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Astronomers explain why Uranus is so weird

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 by Authcom

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Japanese astronomers have a theory to explain all the weird things about Uranus, including its rotation speed and the angle at which it spins.
The planet may have been impacted by an icy body that vaporized, pushing the planet on its side and helping to form the planet’s tiny moons.
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Of all the planets in the solar system, Uranus is probably the strangest. The planet itself isn’t entirely unusual, but its bizarre behavior and mysterious history make a real oddity as far as our little neck of the cosmic woods goes. Now, astronomers in Japan are doing their best to explain why Uranus is so weird, and they think they have a solid idea.

In a new research paper published in the journal Nature Astronomy, a team of researchers from Japan’s Tokyo Institute of Technology tackle one of the biggest question marks about Uranus: How did it get its strange, lopsided rotation, and what evidence still remains from that event?

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These ‘Simpsons’ continuity errors will surprise even hardcore fans

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 by Authcom

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The Simpsons has been around for more than 30 years and two continuity errors, to the surprise of many fans, were recently discovered.
The most recent discovery involves the show’s opening sequence.
A previous continuity error involved a picture of Maggie hanging on the wall before she was actually born.
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I’m unabashedly something of a The Simpsons snob. I’ll happily trade Simpsons quotes with friends for hours on end, have read multiple books about the show, have interviewed writers on the show, and will eagerly and happily consume any and all things Simpsons related. Yes, I have something of a problem, but hey, there are a lot more dangerous addictions out there.

With that said, an alleged continuity error from the show’s opening sequence was recently discovered by fans of the show. It’s obvious once you see it, but somehow it was never really mentioned publicly until now. I suppose with much of the world still on coronavirus-induced quarantine, people have a whole a lot of time to search out and unearth the most trivial of details from The Simpsons universe. And you know what? I’m here for it.

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Twitter’s Jack Dorsey is donating almost 30% of his wealth to coronavirus relief

Posted on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 by Authcom

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced via a Twitter thread on Tuesday that he’s preparing to give away almost 30% of his wealth, in the amount of $1 billion, to a variety of efforts in support of coronavirus relief.
He’s starting with support of causes that offer different forms of relief from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, at a time when the number of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths is continuing to surge around the country. He’ll eventually transition to support other causes.
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Oftentimes, when big tech CEOs pledge to give away part of their fortune to support a worthwhile cause, the individual amount may sound considerable while nevertheless representing only a tiny fraction of their overall net worth. You can’t say that about a pledge that Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey made on Tuesday, however, when he published a series of tweets explaining that he’s giving away $1 billion of his $3.3 billion net worth (or, almost 30% of it) in support of coronavirus relief.

“Life’s too short,” he tweeted, by way of explaining the move, which he’s pursuing by unloading $1 billion of his equity in the payments company Square. “So let’s do everything we can today to help people now.”

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Boeing will have to reattempt failed Starliner test flight

Posted on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 by Authcom

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Boeing will attempt another test flight to the International Space Station without crew members aboard its Starliner spacecraft, the company announced this week.
Late last year, Boeing’s Starliner failed to make it to the space station after a glitch caused the vehicle to burn too much fuel too early in the trip.
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is still on schedule for its first crewed launch in May, making it the first vehicle in the Commercial Crew program to reach that milestone.
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Late last year, Boeing’s Starliner was sent on a crucial test flight to the International Space Station. It didn’t hold any crew members, but it would likely have been the last uncrewed flight if things went smoothly. Well, they didn’t, and the spacecraft never made it to the space station. Now, Boeing is going to have to try again.

There had been some question as to whether NASA would take the shortcoming in stride and allow for a crewed test flight to commence without Boeing redoing the failed test. Now, after issuing dozens of corrective actions to the company, NASA has clearly made up its mind and Boeing will need to prove its expensive vehicle actually works as intended before NASA allows its astronauts to step onboard.

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Germany wants to track coronavirus outbreaks with smartwatches

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Germany is looking to analyze data from smartwatches and fitness devices to track the emergence of new coronavirus outbreaks in the country.
Pulse, temperature, and sleep data would be collected anonymously from participating citizens to map the potential spread of new COVID-19 hot zones in the future.
Germany has conducted extensive coronavirus testing, which allowed it to keep the death toll in check compared to other European countries and the US. New screening measures might be required to relax social distancing measures.
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With over 103,000 cases as of Tuesday morning, Germany has the world’s fourth-largest COVID-19 caseload after the US, Spain, and Italy. But Germany’s management of the novel coronavirus outbreak stands out for the low number of fatalities compared with other regions. Germany’s nearly 1,900 COVID-19 deaths at the time of writing puts the country in tenth place for coronavirus fatalities.

The explanation for Germany’s success in keeping the mortality rate low is extensive testing combined with extreme social distancing measures. Implemented early, the testing protocols allowed Germany to catch coronavirus patients earlier than others. As a result, COVID-19 patients were isolated and treated earlier than those in other countries. The extensive testing campaign also explains why Germany’s total cases rose to over 100,000 in about a month.

Germany isn’t stopping with its ample COVID-19 screening attempts, though, as the country has kicked off a program that allows the collection of coronavirus-relevant data with the help of wearable devices like the Apple Watch.

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Don’t miss tonight’s Super Pink Moon, the biggest supermoon of 2020

Posted on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 by Authcom

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Tonight’s Super Pink Moon will be the largest supermoon of 2020, with the Moon reaching its closest point to Earth, called perigee.
The Super Pink Moon will appear about 15% brighter than the normal-sized full moon, but you might not really notice the difference.
The April full moon is also called the Grass Moon and Egg Moon.
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This woeful year of 2020 hasn’t given us many reasons to celebrate. We’re in the midst of a global health crisis, people are isolating in their homes and fearing for their loved ones, and there’s really no telling when “normal” will return. It’s a bummer, but leave it to our Moon to give us a reason to get our minds off of our current predicament, as the biggest supermoon of the year is happening tonight.

The full moon of April is often called the Pink Moon, and tonight’s Pink Moon will be the closest the Moon will be to Earth during a full moon all year. That makes it a must-see for supermoon hunters and a genuinely interesting sight for anyone who wants to get their mind off of things for a bit.

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Bill Gates thinks US coronavirus deaths will be lower than predicted

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We haven’t had much good news since the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak began, but there are starting to be faint glimmers of hope regarding what quickly became a global pandemic.
Measures like social distancing appear to be having an effect, around the US at least, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — whose charitable foundation focuses extensively on global health care — is now predicting that we should see the number of coronavirus cases start to level off by the end of this month if we keep adhering to these mitigation practices.
If we do that, Gates also thinks the number of coronavirus deaths will come in below the estimates that have been publicized from the White House.
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Global health care is one of the many causes Bill Gates focuses on through his charitable foundation, so he naturally has had a lot to say about the current coronavirus pandemic — about the US response to it, the timetable for getting through it, and what the ultimate toll from it will be.

In line with a prediction he made during a Reddit AMA session a few weeks ago — that the US could turn a corner if we implemented a broad shutdown — he’s now estimating that the ultimate death toll from the novel virus in the US won’t be as bad as the numbers put out recently by the White House. President Trump just a few days ago noted that a range of deaths from the virus of between 100,000 and 240,000 people, as high as those numbers are, would be seen as a win for the US response and that all the other predicted scenarios result in much worse death counts.

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Netflix is giving parents more control over what their kids watch

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Netflix announced a series of new parental controls features for its streaming service on Tuesday.
Parents now have the ability to remove individual shows and movies from a Netflix profile so that they won’t appear in any of the suggested lists or search results.
Auto play of episodes can also finally be turned off in kids profiles.
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As the novel coronavirus outbreak forces millions of us to stay inside, streaming service usage has skyrocketed. We have so much time on our hands to watch shows and movies, as do the countless children staying home from school until the virus has been contained. But now that your kids are likely parked in front of the TV for hours every day, it’s more important than ever to monitor what they watch, especially if you’re in another room trying to get some work done. As such, Netflix’s latest parental control features couldn’t have come at a better time.

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Doctors think coronavirus can attack the heart directly

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Doctors think the novel coronavirus might affect the heart directly in some COVID-19 patients.
The virus might be damaging the heart even in patients who do not suffer from heart disease.
In some cases, patients were rushed to the emergency room with a heart attack diagnosis, but they turned out to be infected with the coronavirus.
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If you are rushed to the emergency room after experiencing what you thought was a heart attack, it turns out that it may have been the novel coronavirus. COVID-19 is a respiratory disease, with the virus primarily targeting the lungs. That’s why the most common symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, and difficulty breathing. But the longer this goes on, the more we learn about the virus.

Some patients may display early warning signs of COVID-19, like the loss of smell and/or taste. Others may come to the hospital with neurological warning signs. And doctors now think that some patients might be predisposed to heart damage after infection, which could be fatal.

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Yet another study finds that Android security is total crap

Posted on April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 by Authcom

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A new study of Android apps has found that thousands seem to contain hidden backdoors that facilitate secret behavior, in what is but the latest reminder of how aggressively the Google Play Store continues to be targeted by sketchy app developers.
The study looked at 150,000 apps, including 100,000 of the most popular from Google’s proprietary app marketplace, as well as apps from Baidu and Samsung.
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Thousands of Android apps have been found as part of a new study to contain hidden backdoors that facilitate secret behavior, including everything from changing user passwords to preventing users from accessing specific content that’s sometimes political in nature.

The study comes via researchers from Ohio State and New York Universities, as well as the Helmholtz Center for Information Security, and it took a look at 150,000 apps — the 100,000 most popular Google Play apps circa April 2019, plus 20,000 apps from Baidu as well as another 30,000 apps that Samsung pre-loads onto its devices. The focus was on two specific issues: To what extent do apps support secret behaviors, and is there an inherent danger of abuse.

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