Co-pilot’s dog tag found at wreck site of WWII B-17 Flying Fortress

Archaeologists excavating the crash site of the B-17 “Little Boy Blue” have recovered a dog tag belonging to USAAF Co-Pilot Aaron Brinkoeter. During WWII, the United States Army Air Force…

Ransomware attack disables computers at blood center serving 250 hospitals in southeast US

A health care worker walks by the Big Red Bus from OneBlood outside at Cano Health in Hialeah, Fla., July 29, 2020. Oneblood, which serves much of the southeast United…

Quantum information theorists shed light on entanglement, one of the spooky mysteries of quantum mechanics

Two magnets oriented vertically can measure an electron’s vertical spin. After moving through the magnets, the electron is deflected either up or down. Similarly, two magnets oriented horizontally can measure…

I feel sick. How do I know if I have the flu, COVID, RSV or something else?

Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels You wake with a sore throat and realize you are sick. Is this going to be a two-day or a two-week illness? Should you go…

Undersea internet cables connecting Australia to the world threatened by boats, spies, natural disasters

International submarine cables connecting Australia. Credit: ACMA The Australian government this week announced it would spend A$18 million over four years on a new center aimed at keeping safe the…

Static electricity may help butterflies and moths gather pollen on the fly

Birds do it. Bees do it. Even butterflies and moths do it. As lepidopterans flutter their wings, friction with the air causes them to accumulate static electricity — enough to…

New Qualcomm Chip Set To Supercharge Affordable 5G Phones

Qualcomm unveiled a new Snapdragon chip on Tuesday, designed to give entry-level mobile phones more muscle and 5G connectivity. The Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 platform promises all-day battery life, improved…

The IPCC must produce its flagship report in time for the next UN global stocktake

Comment: An IPCC author from the Global South on why aligning the two timelines is crucial for the integrity of international climate cooperation Dr Youba Sokona is an energy and…

Super-Jupiter – Technology Org

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy imaged a new exoplanet that orbits a star in the nearby triple…

Sunrise III: Data storage recovered

Following the landing of the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III in the Canadian Northwest Territories, the recovery team has now reached the landing site. Sunrise III has touched down in…