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Overwhelming evidence shows hepatitis C treatment effective for people who inject drugs
Researchers are calling on an end to discriminatory health and illicit drugs policies, based on overwhelming evidence that new hepatitis C therapies are effective at curing the virus in people who inject drugs.
Land-based bird populations are at risk of local extinction
A new report finds that land-based bird populations are becoming confined to nature reserves in some parts of the world — raising the risk of global extinction — due to the loss of suitable habitat.
Octopuses given mood drug ‘ecstasy’ reveal genetic link to evolution of social behaviors in humans
By studying the genome of a kind of octopus not known for its friendliness toward its peers, then testing its behavioral reaction to a popular mood-altering drug called MDMA or ‘ecstasy,’ scientists say they have found preliminary evidence of an evolutionary link between the social behaviors of the sea creature and humans, species separated by 500 million years on the evolutionary tree.
Neutrons produce first direct 3-D maps of water during cell membrane fusion
New 3-D maps of water distribution during cellular membrane fusion are accelerating scientific understanding of cell development, which could lead to new treatments for diseases associated with cell fusion.
Instagram may let users start hiding hashtags from posts
If you want to boost your follower count without having to use an embarrassing amount of hashtags, Instagram is testing a feature that might let you hide hashtags from your captions. Developer Jane Manchun Wong tweeted a screenshot of the new feature, which lets you add an unlimited number of hashtags without having them appear in the final post.
In the tweet below, you can see she added four hashtags like #city and #hongkong:
Instagram is testing the ability to add hashtags to posts without including it in the post caption pic.twitter.com/OhQn0xcCuw
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) September 20, 2018
And the hashtags don’t show up on the photo she posted on Instagram:
Nintendo has cute classic NES controllers for your Switch, but there’s a catch – CNET
Joy-Con who?
VW’s I.D. Buzz Cargo is an electric delivery van with a hint of flower power
There’s a new entrant in Volkswagen’s playful I.D. lineup of electric concept cars: the I.D. Buzz Cargo van. The transporter concept was presented at the IAA Commercial Vehicles conference in Hannover, Germany, as a progressive sibling of the I.D. Buzz, the all-electric, autonomous Microbus concept first unveiled at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show.
Made for businesses that haul products from place to place, the I.D. Buzz Cargo is an office on wheels. The light commercial vehicle has a solar roof, three front-row seats, and a third row that folds down into a workstation with an integrated laptop. The photovoltaic system generates so much energy that it is able to extend the range by up to 15 kilometers a day. So the longer the concept vehicle…
ESPN+ streaming service hits 1 million paid subscribers – CNET
Disney’s first streaming service, ESPN+ launched five months ago.
Google’s Chrome OS tablet might have been leaked by keyboard maker
Product shots from Bluetooth keyboard manufacturer Brydge appear to give an early look at Google’s rumored Chrome OS tablet, codenamed “Nocturne,” which some are speculating will be announced alongside the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones on October 9th. The images, which were spotted by AboutChromebooks, show off a tablet with dual front-facing speakers, a USB Type-C port, and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor.
Since these shots were provided by a keyboard manufacturer, they understandably focus on the keyboard, which attaches to the tablet via a pair of clasps and appears to communicate over Bluetooth rather than a physical connection. It’s also very possible that the tablet images are mock-ups from Brydge, not an actual Google-made…