50 Viking Age burials discovered in Denmark, including a woman in a rare ‘Viking wagon’
Finding a Viking Age burial ground of this size is rare, in part because Scandinavian soil doesn’t preserve skeletons well.
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Can you see Earth’s new ‘minimoon’ with the naked eye?
On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new “minimoon” called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet for 57 days, but is too small to be visible to amateur skywatchers.
Systems used by courts and governments across the US riddled with vulnerabilities
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Public records systems that courts and governments rely on to manage voter registrations and legal filings have been riddled with vulnerabilities that made it possible for attackers to falsify registration databases and add, delete, or modify…
Policy change lets Reddit veto user protests
Enlarge (credit: Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) Following site-wide user protests last year that featured moderators turning thousands of subreddits private or not-safe-for-work (NSFW), Reddit announced that mods now need its permission to make those changes. Reddit’s VP of…
The Audi RS7—they won’t make them like this much longer
Enlarge / I’ve had a soft spot for Audi’s RS7 for at least a decade now. Will Audi replace it, or is this the last in its line? (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) The arrival of competent electric vehicles is a boon…
Non-news website expose people to more political content than news websites
A study conducted across the Netherlands, the United States, and Poland found that approximately 66% of the political content people are exposed to comes from non-news websites. People rarely visit news websites, and they search for political topics on these…
For the first time since 1882, UK will have no coal-fired power plants
Enlarge / The Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant is set to shut down for good today. (credit: Ashley Cooper) On Monday, the UK will see the closure of its last operational coal power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, which has been operating since 1968. The closure…
Verizon customers face mass-scale outage across the US
Enlarge / A Downdetector map showing where Verizon outages are reported. (credit: Downdetector) Wireless customers of Verizon and AT&T have found that they cannot make calls, send or receive text messages, or download any mobile data. As of this article’s…
“So aggravating”: Outdated ads start appearing on PS5 home screen
Enlarge (credit: Getty) PlayStation 5 owners are reporting advertisements on the device’s home screen. Frustratingly, the ads seem to be rather difficult to disable, and some are also outdated ads and/or confusing content. The ads, visible on users’ home screens…
Illinois city plans to source its future drinking water from Lake Michigan
Enlarge / Waves roll ashore along Lake Michigan in Whiting, Indiana. (credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. It is republished with permission.…
