Friday, November 3, 2023

California Is Releasing Millions of Fruit Flies (Daily Rundown by Newser)

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November 3, 2023
 
The Big Rundown
California is dealing with an invasion of Mediterranean fruit flies—aka Medflies—by saturating the affected area with millions of fruit flies. Keep reading
 
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More Big News
Hezbollah's leader made his first public comments on the Israel-Hamas war Friday—but while Hassan Nasrallah stressed that the Hamas-allied group is keeping all its options open, he stopped short of declaring all-out war. Keep reading
 
Also Making Headlines
 
Today's Jaw-Dropper
A city council in Western Australia is facing a backlash after deploying the Wiggles to deter homeless people. Keep reading
 
Don't Overlook
Seventy-two hours before liftoff, astronaut Ken "TK" Mattingly was pulled from Apollo 13. Keep reading
 
On the Lighter Side
The average age of residents in the Chartwell Colonel Belcher Retirement Residence in Calgary is 84, notes the New York Times. Keep reading
 
Science Buzz
The little asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. Keep reading
 
Wild Card
The sharing of explicit AI-generated images of high school students has triggered an uproar in an affluent New York City suburb and left the teens, parents, school, and police wondering how they can address the violations given what the Wall Street Journal describes as a "lack of clarity on such images' legality." Keep reading
 
Comment of the Day
"Their message to children was always about inclusion and empathy. Use of their music as an anti homelessness tool would, I imagine, be anathema to them."
Aunty Anne Tifa
Quote of the Day
"Everything about that is chaos, but nothing about that is dark."
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