yPn

Nokia wins NASA contract to put a 4G network on the moon. Yes, really.
https://mashable.com/article/nokia-cellular-network-on-the-moon/

Archaeologists Found the Longest Path of Fossilized Human Footprints Ever
https://news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-found-longest-path-fossilized-195300072.html

HaloSat Reveals the Milky Way Galaxy Is Surrounded by a Heated, Clumpy Halo
https://scitechdaily.com/halosat-reveals-the-milky-way-galaxy-is-surrounded-by-a-heated-clumpy-halo/

'Away' Canceled After Single Season on Netflix
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/away-canceled-after-single-season-on-netflix

‘Incredibly rare’ white baby sea turtle pops out of the sand on South Carolina beach
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article246551563.html

A giant cat picture was just discovered among the Nazca Lines
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/a-giant-cat-picture-was-just-discovered-among-the-nazca-lines/

Ancient tectonic plate discovered beneath Canada, geologists claim
https://newatlas.com/science/ancient-tectonic-plate-discovered-canada/

Unprecedented new video shows NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft landing on an asteroid and sucking up dust
https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-video-osiris-rex-probe-landing-on-asteroid-kicking-dust-2020-10

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ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 17 October 2020 Edition.

Venomous Hairy Caterpillar, Black Hole Eats Star, Snowcapped Mountains of Pluto, Army Laser Weapon, Short Trip to ISS, Maki the Lemur Walkabout, When Satellites Collide, 12 Year Old Dinosaur Find.

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Hairy caterpillar, which packs a sting, spotted in Virginia, officials say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/hairy-caterpillar-which-packs-a-sting-spotted-in-virginia-officials-say/2020/10/10/3e581ce8-0aa4-11eb-a166-dc429b380d10_story.html

Fake asteroid? NASA expert IDs mystery object as old rocket
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/fake-asteroid-nasa-expert-ids-mystery-object-as-old-rocket/ar-BB19UxX9

Researchers Watch a Black Hole Eat a Star (New Study)
https://www.tunisiesoir.com/science/researchers-watch-a-black-hole-eat-a-star-new-study-24968-2020/

The mountains of Pluto are snowcapped, but not for the same reasons as on Earth
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-mountains-pluto-snowcapped-earth.html

Boeing and General Atomics join forces on new laser weapon
https://news.yahoo.com/boeing-general-atomics-join-forces-210355429.html

Russian-US crew launches on fast track to the space station
https://apnews.com/article/moscow-kazakhstan-russia-5e37a0082e81bf7fdad168200c01df03

Endangered lemur reported missing from the San Francisco Zoo
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Endangered-lemur-reported-missing-SF-Zoo-15648731.php

Maki, lemur missing from S.F. Zoo, found at Daly City playground
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/police-confirm-maki-the-lemur-stolen-from-sf-zoo-which-offers-reward/ar-BB1a4ozM

Two Dead Satellites May Collide Tonight. That's Really, Really Bad.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a34383707/space-junk-collision-risks/

A 12-year-old found a 69 million-year-old dinosaur fossil while hiking with his dad
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-12-year-old-found-a-69-million-year-old-dinosaur-fossil-while-hiking-with-his-dad/ar-BB1a6262

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ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 10 October 2020 Edition.

Groceries Sent to ISS, John McAfee in the News, Singapore PM's Defamation Suit, 24 Super-Habitable Planets, NASA's New Moon Suit, Alaska's Fattest Bear, OSIRIS-REx Ready to Tap Bennu. 

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Radish seeds, meats and cheeses launched to space station
https://phys.org/news/2020-10-radish-seeds-meats-cheeses-space.html

Cybersecurity exec John McAfee indicted on federal charges of tax evasion
https://www.businessinsider.com/antivirus-executive-john-mcafee-indicted-federal-charges-tax-evasion-2020-10

Singapore PM's defamation suit against blogger begins
https://news.yahoo.com/singapore-pms-defamation-suit-against-045930274.html

24 "super-habitable" exoplanets potentially better than Earth identified
https://newatlas.com/space/two-dozen-exoplanets-superhabitable-identified/

NASA is testing the first of its new moonwalking spacesuits
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/nasa-is-testing-the-first-of-its-new-moonwalking-spacesuits/ar-BB19Kw7l

Wide-bodied 747 crowned Alaska’s fattest bear
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wide-bodied-747-crowned-alaskas-fattest-bear/ar-BB19LSgD

NASA reveals secrets of near-Earth asteroid Bennu ahead of daring heist
https://www.cnet.com/features/nasa-reveals-secrets-of-near-earth-asteroid-bennu-ahead-of-daring-heist/

NARCON 2020
https://www.nar.org/site/narcon-2020/

Dante Lauretta, Professor, Principal Investigator, OSIRIS-REx
https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/faculty/lauretta

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ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 3 October 2020 Edition.

Brain Eating Amoeba, Sued For Bad Review, NASA's New Toilet, Radiation on the Moon, Bill Murray's Lyrical Legalese, Martian Lakes, Mass of the Entire Universe, Aliens Hiding in Plain Sight. 

ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 3 October 2020 Edition.
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Water in the Houston area may be tainted with deadly brain-eating microbe, officials say
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/26/houston-area-water-may-tainted-brain-eating-microbe/3548023001/

American sued in Thailand over negative Tripadvisor review
https://news.yahoo.com/american-sued-thailand-over-negative-074009072.html

NASA's new $23 million space toilet is ready for launch
https://www.space.com/nasa-space-toilet-ready-for-launch

Radiation levels on moon more than double those on space station
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/09/25/Radiation-levels-on-moon-more-than-double-those-on-space-station/1501601063382/

Bill Murray’s Golf Company Sends Humorous Response to Doobie Brothers’ Legal Threat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/bill-murray-e2-80-99s-golf-company-sends-humorous-response-to-doobie-brothers-e2-80-99-legal-threat/ar-BB19rMSc

A ‘lake’ on Mars may be surrounded by more pools of water
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mars-lake-south-pole-ice-surrounded-pools-water

Scientists Precisely Measure Total Amount of Matter & Dark Energy in the Entire Universe
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-precisely-measure-total-amount-of-matter-dark-energy-in-the-entire-universe/

Are Aliens Hiding in Plain Sight?
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/are-aliens-hiding-in-plain-sight

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ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 26 September 2020 Edition.

New Jupiter Storm, 120k Year Old Prints, Cell Phones Harm Bees, Electric Bacteria, Ransomware Death, Gundam Robot Alive, ISS Dodges Debris, Comet 67P Aura, Mystery Mini Moon, Home Camera Drone, Titanic & Solar Storm.

ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 26 September 2020 Edition.
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Hubble Snaps Stunning New ‘Rainbow’ Views Of Jupiter And Finds A New Storm Brewing
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2020/09/17/hubble-snaps-stunning-new-rainbow-views-of-jupiter-and-icy-moon-europa/#234ac529160c

Human footprints dating back 120,000 years found in Saudi Arabia
https://phys.org/news/2020-09-ancient-footprints-saudi-arabia-humans.html

Mobile phone radiation may be killing insects: German study
https://phys.org/news/2020-09-mobile-insects-german.html

Scientists find 'secret molecule' that allows bacteria to exhale electricity
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/scientists-find-secret-molecule-that-allows-bacteria-to-exhale-electricity/ar-BB19bpuy

A Patient Dies After a Ransomware Attack Hits a Hospital
https://www.wired.com/story/a-patient-dies-after-a-ransomware-attack-hits-a-hospital/

Japan's 60-Foot-Tall Gundam Robot Is Now Walking and Wreaking Havoc
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a34108996/giant-gundam-japan-testing-mode/

'Unknown' space debris almost flew within 1 mile of the International Space Station.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nasa-unknown-orbital-debris-narrowly-missed-striking-iss-avoidance-maneuver-2020-9

Rosetta data reveal an invisible ultraviolet aurora around comet 67P
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ultraviolet-aurora-comet-67p-rosetta-space

Earth may get a new minimoon — but it may just be 1960s space junk
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/earth-may-get-a-new-minimoon-e2-80-94-but-it-may-just-be-1960s-space-junk/ar-BB19lL3y

Always Home Cam: Amazon's robot drone flying inside our homes seems like a bad idea
https://www.zdnet.com/article/always-home-cam-amazons-robot-drone-flying-inside-our-homes-seems-like-a-bad-idea/

Did the Northern Lights Play a Role in the Titanic’s Demise?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/did-solar-storm-sink-titanic-180975907/

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ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 19 September 2020 Edition.

NASA Wants Dirt on the Moon, Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm, Swedish Sailboat, Killer Whales Attack, Life in Venus Clouds, Monkey Takes Selfies, Weather Forecast for the Sun, Australia's Stinging Trees. 

ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 19 September 2020 Edition.
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NASA is looking to buy moon dirt from private companies -- no return shipping required
https://news.yahoo.com/nasa-looking-buy-moon-dirt-135631275.html

Nearly 100 earthquakes swarm Yellowstone in 24 hours. Here’s what experts are saying
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article245659900.html

Swedes to build wind-powered transatlantic cargo ship (yes, it’s a sailboat)
https://thenextweb.com/shift/2020/09/10/swedes-boat-powered-by-wind-sailboat-ship-cargo-transatlantic/

Killer whales launch ‘orchestrated’ attacks on sailing boats
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/killer-whales-launch-e2-80-98orchestrated-e2-80-99-attacks-on-sailing-boats/ar-BB18YO7n

Astronomers See Possible Hints of Life in Venus's Clouds
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-14/astronomers-see-possible-hints-of-life-in-venus-s-clouds

Primate takes student’s phone, then selfies in Malaysia
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/primate-takes-students-phone-then-selfies-in-malaysia/

The sun has begun a new solar weather cycle. It should be pretty quiet, scientists say.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/technology/the-sun-has-begun-a-new-solar-weather-cycle-it-should-be-pretty-quiet-scientists-say/ar-BB194EbT

Spider-like toxins found in Australia's stinging trees
https://news.yahoo.com/spider-toxins-found-australias-stinging-220650231.html

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ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 12 September 2020 Edition.

Lebanon Sea Turtle Boom, Rusty Moon, 3200 Megapixel Camera, Mighty Mice in Space, New Egypt Mummy Find, No Signs of Alien Life, Law of Gravity Still Holds Weight, Python Lays Eggs w/o Male. 

ShotokuTech Saturday Story Time 12 September 2020 Edition.
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Lebanon Sees Sea Turtle Boom
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/04/898613972/on-beaches-quieted-by-the-pandemic-lebanon-sees-sea-turtle-boom

The moon is rusty, and it’s likely Earth's fault
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/the-moon-is-rusty-and-it-e2-80-99s-likely-earths-fault/ar-BB18JO0N

Farmer plants over 2 million sunflowers to help brighten this rough year
https://www.kake.com/story/42597867/farmer-plants-over-2-million-sunflowers-to-help-brighten-this-rough-year

Researchers capture the world's first 3,200-megapixel digital photo
https://news.yahoo.com/worlds-first-3200-megapixel-digital-photo-185553820.html

The 'mighty mice' that went to space could help protect astronauts' muscles and bone
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-mighty-mice-that-went-to-space-could-help-protect-astronauts-muscles-and-bones/ar-BB18NsQX

Stunning find in Egypt: Trove of sealed 2,500-year-old human coffins
https://www.cnet.com/news/stunning-find-in-egypt-trove-of-sealed-2500-year-old-human-coffins/

Astronomers find no signs of alien tech after scanning over 10 million stars
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/astronomers-find-no-signs-of-alien-tech-after-scanning-over-10-million-stars/ar-BB18NYHi

Pioneering gravity research snags $3 million physics Breakthrough Prize
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/news/pioneering-gravity-research-snags-243-million-physics-breakthrough-prize/ar-BB18TPen

St. Louis Zoo says python laid 7 eggs without male help
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/st-louis-zoo-says-python-laid-7-eggs-without-male-help/ar-BB18UnbN

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