Day: June 1, 2019

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Scooter riders beware – Hackers can remotely accelerate or brake popular electric models

Fernando Kaskais

by: Lance D Johnson (Natural News) A popular electric scooter model manufactured in China can beremotely hacked and locked down. According to a “proof of concept” test by security research firm Zimperium, these electric scooters can be remotely accessed and controlled. Hackers can remotely accelerate the scooter or cause it to hit the brakes, putting the rider at risk of sudden injury or death. The electric scooter is called the Xiaomi M365 and it’s currently being used with dockless, ride sharing services in cities throughout the U.S. Zimperium found the flaw in the scooter’s Bluetooth module. Because the scooter was designed … Continue reading Scooter riders beware – Hackers can remotely accelerate or brake popular electric models

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The Healing Power of Gardens: Oliver Sacks on the Psychological and Physiological Consolations of Nature

Fernando Kaskais

Art by Violeta Lopíz and Valerio Vidali from The Forest by Riccardo Bozzi “In forty years of medical practice, I have found only two types of non-pharmaceutical ‘therapy’ to be vitally important for patients with chronic neurological diseases: music and gardens.” BY MARIA POPOVA “I work like a gardener,” the great painter Joan Miró wrote in his meditation on the proper pace for creative work. It is hardly a coincidence that Virginia Woolf had her electrifying epiphany about what it means to be an artist while walking amid the flower beds in the garden at St. Ives. Indeed, to garden — even merely to be … Continue reading The Healing Power of Gardens: Oliver Sacks on the Psychological and Physiological Consolations of Nature

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Flash!

Fernando Kaskais

A lightning storm over the Taravo Valley on the French island of Corsica, 15 August 2018. Photo by Pascal Pochard Casabianca/Afp/Getty It ignited life on Earth, propelled evolution, and now signals climate change. Yet what sparks lightning remains a mystery Sidney Perkowitz is a science writer and has been emeritus professor of physics at Emory University. He is the author of Hollywood Science: Movies, Science, and the End of the World (2007) and his latest books are Physics: A Very Short Introduction(2019) and Real Scientists Don’t Wear Ties(forthcoming, 2019). He lives in Atlanta. Edited by Pam Weintraub Lightning flashes through the sky millions of times a … Continue reading Flash!