Category: Science & Technology
Greta Thunberg’s Message at Davos Forum: ‘Our House Is Still on Fire’
The activist punched a hole in the promises emerging from a forum of the global political and business elite at Davos, telling the leaders to stop investing in fossil fuels immediately.
A Simple Twist of Thermodynamics Could Lead to Greener Refrigeration
Fibers that become colder when they are untwisted could inspire more environmentally-friendly fridges
— Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fears of China’s Coronavirus Prompt Australia to Screen Flights
The new virus has killed six and infected nearly 300 people in China, with confirmed cases in Taiwan, Thailand, Japan and South Korea. An expert says it can be transmitted by humans.
Alone on a Mountaintop, Awaiting a Very Hard Rain
Decades ago, Armenian scientists built a high-elevation trap to catch and study cosmic rays. Physics has mostly moved on, but the station persists — a ghost observatory with a skeleton crew.
The Freshwater Giants Are Dying
Overharvesting and habitat loss endanger most of the world’s freshwater “megafauna.” But many species may yet be saved.
Conservative States Seek Billions to Brace for Disaster. (Just Don’t Call It Climate Change.)
A Trump administration program to help states prepare for natural disasters has become a window into the tortured political language of talking about climate change.
How do you monitor/debug fleet of embedded/iot devices?
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I’m working on a new embedded project that will eventually be deployed in various locations. How do you handle updates? Crash debugging monitoring etc?
- I’ve a mixture of devices some of the running standard linux and some of the RTOS.
I’m specifically interested in how you debug hard-crashes/reboots etc…
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Old Drug, New Tricks: Existing Medicines Show Promise in Fighting Cancer
Dozens of compounds approved for other purposes can **** cancer cells selectively
— Read more on ScientificAmerican.com