Eat the children now!

Can Blood from Young People Slow Aging? Silicon Valley Has Bet Billions It Will

A little too Swiftian, ya think?

If you've been using Facebook you may need to change your turtle's name

Pets' names used as passwords by millions, study finds

Not sure? Check to see, here.

About this time of year, after another drab New England winter, I get ravenous for a little color

 

Neither is just about anything else, it seems, but still…

Discarded masks litter beaches worldwide, threaten sea life

“PPE has been vital in protecting human health, but the resulting pollution has also exposed that our waste systems are not equipped to handle crises like this.”

…pick 'em up.

Next: Your life as a cog

In a Wired article about robots taking over blue-collar jobs (driving forklifts, waiting tables…) author Will Knight notes:

The need for humans to help the robots highlights the limits of artificial intelligence, and it suggests that people may still serve as a crucial cog in future automation.

Imagine our relief.

(The article is paywalled on the Wired site but available from Apple News+ here.)

A person might almost wonder if this is a real sentence

“A different disease needs a different drug,” said co-founder and CEO Panna Sharma of Lantern Pharma.

Well, it is, and it comes from this story:

‘But I never smoked’: A growing share of lung cancer cases is turning up in an unexpected population

Me, I'm holding out for Mozart (but that's probably not "throaty" enough)

Electric Cars Can Sound Like Anything. That's a Huge Opportunity to Craft the Soundscape of the Future

Next time I hit the accelerator, the car took off, emitting the throaty, electric roar of a cyberpunk spaceship…

And just when you thought it was safe…

Where’s the ketchup? US sees shortage as manufacturers rush to meet demand

It’s an American tragedy that takes place in under a minute.…

Oh no!

What, no hydroxychloroquine?

'Angriest octopus' lashes out at man on Australia beach

 Since he did not have vinegar, his preferred treatment for sea animal stings, he poured cola over the affected area, which worked well to stop the stinging.

Imagine our delight

Meet The 40 New Billionaires Who Got Rich Fighting Covid-19

A record 493 new billionaires joined the list this year, propelled by a red-hot stock market and unprecedented economic stimulus. Among those newcomers are at least 40 new entrants who draw their fortunes from companies involved in fighting Covid-19.

And we thought we had this settled half a century ago

On the Miserable Necessity of Doing Censorship Stories in Pairs

Ultimately, like nearly all problems in this country that have both bipartisan causes and an impact in all directions, the censorship issue has been chopped up into parts, in order to be marketed to different news demographics, and consumed as partisan grumbling.

Away, presumably

Army captain sets women's world record for mile run in a bomb disposal suit

The suit weighs more than 70 pounds.

But any other time…

In Easter speech, pope calls wars in pandemic ‘scandalous’