From the mill to the mine: How Grand Falls-Windsor evolved when pulp and paper turned a page
For 100 years, the town of Grand Falls-Windsor relied on the pulp and paper industry. Just as that door closed, mining operations picked up.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/from-the-mill-to-the-mine-how-grand-falls-windsor-evolved-when-pulp-and-paper-turned-a-page-9.7198472?cmp=rss
#Chernobyl #Fungus Seems to Have #Evolved an Incredible Ability
Clinging to walls of one of most #radioactive buildings on Earth, scientists have found a strange black fungus curiously living its best life.
Fungus called Cladosporium sphaerospermum, and scientists think its dark pigment – melanin – may allow it to harness ionizing #radiation through a process similar to the way plants harness light for photosynthesis. Proposed mechanism is referred to as #radiosynthesis.
https://www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fungus-seems-to-have-evolved-an-incredible-ability
Chernobyl Fungus Seems to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability

The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but not to every form of life.

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❄️ Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold, the sixth expansion, due January 2027; Switch 2 port scheduled August 2026.

Continues the Godless Realms Saga: level cap to 110, two new jobs (tank and physical ranged DPS), new cities/dungeons/trials, raid series and a new Ultimate, huge destructible threats. Two combat modes, Reborn and Evolved (new jobs only in Evolved). Evangelion collab with khara (alliance raids). Patch roadmap: 7.5-28.04, 7.5...

#SteamAndEpic #Evolved #Switch #Patch #Evangelion #Continues

đź‘˝ Alien: Rogue Incursion, Evolved Edition is out on Nintendo Switch 2 for $19.99, and a PS4 release is coming SOON.

On Switch 2 the game uses detached Joy‑Con as a mouse, just pull the controller off and place it on any surface and the mouse mode turns on automatically. The story sits between Alien and Aliens: marine Zula Hendrix and her synthetic partner Davis‑01 must survive a secret complex crawling with xenomorphs. The original...

#SteamAndEpic #Evolved #Edition #Switch #Alien #Zakharchuk

Some technologists have argued that, over the past decade, machines have #evolved to attain intelligence, some enthusiasts even claiming mechanical sentience. Yeah, whatever.

But one thing is undeniable: since 2016, humans have #devolved, losing our humanity, empathy, comity, conscience, and intelligence.

Thanks, #AI and #SocialMedia.