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Image: Heiko Junge / AFP (fake pictures) If you posted a project on GitHub before February 2, the fruits of your work are probably now buried for a millennium in a frozen ark. Yesterday, the world’s largest source code repository Announced who, on July 8, consecrated his archive under hundreds …

(Reuters) – Divided Americans deepened discussions about masks mandates and the reopening of schools on Friday, with states and localities choosing conflicting strategies in the face of growing cases of coronavirus. In the state of Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp sued the Mayor of Atlanta to prevent him from sending masks, …

Florida hit another sinister record, with 156 deaths from the virus, and health officials reported a staggering 13,965 new cases. South Carolina confirmed 69 deaths, more than double any other day. In Louisiana, where authorities thought they had contained the virus earlier this year only to become a hot spot …

Multi-stage coral colony bleaching and mortality, Great Barrier Reef, 2017 Credit: Australian Institute of Marine Sciences / Chris Brunner Coral reefs are dying at an alarming rate as water temperatures rise worldwide as a result of global warming, pollution, and human activities. In the past three decades, half of Australia’s …

The researchers have developed a small wireless camera that is light enough to be carried by live beetles. The team at the University of Washington in the US was inspired by insects to create their low-power camera system. Your beetle can transmit up to five frames per second of low-resolution …