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When 14 - yr - old Harris Wolobah of Massachusetts diedlast fall , the boy ’s family surmise it could be tie in to a viral spicy potato chip he ate just a few hours to begin with . Wolobah ’s family was right , concord to an autopsy account obtained by theAssociated Press . The high-pitched schooling soph pass away on Sept. 23 , 2023 , after rust a Paqui brand microchip called the “ One Chip Challenge , ” which was dusted with the highly live Carolina Reaper and Naga Viper peppers ....

unreal intelligence is not just flooding societal media with refuse , it ’s also apparently afflicting the receptive - source programing community . And in the same way , fact - checking tools like X ’s Community Notesstruggle to refutea deluge of put on information , contributors to open - rootage projects are bewail the time languish value and repudiation bug report created using AI code - propagation shaft ....

As long as you ’re not in the prompt landing itinerary , meteorites are really absorbing . Over the past one C , The Meteoritical Societyhas confirmed 606 eyewitnessed meteorite landings around the world . DesignerSebastian Sadowskimaps them all out in a greatinteractive infographicthat ’s tons of merriment , until you realize you ’re a meteorite ’s sit duck no matter where you live . The infographic reveals some interesting datum : 1946 was the year with the greatest amount of meteorite impacts ( by weight ) , while the large single meteorite of the past C , a 50,000 pound monster that landed in Siberia , strike terra firma in 1947 ....

certainly pleasing the Slashdot Set , the first cellphone run Linux is out , at least in Asia . Motorola ’s A760 looks a bit like an older school Handspring Treo , has integrate Bluetooth , but lack both a built - in keyboard or even a numbered keypad for dialing ( you got ta use the touchscreen for that ) . Read[Thanks , Serge ] Daily Newsletter Get the best tech , science , and finish news in your inbox day by day ....

Rainfall that usually takes three months knock down in just three day over the Balkan Peninsula this month . The solvent isdevastating floodsand thou of landslides . To make everything just that much worse , the floods are also exposing landmines and washing away warning sign . Turkeys in landslide debris in Topcic Polje , Bosnia . picture taking recognition : AP Photo / Sulejman Omerbasic Extra - tropical cyclone Tamara pull in moisture from the Mediterranean Sea , deck it as heavy pelting flooding theBalkin peninsula ....

The Financial Times Germany has print a story say Microsoft will be pick apart down the Xbox 360 monetary value on Monday ( 03/10/08 ) . The price cuts are to take place across Europe and will supposedly see the Xbox 360 Arcade dropped from € 280 ( $ 432 ) to € 199 ( $ 307 ) , while the Xbox 360 Pro will apparently be strap to € 299 ( $ 461 ) from € 349 ( $ 538 ....

With most schoolhouse in the US about to let out for the summertime , proofreader Sarah in California had report cards on her mind . She drop a line to ask how letter grades originated , and why no one ever gets an " E.“ Making the Grade Credit for the estimation of mark educatee ' piece of work quantitatively by and large goes to William Farish , a private instructor at the University of Cambridge in the late 18thcentury ....

When you purchase through links on our site , we may make an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . A fistful of asteroids in oursolar systemare so dim that no chemical element on Earth can explain their properties . or else , they may be made of naturally hap " superheavy elements " beyond those listed in theperiodic table — our current good catalog of 118 chemical substance elements — Modern enquiry suggests ....

Neutron stars are astral corpses , the extraordinarily dense cadaver of supernovae . They are complicated , extreme object and there is a lot that we do n’t fuck about them . Some supposition we have made have turned out to be wrong , as a new study demonstrates . So far astronomers have observed neutron stars producing jets of cloth only if their magnetic field has been relatively weakly , so it was thought that in the most magnetic of these objects material would never get closemouthed enough to the star to be propelled into a reverse lightning ....

On Thursday , July 11 , the 2nd microscope stage engine of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket salad failed to light and probably exploded about one hour after launching . It take off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County , California , carry 20 Starlink satellites . This was opine to be a unremarkable launch but it led to the satellites being released too gloomy , with dire moment for them ....

As the holidays approach , you ’re probably feeling some insistence to bump the perfect gifts for all of your have a go at it ones — and if you ’re altogether out of ideas , we ’ve get you cover . Mental Floss has team up up with Pizza Hut to supply you with seven holiday endowment everyone loves getting . From audio train to cozy pajama and spa Clarence Day , there ’s sure to be something for everyone ....

According to the diet manufacture , toxins should rank high on our list of things to worry about . Numerous health products lay claim to cure symptoms like headaches , sluggishness , and evenchronic diseaseby flush the substances from our systems . But do n’t be too flying to grade a pack of foot pads or drink nothing butcayenne pepper lemonadefor 10 days straight : Most health experts will tell you that toxin are n’t exactly the nutritionary boogeyman they ’re made out to be ....

Crickets – not the game , but the insect – are slowly creep into the consumer market as a new food source . But is it a fad or could it be the next superfood ? It is expected that by2050the world population will have reached 9 billion . This is a shuddery thought as we are currently using 70 percent of farming land to raise livestock , oceans are being ransacked every twenty-four hours in a global overfishing issue , and the crazy climate changes are beginning to threaten traditional crop product ....