The Origin of the Blinking Cursor
Long-time Slashdot reader jimminy_cricket shares a new article from the technology site Inverse exploring the origin of blinking cursors. They trace the invention to the 1960s and electronics engineer Charles Kiesling, a naval veteran of the Korean.....»»
Blue Origin reveals its orbital maneuvering vehicle: Blue Ring
The Jeff Bezos-founded aerospace company, Blue Origin, recently announced its new and upcoming Swiss army knife-style spacecraft platform, Blue Ring, which comes after very little public discussion by Blue Origin regarding this project. For example,.....»»
NASA finds water and organics in asteroid sample—possible clues to origin of life
"Boy, did we really nail it." Enlarge / A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector. Scientists have found evidence of both carbon and water in initial analysis of this material. The bulk of the sample is located ins.....»»
Astronomers discover first step toward planet formation
Solving the mystery of how planets like Earth were formed is an important question for understanding the origin of life. Planets are thought to form when interstellar dust and gas collect in a protoplanetary disk surrounding a protostar, but it has b.....»»
New path for early human migrations through a once-lush Arabia contradicts a single "out of Africa" origin
Our species, Homo sapiens, migrated out of Africa multiple times—reaching the Levant and Arabia between 130,000 and 70,000 years ago, as exemplified by human fossils and archaeological sites found at various locations......»»
Study suggests large mound structures on Kuiper belt object Arrokoth may have common origin
A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Planetary Scientist and Associate Vice President Dr. Alan Stern posits that the large, approximately 5-kilometer-long mounds that dominate the appearance of the larger lobe of the pristine Kuiper.....»»
Q&A: Asteroid rocks may hold secrets to the origin of the solar system
Early Sunday morning, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft released a container that subsequently landed in Utah containing material from Bennu, a carbon-rich asteroid in the solar system......»»
Blue Origin to remain grounded for now following crash probe
US aviation regulators said Wednesday that Blue Origin must complete "21 corrective actions" before it can resume launches, closing a probe into an uncrewed crash last year that set back Jeff Bezos's space company......»»
Study: Honest people tend to migrate toward honest areas, depriving their places of origin of human capital
The newly observed phenomenon of "honesty drain" can subtract human capital and economic resources from areas where the tendency to break rules is higher, according to "Rule Breaking, Honesty and Migration," a paper by Massimo Anelli, (Bocconi Depart.....»»
10 best Gotham episodes ever, ranked
Gotham remains one of DC's most underrated TV shows, and these ten episodes display just how great this Batman-origin series really is......»»
Jeff Bezos finally got rid of Bob Smith at Blue Origin
"I am confident that Blue Origin's greatest achievements are still ahead of us." Enlarge / Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith (black hat) walks with Jeff Bezos after his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard into space in July 2021. (cred.....»»
Holidays to the home country could help bilingual children hold on to family"s original language
It's hard to keep a language in the family. Many people who migrate to different countries find that their language of origin has become a heritage language, passed on to future generations with varying degrees of success. These languages come under.....»»
Notes for iOS 17 has a right-to-left typing problem
Users of the iOS Notes app may encounter issues when typing in some right-to-left languages, with iOS 17 not properly handling cursor movement when typing in the app.Apple NotesThe cursor's movement while text is being typed is pretty well known to c.....»»
Incomplete disclosures by Apple and Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day hunters
No one mentioned that libwebp, a library found in millions of apps, was a 0-day origin. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Incomplete information included in recent disclosures by Apple and Microsoft reporting critical zero-.....»»
New origin story for key regulatory gene: PRC2 repressed jumping genes in ancestors of eukaryotes
The key protein complex PRC2 was discovered decades ago to silence genes, but new findings by Frederic Berger and his group at the Gregor Mendel Institute show that PRC2 represses transposons in a range of eukaryotes and only gradually evolved to sil.....»»
Musk’s Neuralink seeks volunteers for brain implants—who’s in?
The trial aims to help people with quadriplegia control a computer cursor or keyboard. Enlarge / An on-stage demo of the surgical robot. That could be you. (credit: Neuralink) After years of delays, regulatory rejections.....»»
Musk start-up Neuralink seeks people for brain-implant trial
The company hopes to help people with paralysis move a cursor, or type, using its brain implant......»»
New recipes for origin of life may point way to distant, inhabited planets
Life on a faraway planet—if it's out there—might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so many chemical ingredients in the universe's pantry, and only so many ways to mix them. A team led by scientists at the University of Wisc.....»»
Researchers investigate how carbon atoms might diffuse on interstellar ice grains
Uncovering the organic (carbon-based) chemistry in interstellar space is central to understanding the chemistry of the universe in addition to the origin of life on Earth and the possibilities for life elsewhere......»»
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A year after New Shepard’s accident, Blue Origin may return to flight next month
New Shepard is scheduled to launch in early October on its return-to-flight mission. Enlarge / On January 23, 2016, Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket again, after its previous flight in late 2015. This marked the first.....»»