Left out of the Room Where it Happens: Barriers to Serving in Senior Congressional Staff Roles May Limit “Representative” Science Policymaking

Tech Today: NASA Helps Find Where the Wildfires Are - NASA

Globally, nearly all wildfires start with a human ignition source – not lightning strikes or wildlife encountering power equipment. Knowing humans can be a

Expedition 69 Astronauts Tour NASA Goddard, Speak With Employees - NASA

A trio of astronauts visited with employees at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 18, 2024, to share their spaceflight

APOD: 2024 March 19 – A Picturesque Equinox Sunset

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

“If words wept, this screen would be leaking. – Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider

US, Germany Partnering on Mission to Track Earth’s Water Movement - NASA

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Continuity mission will extend a decades-long record of following shifting water masses using gravity measurements.

NASA Administrator, Health Secretary to Host Cancer Moonshot Event - NASA

Media are invited to join NASA and Department of Health and Human Services leadership at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, March 21, at NASA Headquarters in

NASA Study: Asteroid’s Orbit, Shape Changed After DART Impact - NASA

After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed and its orbit has shrunk.

Gemini VI Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Walter M. Schirra Jr. - NASA

Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), and Walter M. Schirra Jr., pose for the camera during suiting up exercises on Oct. 22, 1965. Stafford was selected among

NVIDIA driver 550.67 released fixes for VKD3D (Proton), Wayland and more

NVIDIA has today released a fresh stable bug-fix driver with version 550.67 now available for Linux. So here's all the changes you'll find.

Researching the Fediverse: Instances and Individuals

I just read a new article focusing on Mastodon: Christina Dunbar-Hester’s “Showing Your Ass on Mastodon.” (I’ve put in the bibliography, too).

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Enterprise Day speaker: Felix Gebauer, Schleswig-Holstein's open source strategy - Nextcloud

Nextcloud Enterprise Day speaker announcement! Introducing Felix Gebauer from Schleswig-Holstein German state's administration

Public Viewing: Nextcloud Hub 8 Launch | LinkedIn

Am 24. April 2024 stellt Nextcloud seine neue Version Nextcloud Hub 8 vor. Aus diesem An-lass laden wir alle ein, die sich für Nextcloud interessieren: Hosting-Anbieter, Systemhäuser, professionelle Nutzer in Unternehmen und Verwaltungen sowie Nextcl…

CoreCtrl adds AMD RX 7000 series fan curve controls, Intel CPU temperature sensors

CoreCtrl is a useful application giving you a full GUI for adjusting your CPU and GPU profiles on Linux, and the latest release has expanded the hardware features supported.

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER releases May 16th

Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER, the sequel to 2064: Read Only Memories finally has a release date as you'll be able to get your hands on it on May 16th.

Save dogs, eat pigs?

South Korea has banned dog meat, but is pig meat any different?

Palm oil plantations increase risk of infant death for Southern Pig-tailed Macaques

In Peninsular Malaysia, a new study published in Cell Biology by a team led by Dr Anna Holzner of German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig has found that infant…

Brazil: Stop land grabbing and violence for “fair and sustainable” palm oil!

Palm oil from Brazil's Agropalma sports no less than ten different seals: Certified as organic, fair and sustainable, the oil is sold to food giants such as Ferrero, Kellogg’s and Nestlé.

Palm oil deforestation persists in Indonesia’s Leuser amid new mills, plantations

JAKARTA — Deforestation for oil palm plantations continues unabated at the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, likely driven by new processing mills that in turn may ultimately be supplying major consumer goods companies.

Guatemala: Chiquibul Seeks to Certify its Oil Palm Crops while Using Violence Against Indigenous Peoples - Avispa Midia

Community of Santa Elena, in Petén, is surveilled by police patrols and armed company guards; at night drones fly over the community

Great news: Apes have a sense of humour and they enjoy teasing each other

New research finds that it's not only human babies who love to playfully tease each other. Researchers reasoned that since language is not required for this ...

Great news: Apes have a sense of humour and they enjoy teasing each other

New research finds that it is not only human babies who love to playfully tease each other. Researchers reasoned that since language is not required for this behaviour, similar kinds of playful tea…

chiaki4deck PlayStation to Steam Deck streaming app v1.6.4 adds a few useful options

chiaki4deck recently put up another small update, to add in a couple of new options that sound quite useful for those of you streaming a PlayStation to your Steam Deck.

GOG team up with Amazon Luna for cloud gaming

GOG have announced that they're teaming up with Amazon Luna, to bring your existing GOG games over to their cloud gaming service.

There is no EU cookie banner law

You mean it's greed? I'm shocked!

Cinematic Soundwaves: Inspiring Audio for Film & Gaming

Game devs, filmmakers, content creators: get over 22 hours of royalty-free music for your next project! Pay what you want & help Children’s Miracle Network.

Superhero XCOM-like 'Capes' releases in May, new gameplay trailer is up

Capes is shaping up to be quite an interesting strategy game, where it blends XCOM style with superheros and now they have a release window and new trailer.

Knock knock. Who's there? More scam apps on Canonical's Snap Store!

No this isn't a joke, sadly. Canonical once again have a problem with scam apps appearing on the Snap Store, which is becoming a repeating problem.

Valve tweaks WWE 2K24 for AMD GPUs like Steam Deck, looking into Red Alert 2 issues

WWE 2K24 released recently and at least for those with an AMD GPU (like the Steam Deck) there were various graphical issues, but it should now work better. Plus, Valve are looking into issues with Red Alert 2 in Proton.

Playtron plan to launch PlaytronOS, a Linux-based system for gaming

Playtron have teased their PlaytronOS, taking aim at the gaming space to compete with SteamOS with a Linux-powered system. Could be exciting times ahead.

Apex Legends Global Series postponed due to mid-match hacks

Good Morning. Some interesting industry news for you here, as it seems Apex Legends has something of a hacker problem right now that has even messed up the Global Series esport tournament.

APOD: 2024 March 19 – A Picturesque Equinox Sunset

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.