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Researcher: Beefing up Border Patrol is a bipartisan goal, but the agency has a troubled history

With U.S. voters across the political spectrum strongly concerned about border security, presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have been trying to one-up each other on who can reduce migration at the nation's southern border fastest.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgNov 5th, 2024

Peaches spread across North America through Indigenous networks, radiocarbon dating and document analysis show

Spanish explorers may have brought the first peach pits to North America, but Indigenous communities helped the ubiquitous summer fruit really take root, according to a study led by a researcher at Penn State......»»

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FCC chairwoman announces departure, paving way for Republican majority

Rosenworcel had to lead agency without Democratic majority for most of her term. Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced today that she will lea.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Quack-like underwater sounds off the coast of New Zealand in the "80s may have been a conversation, researcher says

Mysterious, repeating sounds from the depths of the ocean can be terrifying to some, but in the 1980s, they presented a unique look at an underwater soundscape......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Researchers unearth two previously unknown Linux backdoors

ESET researchers have identified multiple samples of two previously unknown Linux backdoors: WolfsBane and FireWood. The goal of the backdoors and tools discovered is cyberespionage that targets sensitive data such as system information, user credent.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsNov 21st, 2024

Increasing complexity challenges strategic management, researcher finds

The changes in society and the phenomena surrounding us are becoming more unexpected and interconnected than ever before. This increasing complexity challenges strategic management, making it harder to predict trends and developments. According to a.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 20th, 2024

Oldest known alphabet unearthed in ancient Syrian city

What appears to be evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders excavated from a tomb in Syria by a team of Johns Hopkins University researchers......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 20th, 2024

Canada"s first moon rover will soon have a name as it prepares to explore a hostile lunar region

The Canadian Space Agency announced a competition today to name Canada's first-ever rover mission to the moon. This unmanned mission will explore the south polar region of the moon to search for water ice and explore its unique geology......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 20th, 2024

Cas9-PE system achieves precise editing and site-specific random mutation in rice

Achieving the aggregation of different mutation types at multiple genomic loci and generating transgene-free plants in the T0 generation is an important goal in crop breeding. Although prime editing (PE), as the latest precise gene editing technology.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 20th, 2024

Study traces the spicy history of chili peppers

The history of the chili pepper is in some ways the history of humanity in the Americas, says Dr. Katherine Chiou, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at The University of Alabama......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 20th, 2024

December 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

Alcohol in space; basking in the limelight.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

See How Close We Are to Gender Equality around the World

U.N. statistics show progress toward the goal of gender equality but a long way left to go.....»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

Tineco CARPET ONE CRUISER is the most convenient carpet cleaner in history

Tineco CARPET ONE CRUISER is the most convenient carpet cleaner in history.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

Shoppers aren"t as motivated by sustainability as they claim, researcher finds

Consumers who consider themselves to be "sustainable practitioners" may not be as well-intentioned towards the environment as they claim, new research shows......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

The hidden disease risks of modern housing developments in rural Africa

Tamika Lunn went to Kenya looking for bats. Her task, as a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of U of A biologist Kristian Forbes, was to catch bats to understand if, when and why they carried viruses. A spillover of a bat virus to humans could lead.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

HarperCollins asks authors to license their books to train AI models

If your goal is to make a bunch of authors exceedingly angry with you, I honestly can’t think of many better ways than asking them … The post HarperCollins asks authors to license their books to train AI models appeared first on BGR......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

Nearly half of Latin American migrants at US border experienced gun violence or threats back home

Almost half of the migrants crossing into the United States from Latin America and the Caribbean report previously experiencing firearm-related threats or violence in their home country, according to a University of Michigan study......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

Bias in the NFT market: Study reveals female and black avatars sell for less, and offers solutions to promote equality

The United States has a long history of gender and racial disparities in wealth, education, employment, and consumption. Research on modern marketplaces, including online rental and labor markets, has identified ways to reduce gender and racial inequ.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

Researcher reverse engineers new iPhone security feature ‘Inactivity Reboot’

A recent report by 404 Media revealed that law enforcement agents have been concerned about automatically rebooting themselves, which makes it very difficult to hack these devices. Security researcher Jiska Classen later discovered that this behavio.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

The ISS has been leaking air for 5 years, and engineers still don’t know why

"This is a an engineering problem, and good engineers should be able to agree on it." Officials from NASA and Russia’s space agency don’t see eye to eye on the causes and risk.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 19th, 2024

Valve developers discuss why Half Life 2: Episode 3 was abandoned

Anniversary doc also includes footage of unused ice gun, blob enemies. After Ars spent Half-Life 2's 20th anniversary week looking back at the game's history and impact, Valve mar.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsNov 18th, 2024