News - Out of the blue

Hoping that everyone can see this, I apologize again for the connection problems here yesterday that rendered the site inaccessible at times. As Frans explains, we were dealing with a flood of requests from all over, and China in particular, that overwhelmed our mega-cluster of supercomputers. For the time being we have enlisted the services of Cloudflare, which seems to be keeping things accessible. The user-settings script will remain disabled for the time being as well. Please let us know if you see any other strange behavior following the changes. And thank you again to Frans for all his work dealing with this. Lockhart Dies — 'Lost in Space' Actress Was 100 — Deadline. Nick Mangold, former Jets star center, dies at age 41 — ESPN. Back-Up Round-Up. Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max. The Holy Grail of Physics — Scientists Discover New Path to Room-Temperature Superconductors — SciTechDaily. The Mystery of Rain on the Sun Can Finally Be Explained — ScienceAlert. Snake pee might hold the secret to ending gout pain and kidney stones — ScienceDaily. French police arrest 2 Louvre jewel-heist suspects amid manhunt — ABC. Heist lift-maker seizes the moment with new ad campaign — BBC. Thanks, brother19.