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NASA, with the tampons.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/39279251
Beers
Star Trek Picard's Most Underrated Character Is Returning For New Series: Everything Known So Far
They’re gonna make Star Trek: Legacy… but as a comic.
Programmable matter!?
cross-posted from: https://futurology.today/post/10412593
Researchers say they have made a significant step towards Drexlerian nanotechnology - programmable atomically precise manufacturing
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27250Open linkView original on lemmy.caBox Office: ‘Hoppers’ Bites Down on $13.2 Million
cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/animation/p/1854029/box-office-hoppers-bites-down-on-13-2-million
Pixar's 'Hoppers' took the top spot at the Friday box office while 'The Bride!' struggled in third place.
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/box-office-hoppers-the-bride-scream-7-1236681565/Open linkView original on lemmy.caPlan to reintroduce beavers to Erewash
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/42270310
A council in Derbyshire is pursuing plans to reintroduce beavers in a bid to boost biodiversity.
Erewash Borough Council's draft biodiversity strategy could see the Eurasian beaver find a new home in the Erewash Valley.
The move follows work by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust to breed a beaver population at Willington Wetlands nature reserve in 2021, which brought the species back to the county for the first time in 800 years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpv7mnd1y2doOpen linkView original on lemmy.ca
New Klingon Bird of Prey Tatoo!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/40968027
Check out the tat
Uncovered: Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items. It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/51297738
A Consumer Reports, Groundwork Collaborative and More Perfect Union investigation found that some grocery prices differed by as much as 23 percent per item from one Instacart customer to the next. In an inadvertently sent email, the company calls one pricing tactic “smart rounding.”
“Happy as a pig in shit”: Paul Giamatti says his Starfleet Academy role fulfills a lifelong Trek dream
cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/television/p/1524324/happy-as-a-pig-in-shit-paul-giamatti-says-his-starfleet-academy-role-fulfills-a-lifelon
https://www.thepopverse.com/tv-star-trek-starfleet-academy-paul-giamatti-pig-in-shitOpen linkView original on lemmy.caAluminum giants hit major milestone with low-carbon production
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/30660303
Aluminum giants hit major milestone with low-carbon production | Elysis, a joint venture of Alcoa and Rio Tinto, announced a breakthrough in scaling its carbon-free “inert anode” technology to clean up smelters.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-aluminum/alcoa-riotinto-hit-low-carbon-production-milestoneOpen linkView original on lemmy.caComment chercher le trouble
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/41950086
Them’s fighting words
Beavers make better wetlands for butterflies than human-made ponds
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/39513836
Wetlands created by beavers have 45% more butterflies than those created by people, a Butterfly Conservation ecologist has revealed.
The study also showed that beaver wetlands have 29% more hoverfly species and 119% more hoverfly individuals.
Both groups of insects pollinate a range of plants, highlighting a potentially unforeseen benefit of beaver reintroduction.
https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/beavers-make-better-wetlands-for-butterflies-than-human-made-pondsOpen linkView original on lemmy.ca
Not all AI is bad, just most of it
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12723593
Not all ai is bad, just most of it
Rare white beaver spotted in marsh near Perth
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/47674189
An expert on Canadian mammals says the beaver has leucism — a genetic condition that causes a loss of pigmentation. Leucistic beavers are so rare the Canadian Museum of Nature has a pelt in its collection that's more than a century old.