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UC Mini 12.12.3.1219 Update Is Now Available With Improvements

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Browsing the internet is one of the most popular activities which can be done with the help of a smartphone. The internet is filled with a large variety of browser apps that promise increased performance and reliability in exchange for downloading them but most fail to impress. UC Mini for Android is a robust browsing app that includes a large number of features while also being completely free and lightweight.

UC Mini features

  • Built-in Facebook Video Downloader – Harness the power of the excellent Facebook Video Downloader to save your favorite videos on your device with a few taps. There is no need to visit shady converter sites as UC Mini will save the video directly on your device at high-quality.
  • Faster than light – With the help of an advanced network protocol, UC Mini will load your pages faster than many of the rival browsing apps while consuming a considerably lower amount of data.
  • Smart search – The smart, quick search feature will take into account your user activity and offer personalized results for your query. Tap on a suggested topic to skip the need to enter all the words.
  • Keep your secrets – Want to visit some pages without the need to worry about the need to delete the cache and browsing history? Activate the Incognito mode and browse any sites freely as the app will not save any private data until the mode is disabled.
  • Night mode – Limit eye strain and save battery life with the help of an excellent Night mode, which can be activated easily.
  • A robust ad blocker – Avoid those pesky ads with the help of a reliable ad block solution that is effective without affecting your browsing experience.
  • Extra features – Users can also enjoy a large selection of smaller features, among which we can count a QR scanner, the My Videos section, the option to download an entire webpage and much more.

What’s new in UC Mini 12.12.3.1219 update?

UC Mini 12.12.3.1219 comes with new bug fixes and performance improvements. You can already download the app from the Google Play Store.

Experts Say Shipwreck Site Could be Related to Noah’s Ark Story

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​A ghostly shipwreck graveyard found thousands of feet below the Black Sea could help experts understand more about the puzzling conundrum of Noah’s Ark, archaeologists have reported.

Close to the coast of Nessebar, Bulgaria, there is a site composed of 60 shipwrecks almost completely preserved. These ships date back to 400BC and were discovered in 2016 at depths between 1000 feet and 6000 feet. The depth has so little oxygen that the decomposing process takes a lot longer than usual.

The Mystery of Noah’s Ark

Some specialists now believe that the ship graveyard could help solve one of the most ancient theories, which relates to Noah’s Ark depicted in the Bible.

Back in 2000, marine geologists William Ryan and Walter Pitman reported they discovered proof that the Black Sea was a small lake about 20,000 years ago and not the massive 436,000 square kilometer water body that is today.

However, as the end of the last Ice Age approached, which saw an end around 12,000 years ago, glaciers began to melt, making sea levels drastically rise, merging the small lake to the Aegean Sea.

The team of marine geologists believed they discovered proof of housing on the bottom of the Black Sea, which was, many years ago, dry land. They claimed this could also be a case of flooding like the one that happened in Noah’s time. The story of Noah and his ark claims that the Earth was flooded completely and instantly as a punishment from God to Man, as per the Bible.

No Evidence Whatsoever

Researchers from the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology (MAP) who studied the shipwreck say there is absolutely no evidence that the flooding was instant, but rather a slow process that happened because of the rising sea levels. Basically, MAP says this fact alone disagrees with Mr. Ryan, and Mr. Pitman’s hypothesis as instant flooding in the Black Sea is not the origin story of Noah’s Ark. 

Maritime scientist Dr. Zdravka Georgieva said that the geophysicists and other experts from the oceanographic center in Southampton explain that there is no evidence whatsoever to support the theory. 

“What we collected doesn’t prove this catastrophic flood. Data shows a more likely gradual sea level rising,” the expert said.

MAP will continue analyzing the shipwreck site.

Japan’s Hayabusa-2 Images Suggest Ryugu Formed at Separate Times

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The new finding has left asteroid specialists stunned as they ​discovered a weird possibility. Utilizing remote sensing image data to analyze a particular asteroid, a team of astronomers discovered that the craters on the asteroid Ryugu are quite different.

As a matter of fact, the eastern and western orbs of the listed as a Near-Earth Object (NEO) space rock may have actually taken form at separate times. A team of researchers led by Assistant Professor Naoyuki Hiratoa of the Department of Planetology at Kope University’s Graduate School of Science discovered very uneven surface patterns and contradictory sides of the asteroid.

The Japan-based university used images taken by a new uncrewed probe known as Hayabusa-2, which was launched by the Japan Space Agency (JAXA). The spacecraft has been snapping pictures of the probably dangerous space rock since June of last year.

Two Different Orbital Change Periods

Specialists analyzed the images in detail and discovered a total of 77 craters on Ryugu. However, it was the location of the craters that made scientists understand more about the way they formed. The American Scientific Journal Icarus issued the results on November 5th, depicting the shocking discovery.

After closely observing thousands of images sent by Hayabusa-2, the team detected craters that measure between 10 meters (32 feet) and 20 meters (65 feet) in diameter. The experts examined the location of the crates and determined that the majority of craters were discovered to be located in the area of the eastern hemisphere, close to the meridian. Ryugu’s largest crater, dubbed Cendrillon, is close to that region. In an austere contrast, the western hemisphere of the asteroid was found to host only a few craters.

The findings imply that the western side of the space rock may have taken form much later than the other regions. If the eastern and western orbs were indeed shaped at separate times, this could indicate something much bigger. It could mean that in the past, there was a minimum of two periods when the cosmic object’s orbital speed enhanced.

Some Astronomers Claim SpaceX’s Starlink Project Could Cause Asteroids to Hit Earth

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​SpaceX‘s Starlink program could allegedly turn Earth into a target for massive asteroids that could end the human civilization, astronomers claimed.

Starlink is Elon Musk’s SpaceX’s satellite high-speed program that will ultimately help in sending thousands of satellites in the lower orbit of Earth to provide Internet in every part of the planet. While the intent may be admirable and extremely ambitious, some scientists claim it could harm the humanity, even though it does everything it can to survive potential asteroid impacts. This is due to the fact that asteroid-hunting telescopes observe the sky and search for dim images of space rocks that they then use to calculate the asteroid’s trajectory.

Starlink is Being Bashed

The task could become way more challenging when telescopes have to permeate thousands of Starlink satellites that reflect light besides all the other satellites already placed in Earth’s orbit. One particular scientist said that space experts should have been ready for this time when major corporations lead the scientific field and that they should have tried to prevent programs like Starlink before they were implemented.

Scientist John McDowell said: ​”The astronomy community dropped the ball. We should have been on this ten years ago, and we didn’t see it coming.” 

Elon Musk has earlier warned astronomers, saying that a big rock will eventually collide with our planet, and now space experts are restating his previous claim. Even though the possibilities of a giant asteroid crashing into our planet are tiny, NASA claims there is a one-in-300,000 chance each year that a cosmic rock which could provoke local devastation will hit. Therefore, the damaging prospect is not something impossible.

NASA and the ESA have made huge advancements in identifying near-Earth objects that are more than one kilometer (half a mile) in size, with 90 percent now registered and constantly observed.

NASA and the ESA have made huge advancements in identifying near-Earth objects [Image: ESA]

Space Advances That Could be Detrimental

Even so, that only means that there is 10 percent of hazardous space rocks that have not been detected.​ NASA believed that an asteroid of just one kilometer (half a mile) in size has the ability to create damage across Earth.

The space agency said: ​ “An individual’s chance of being killed by a meteorite is small, but the risk increases with the size of the impacting comet or asteroid, with the greatest risk associated with global catastrophes resulting from impacts of objects larger than 1 kilometer.”​

Even so, it is not just the asteroid searching space experts are worried about with regard to Starlink. Earlier this year, the International Astronomical Union, or IAU, released a statement which noted that the scientific affairs are dual.

The statement said: “Firstly, the surfaces of these satellites are often made of highly reflective metal, and reflections from the Sun in the hours after sunset and before sunrise make them appear as slow-moving dots in the night sky.”

And even though the majority of these reflections may be so dim that they can hardly be seen with the naked eye, they can have adverse impacts on the fine capabilities of large astronomical telescopes located on the ground.

“Secondly, despite notable efforts to avoid interfering with radio astronomy frequencies, aggregate radio signals emitted from the satellite constellations can still threaten astronomical observations at radio wavelengths,”​ the report noted.

Developing technologies in radio astronomy were only possible because of focused efforts in protecting the radio sky from impediments.

Gmail’s New Feature Will Allow Sending Emails as Attachments

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The damned email chain on Gmail is finally getting an update that will allegedly improve this whole section of the app. The new feature is definitely an interesting one, even though, at first, it sounds pretty weird.

The email service will soon allow its users to send emails in the form of attachments without having to forward or download them on the device first. Or, as Google says, ​”You can now attach emails to other emails in Gmail.”​

To perform this, simply drag and drop one or more emails into the ‘Compose’ window. That’s all. Another way to do it is to select one or more emails from the conversation chain and using the overflow, or three-dot menu button, tap on ‘Forward as attachment.’

Split Opinions on the New Feature

This might sound a bit weird, but there are, reportedly, situations where attaching emails is more logical than forwarding separate emails. This applies, for instance, in the case if you want to forward more than one messages related to a certain topic.

If you attach an email, the whole conversation chain and stalking will be stored, making it much easier to just follow by a third-party than if you would just forward each part of the chat separately.

The option to send emails as attachments also allows you to write a summary message to the recipient, letting them know what they should expect when opening the whole email. The attachments can be opened by their email service of choice, due to the fact that each attached email becomes a file with the ‘.eml’ extension. You get to attach as many emails as you please. When you open an attachment, it will launch in a new window.

This new feature will go live starting today and will keep rolling out until January 21st, at which date everyone using Gmail should have received it.