WGA and Studio CEOs End Second Day Of Talks; “Progress” Made But Deal Not Done – Update (deadline.com)
How to Connect Your WordPress Blog to the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)
It's now possible for WordPress blogs to use ActivityPub to talk to the rest of the Fediverse. Here's some tips and tricks to get started.
Half-million-year-old wooden structure unearthed in Zambia (www.bbc.co.uk)
Ancient timber preserved in a riverbed suggests humans were building wooden structures 500,000 years ago.
New study looks again at how alcohol influences attraction (arstechnica.com)
For a phenomenon that is so deeply engrained in the public consciousness, the scientific evidence regarding what has been called "beer goggles" is surprisingly inconsistent. The term refers to finding people more attractive after drinking alcohol, and there is a wealth of scientific evidence both for and against its existence.
Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins (phys.org)
Paleontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light on feather evolution.
12 pedestrians robbed overnight across Chicago's North Side; crime out of control for weeks (www.fox32chicago.com)
A dozen pedestrians were robbed, most of them at gunpoint, in less than an hour early Thursday across Chicago's North Side. Part of a nightly crime spree for the past several weeks by armed caravans.
How Brute Violence Became Egypt’s Answer to Virtually Everything (fpif.org)
In Abdel Fattah alSisi’s Egypt, Telling the Truth Is a Crime. The president’s agencies have controlled, purchased, or coerced all mainstream media in the country, and opposition media in exile is largely partisan. So web platforms like Matsadaash play a valuable role as one of the last remaining voices for independent...
Fungal-Plant Symbiosis: Boosting Crop Resilience and Paving the Way for Sustainable Agriculture (scitechdaily.com)
Researchers inoculated rapeseed plants with a species of fungus that is known for its ability to combat pest insects. Utilizing the relationship between beneficial fungi and crop plants may introduce a new era of agriculture where the plant resilience is improved and the ecological footprint of trad
Urban light pollution linked to smaller eyes in birds: Study (phys.org)
The bright lights of big cities could be causing an evolutionary adaptation for smaller eyes in some birds, a new study indicates.
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US, China barred from UN’s 'Climate Ambition Summit' (20 September) after promises only to include the most ambitious (www.euractiv.com)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, announcing the summit in December, said he would make the summit “no nonsense” and include only leaders of countries with concrete plans to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.