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Why Humans Totally Freak Out When They Get Lost

ONE DAY IN October 2015, a forest surveyor working in an area of dense woodland near Mount Redington in Maine came across a collapsed tent hidden in the undergrowth. He noticed a backpack, some clothes, a sleeping bag, and inside the sleeping bag what he assumed was a human skull. He took a photograph, then hurried out of the woods and called his boss. The news soon reached Kevin Adam, the search and rescue coordinator for the Maine Warden Service, who immediately guessed what the surveyor had found. He wrote later, “From what I could see of the location on the map and what I saw in the picture, I was almost certain it would be Gerry Largay.”

TWO HUGE BLOBS IN EARTH’S MANTLE ARE FIGHTING IT OUT OVER OUR MAGNETIC POLE

If you have a very sensitive compass, a predilection for graphing, and a lot of patience, you may have noticed that the Earth’s magnetic pole has been hightailing it toward Siberia recently. It wanders all the time, actually, but in 1990 suddenly accelerated rapidly toward Siberia. A few fringe folks (as they are wont to do) have predicted doom and gloom over this, but in fact it’s a natural and geologically common event… and scientists now think they know why.

Here’s Even More Evidence That Plant Protein Is Better for You Than Animal Protein

It’d be great if a burger-a-day diet was healthy. Don’t get me wrong—it’s not the worst. You’ve got protein in there and hopefully some veggies on top (and on the side) , and even some fiber from the roll (you used whole grain, right?).

Moderna reports positive data on early-stage coronavirus vaccine trial, shares surge

Moderna’s closely watched early-stage human trial for a coronavirus vaccine produced Covid-19 antibodies in all 45 participants.

Can an artificial intelligence learn to beat the stock market?

Jeff Glickman spent decades building an AI to rival the best minds on Wall Street. Is it possible that he’s cracked the code?

The Singapore and HK finance professionals most likely to be axed in six months

Contractors at banks in Singapore and Hong Kong are currently in high demand, but they could be among the first to suffer if the job market takes a further turn for the worse later this year.

No information. No way off. 100,000 crew members remain in cruise ship limbo for months

In the avenue of ocean that stretches south from Miami to Cuba and northeast to the Bahamas, dozens of cruise ships sail back and forth. Every so often, they come into Florida ports to refuel and restock. Otherwise, they wait.

Madden Bowl Winner Didn’t Use A QB, Or Throw A Single Pass

The 2020 Madden Bowl, EA’s big official championship for its long-running football series, was won last week by a player who didn’t throw a pass for the entire tournament, or even put a recognised QB under centre.

Anatomy of an internet shutdown

How citizens, telecom employees, and activists in Sudan turned a battle for digital rights into a referendum on the government

Ethereum as layer 2 solution for Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s third halving happened a few days back. Bitcoin block mining reward got reduced from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC. Bitcoin’s transaction fees are already high and with the inflation reduction, the mining fee to process the transactions may go higher only. Many layer 2 Bitcoin scaling projects are coming up nowadays to solve Bitcoin’s transaction speed & transaction fee issue. Lightning network is such a layer 2 technology for Bitcoin to scale up the blockchain’s capability by the use of micropayments. By taking the transactions away from the mainchain, lightning network targets to decongest the Bitcoin network and provide instant transactions with nominal fees. But there have been issues with lightning network as it is vulnerable to hacking. Lightning network didn’t find much use also after raising initial expectation.