An app takes the “lost dog” poster into the digital age. Finding Rover uses facial recognition to match pictures of lost pets with photos of strays — images uploaded by shelters and other users.
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Affair-Enabling Website Ashley Madison Is Compromised By Hackers
Threats to release some 37 million users’ photographs and data come at a time when Ashley Madison’s leaders have been discussing a potential $200 million stock offering.
Federal auroral program to be transferred to UAF
The university system is loaning UAF $2 million dollars to get the facility back into operation.
Strange Worlds At The Edge Of Our Solar System Finally Come Into Focus
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back its best photos of Pluto and its moons. Scientists will puzzle over them for years to come.
Changing ocean conditions mean uncertain future for wild shellfish stocks
Throughout this discussion, there’s been an elephant in the room: wild stocks. Do wild coastal shellfish face the same 25 year end date that Alaskan hatcheries do?
Alaskan shellfish hatcheries look to Pacific NW for countering ocean acidification
A recent NOAA study named 2040 as the date for the potential end of Alaskan shellfish hatcheries, unless serious mitigation efforts are put in place to combat ocean acidification.