How ActivityPub is setting the stage to weave all your social media feeds together (www.popsci.com)
NASA's quirky new lunar rover will be the first to cruise the moon's south pole (www.popsci.com)
The NASA VIPER rover will explore the south pole of the moon as early as 2024. But first, it has to pass the ramp test.
Facebook could be tracking your online Plan B or HIV test purchases (www.popsci.com)
Twelve of the largest drug stores in the U.S. sent shoppers’ sensitive health information to Facebook or other platforms.
TIL a full-grown person can eat 70 to 80 hot dogs in a 10-minute space before their body starts to shut down (www.popsci.com)
Hot dogs are dangerously good. Beyond high fat and sodium content and the choking hazard, there’s a limit to how many your body can digest.
Women have been skillful, purposeful hunters in most foraging societies. (www.popsci.com)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/790099...
Women have been skillful, purposeful hunters in most foraging societies. (www.popsci.com)
Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers...
'Forest gardens' planted by Canada's Indigenous people before the 1800s still benefit ecosystems today (www.popsci.com)
I’m not sure if this c/ is the best place to post this or not. But this was a really good read! It ties together historical concepts of permaculture, ecological resiliency, and present day indigenous land rights.
Schwiizer Öpfel unter Beschuss (und ich rede ned vom Wilhelm Tell) (www.popsci.com) German
Apple is suing Swiss fruit farmer over a decades-old apple logo (www.popsci.com)
Over the years, Apple has submitted trademark applications in dozens of countries to own the generalized image of 'apples.'
Apple is suing Swiss fruit farmer over a decades-old apple logo (www.popsci.com)
Over the years, Apple has submitted trademark applications in dozens of countries to own the generalized image of 'apples.'
Orcas are attacking boats. But is it revenge or trauma? (www.popsci.com)
A pattern of orcas attacking boats off Western Europe has officials concerned and animal behavior experts wondering: why?
Taiwan sent mosquito-fighting robots into its sewers (www.popsci.com)
Robot dog sniffs out fire ants without the painful sting (www.popsci.com)
Watch a ‘flying fish’ drone hover in the air and then swim underwater (www.popsci.com)
This South Pacific Island May Help Breakdown Fungi Evolution (www.popsci.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/214527...