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Some fungicides harm bumblebees

jeudi 25 juin 2015 à 14:00

A controlled experiment found that some fungicides harm bumblebees. The effect has been seen in agriculture too.

The problem could be avoided, more or less, by not spraying fungicide when plants bloom.

Race and guns

jeudi 25 juin 2015 à 14:00

"Charleston killings leave US reckoning with race and guns amid 'broken peace'."

Bytecode platform for proprietary software

jeudi 25 juin 2015 à 14:00

The major browser developers plan to support a replacement for obfuscated Javascript code: binary files.

Bytecode as a platform for distributing and running proprietary software does not make it any less of a wrong. The bytecode might offer the opportunity to facilitate statement of licenses and corresponding source code.

Pathogen research lab in Tornado Alley

jeudi 25 juin 2015 à 14:00

The [US] Government Is Putting a Pathogen-Research Lab in Tornado Alley.

Australia's new secrecy laws

jeudi 25 juin 2015 à 14:00

Australia's strict new secrecy laws, covering everything relating to handling of refugees, forces the doctors that treat them to "choose between [not being jailed] and their patients".