Artistic perception of a dark brown dwarf, which could resemble hypothetical black dwarfs, which predict to exist in the distant future. Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech “This is the way the world ends,” TS Elliot said in his famous poem, “not with a slap, but with a trick.” These days, scientists …
Read More »DoorDash Hits With Information To Reclassify Employees
Image: Tibrina Hobson (Getty Images) San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced Wednesday that he has filed a motion that would force DoorDash to classify suppliers as employees rather than as self-employed, a predatory pay system that the employers of gig economy benefit greatly, at the expense of basic protection …
Read More »Snatcher is a robot tongue that can be used for drones as mobility
Watch each child play with a measure and you will understand where researchers from Seoul National University of Science and Technology found the inspiration for their new chameleon-like robot that can sneak objects more than 30 inches away with their artificial tongue less than 600 milliseconds. Snatcher, as the robot …
Read More »Scientists have found a 200,000-year-old human bed made of grass and ashes
Fossilized grass fragments dated to 200,000 years old. Image: L. Wadley Archaeologists from South Africa have discovered rudimentary beds made by early humans by placing bundles of grass on a layer of ash. Sounds basic, but these stone age beds were more sober than they appear at first glance. “We …
Read More »Amazon is liable for injuries from defective products, CA court finds
Photo: Eric Baradat (Getty Images) The question of whether Amazon can be held liable for defective products sold on third parties to third parties is one that the e-commerce giant has wanted to settle for a long time. It came a little closer to an answer on Thursday when an …
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