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Splash pads really are fountains of fecal material; CDC reports 10K illnesses

Once infectious material gets into the water, disinfection systems that aren't working properly or are inadequate can allow pathogens to gush from every nozzle....

“Nightmare” Zipcar outage is a warning against complete app dependency

Zipcar's rep declined to specify how many people were affected by the outage. A warning against total app reliance Zipcar's app problems have not...

Can desalination quench agriculture’s thirst?

Spreading out the research Ninety-eight miles north of Loya’s farm, along a dead flat and endlessly beige expanse of road that skirts the White...

Elon Musk loses bid to reinstate massive Tesla pay plan, now worth $101B

The new stockholder vote could shift the burden of proof, but only if the vote is "fully informed and uncoerced," McCormick wrote. Shareholder Richard...

Supermassive black hole binary emits unexpected flares

“In addition to stars, gas clouds can also be disrupted by SMBHs and their binaries,” they said in the same study. “The key difference...

How should we treat beings that might be sentient?

What’s needed, Birch argues, when faced with such staggering uncertainty about the sentience stature of other beings, is a precautionary framework that outlines best...

Code found online exploits LogoFAIL to install Bootkitty Linux backdoor

Normally, Secure Boot prevents the UEFI from running all subsequent files unless they bear a digital signature certifying those files are trusted by the...

It’s Black Friday, and here are the best shopping deals we could find

The leaves have turned, the turkey has been eaten, the parades are over, and the football has been watched—the only thing left to do...

Flour, water, salt, GitHub: The Bread Code is a sourdough baking framework

One year ago, I didn’t know how to bake bread. I just knew how to follow a recipe. If everything went perfectly, I...

What fossilized dino feces can tell us about their rise to dominance

Paleontologists have long puzzled over how the dinosaurs—originally relatively small and of minor importance to the broader ecosystem—evolved to become the dominant species some...

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