The Daily Populous

Wednesday December 13rd, 2017 morning edition

image for Tick that fed on dinosaurs found preserved on its host’s fossilized feather

Hard tick grasping a dinosaur feather preserved in 99 million-year-old Burmese amber.

Studied tick pieces and extant hard tick for comparison (tick is 5 mm long).

In a discovery that seems straight out of Jurassic Park, researchers have identified a 99-million-year-old fossilized tick on a dinosaur feather.

In a significant divergence from the Hollywood storyline, the fossils will not be yielding any dinosaur DNA.

Private collectors James Zigras and Scott Anderson purchased the pieces online, as Burmese amber is currently massively sold online by local traders.

First, an immature hard tick grasping a feather, which represents direct evidence of ticks parasitising feathered dinosaurs in the mid-Cretaceous.

: We don’t know much about the feathered dinosaur that the hard tick was parasitizing, from just the morphology of the feather. »

Ajit Pai offers no data for latest claim that net neutrality hurt small ISPs

Authored by arstechnica.com

With days to go before his repeal of net neutrality rules, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai issued a press release about five small ISPs that he says were harmed by the rules.

(Title II is the statute that the FCC uses to enforce net neutrality rules and regulate common carriers.).

Sjoberg's Inc., meanwhile, told Pai that the interest rate charged by its bank increased because of the "uncertainty" caused by net neutrality rules. »

In final-hour order, court rules that Alabama can destroy digital voting records after all

Authored by al.com
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Alabama is allowed to destroy digital voting records created at the polls during today's U.S. Senate election after all.

At 1:36 p.m. Monday, a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge issued an order directing Alabama election officials to preserve all digital ballot images created at polling places across the state today.

By that point the state will have had ample time to destroy the digital ballot images legally under the stay. »

Emmanuel Macron says the world is losing the fight against climate change: 'We're not moving quick enough'

Authored by independent.co.uk
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Emmanuel Macron has said that the world is “losing the battle” against climate change and issued a plea to the leaders of wealthy countries: “We’re not moving quick enough.

Mr Macron said the US was not willing to “join the club” on combating climate change, he told Time.

France announced a raft of 12 non-binding commitments, from a $300m pledge to fight desertification to accelerating the transition towards a decarbonised economy. »

Google Maps will soon get step-by-step live transit guidance

Authored by techcrunch.com
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These updates will appear in the Google Maps app and, maybe most importantly, on your Android lock screen.

To get started, you search for your transit directions in Google Maps as usual.

Our understanding is that Google Maps will even remind you to get off your bus or train when you get close to your stop. »