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GoPro goes modular for Hero8 Black actioncam

By Paul Ridden – Add-on accessories for the GoPro Hero8 Black include a Media Mod and Display Mod.  GoPro.  – After a short online teaser campaign, GoPro has pulled back the curtain on the successor to last year’s Hero7 Black. The Hero8 Black benefits …

Ancient scrolls charred by Vesuvius could be read once again

US scientists say it may be possible to decipher words using new x-ray technique Nicola Davis @NicolaKSDavis – One of the Herculaneum scrolls scientists are hoping to read with x-ray technology. Photograph: Diamond Light Source/Digital Restoration Initiative, University of Kentucky.  When Mount Vesuvius …

The coming collapse of the industrial livestock industry

A new report sees a major disruption in where we get our food. By Robby Berman – Image source: Celiafoto/Shutterstock.  We’re just a few years from the tipping point in engineered food. Traditional agriculture’s 10,000-year-run is about over. Better foods, tastier foods, and …