Rare microbes lead scientists to discover new branch on the tree of life – CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/hemimastigotes-supra-kingdom-1.4715823
Hemimastigotes are more different from all other living things than animals are from fungi
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‘Bionic mushrooms’ that generate electricity created by scientists – The Independent
A regular shop-bought mushroom has been turned into an electricity generator in a process scientists hope will one day be used to power devices.
A look at AI-related research for predicting earthquakes by using seismic data, which scientists say is similar to the audio data used to train voice assistants - The New York Times
Quantum computers will break the encryption that protects the internet - Future-proofing the internet
Two people with paralysis walk again using an implanted device - The Verge
The researchers are still investigating how this all works.
Air pollution causes ‘huge’ reduction in intelligence, study reveals – The Guardian
Impact of high levels of toxic air ‘is equivalent to having lost a year of education’
Polar is Revealing the Homes of Soldiers and Spies - bellingcat
the homes and lives of people exercising in secretive locations, military bases, nuclear weapons storage sites
A planetary census puts humans in their place
A new study, published this week by Yinon Bar-On and others from the Weizmann Institute of Science, in Israel, provides a comprehensive estimate of how the Earth’s carbon stock is distributed among its inhabitants.
Radioactive Boars in Fukushima Thwart Residents’ Plans to Return Home | NYTimes
According to tests conducted by the Japanese government, some of the boars have shown levels of radioactive element cesium-137 that are 300 times higher than safety standards.
Officials have also expressed concern that returning residents may be attacked by the animals, some of which have settled comfortably in abandoned homes and have reportedly lost their shyness to humans.