NCamero (Slashdot reader #35,481) brings some news from the world of 12-sided dodecahedrons: Quanta magazine reports that a trio of mathematicians has resolved one of the most basic questions about the dodecahedron. The cube, tetrahedron, octahedron and icosahedron cannot have a straight path you could take [starting from a corner] that would eventually return you…

Streaming app Peacock has free movies and TV shows, and it unlocks more — like originals — if you pay. But you still can’t stream it on a Roku. …read more Source:: CNet

CBS Sports reports: Wednesday’s game between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays was stopped in the bottom of the first because of a “drone delay.” After the second base umpire pointed to something in the sky and motioned for teams to leave the field, the cameras picked up an identifiable flying object hovering…

Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: A drone over Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square dropped hundreds of bags of weed on Thursday, setting off a mad scramble by onlookers to stock up, the Jerusalem Post reported. According to the Post, the giveaway was orchestrated by a Telegram group called Green Drone that advocates for the legalization of…

Disney Plus’ premium debut of the beloved tale about a legendary warrior takes on a more serious but pertinent tone. …read more Source:: CNet

Measuring the performance of antennas in absolute terms that can involve a lot of expensive equipment and specialized facilities. For practical applications, especially when building antennas, comparing performance in relative terms is more practical. Using cheap RTL-SDR dongles and Python, [Eric Urban] was able to compare the performance of two shortwave/HF antennas, and documented the…

The Pacifica plug-in hybrid comes in at $41,490 and the budget-minded Voyager slides in at $28,730. …read more Source:: CNet

Science Alert reports: People who eat a lot of industrially processed junk food are more likely to exhibit a change in their chromosomes linked to aging, according to research presented Tuesday at an online medical conference. Three or more servings of so-called “ultra-processed food” per day doubled the odds that strands of DNA and proteins…

A novel computer system built by Cerebras Systems of Los Altos, California, is already leading to changes in the way drug giant Glaxo builds large neural nets for drug development. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The best part of a new Rolls-Royce debut is playing with the online configurator. Well, aside from actually riding in a real one, of course. …read more Source:: CNet