Electric eels can inject genetic material into organisms around it. They do this by a process called eletroporation. I remember doing this in the lab. Amazing that it happens in nature, too.
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Organic Maps is forking. The new version will be called CoMaps. It's not available on the App Store yet, and the download links aren't working. This one seems to be more privacy oriented. I'm willing to check it out when it's available.
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An interferometer device can read text a mile away. Incredible! I would have thought diffraction would make it entirely unreadable. Not so.
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Microsoft is laying off 3% of its employees today. It laid off 5% just four months ago. Looks like they're doing this to prioritize work in AI.
Speaking of AI, Tsinghua University Hospital in China is going full AI. No more human physicians. Only AI agents to take care of you. We're not ready for this.
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The U.S. Treasury has a surplus surprise. This is from tariffs and DOGE cuts, unlike in 2022 when it was because Joe Biden raised taxes. Great, so maybe we can afford those tax cuts after all.
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Oregon's economy continues to decline and 42% of people can afford all that they need.
Another one bites the dust. Next Adventure outdoor retail outlet is closing all stores. The cause? "...rising security costs due to increasing crime and theft." Same old. How much longer are people going to tolerate this?
Washington State Library may have to shutter. Lack of funding, as usual. All the money going to support the drug-using homeless. More benefits being taken away even as taxes increase. Life in Blue Citites.
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Renton Landing Urgent Care and Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic is closing. No money. Same reason as usual.
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