New submitter drunkdrone quotes a report from International Business Times: Spanish scientists say they have developed a prototype 3D printer that is capable of printing “functional” human skin that can be used for transplant patients, as well as an ethical…
India To Send Surveyors To Find Out If Everest Shrunk From Nepal Earthquake
OffTheLip writes: Recent scrutiny into the officially recorded height of the world’s tallest mountain will lead to a re-measurement. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal in 2015 is being eyed as the reason. India’s surveyor general Swarna Subba Rao said, “We…
George Orwell's '1984' Tops Amazon's Bestseller List
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Sales of George Orwell’s dystopian drama 1984 have soared after Kellyanne Conway, adviser to the reality-TV-star-turned-president, Donald Trump, used the phrase “alternative facts” in an interview. As of Tuesday, the book…
Two-Thirds of Americans Give Priority To Developing Alternative Energy Over Fossil Fuels
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Pew Research Center: A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 65% of Americans give priority to developing alternative energy sources, compared with 27% who would emphasize expanded production of fossil fuel sources….
South Korea Developing 'Near-Supersonic' Train Similar To Hyperloop
The South Korean government plans to unveil a high-speed train that can travel at near-supersonic speeds capable of cutting a five hour journey to just 30 minutes. It’s reminiscent of the Hyperloop, a proposed mode of passenger and freight transportation…
Cervical Cancer Just Got Much Deadlier — Because Scientists Fixed a Math Error
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Cervical cancer is 77 percent more deadly for black women and 44 percent more deadly for white women than previously thought, researchers report today in the journal Cancer. But the lethal…
China Unseats US As Global Investment Leader In Financial Technology: Report
Paul Fernhout writes: China has unseated North America as the global investment leader in financial technology, or “fintech,” according to Citigroup’s latest report on “digital disruption.” The researchers attribute the power shift to the rise of what they term “Chinese…
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Acquires and Will Free Up Science Search Engine Meta
tomhath quotes a report from TechCrunch: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s $45 billion philanthropy organization is making its first acquisition in order to make it easier for scientists to search, read and tie together more than 26 million science research…
Monday review – the hot 31 stories of the week
From the sysadmin sued for wiping school’s Gmail login to the end of Patch Tuesday to Trump’s new cybersecurity advisor, and much more!
Israeli soldiers duped into installing malware via fake Facebook profiles
Hamas used one of the oldest tricks in the social engineering book to dupe IDF soldiers