CORRECTION: The population minima (fewer than 200 individuals) occurred near the beginning of the the 20th century, not the end.

In the meantime, here's a baby one-horned, or Indian, rhino loving taking a shower.

The Indian rhino is considered a great success story for conservation; after declining to a population of about 200 at the end of the 20th Century due to poaching, numbers are currently estimated at more than 3,500.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbRdcroLRMI

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Tomorrow is #CoSoScience #Friday!

NSF Director: Federal Funds Are Key to Scientific Discovery

https://www.usnews.com/news/stem-solutions/articles/2018-01-24/national-science-foundation-director-france-cordova-says-federal-funding-is-instrumental-to-scientific-discovery

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Physicists are planning to build lasers so powerful they could rip apart empty space

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/physicists-are-planning-build-lasers-so-powerful-they-could-rip-apart-empty-space

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Does cloud seeding really work? An experiment above Idaho suggests humans can turbocharge snowfall

(Research funded by the National Science Foundation)

www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/does-cloud-seeding-really-work-experiment-above-idaho-suggests-humans-can-turbocharge

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ICYMI:

Less than 10% of Gmail users have enabled two-factor authentication

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/featured/few-gmail-users-have-enabled-two-factor-authentication/

(The irony being that GMail has some of the strongest authentication methods available from any email provider)

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Organic Thin-Film Transistors' New Gate Dielectric Opens Door to Future Electronics

https://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/devices/organic-thinfilm-transistors-on-threshold-of-next-generation-electronics

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Intel Says Patches for Meltdown and Spectre are Flawed

https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1332880

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Looking for the Andromeda Strain?

The hunt for viruses in space: You’ve probably heard of the field of astrobiology, but what about the field of astrovirology?

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/01/the-hunt-for-viruses-in-space

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Metal-Mesh Breakthrough Could Solve Rechargeable Battery Issues

https://scitechdaily.com/metal-mesh-breakthrough-could-solve-rechargeable-battery-issues/

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Is This New Design a Major Step Toward Portable AI Devices?

https://scitechdaily.com/new-design-is-a-major-step-toward-portable-ai-devices/

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We're back!

Unexpected Discovery Challenges Scientists’ Understanding of Exoplanets

https://scitechdaily.com/unexpected-discovery-challenges-scientists-understanding-of-exoplanets/

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So, back to work tomorrow!

As a follow-on:

"How to add a security key to Gmail"

(My only bit of advice: use the black Yubikey 4 keys instead of the blue ones. Yubikey 4 keys can also be used as second factors for programs like Lastpass.)

https://techsolidarity.org/resources/security_key_gmail.htm

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This is unfortunate. GMail offers some of the most secure 2-factor authentication available.

"Less than 10% of Gmail users have enabled two-factor authentication"

https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/featured/few-gmail-users-have-enabled-two-factor-authentication

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Four Malicious Google Chrome Extensions Affect 500K Users

https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/four-malicious-google-chrome-extensions-affect-500k-users/d/d-id/1330822

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