Incidentally, a few days ago I received a message from my paleobiologist colleague Dr. Ken Towe, a retired senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Sep 3, 2023
Discovery of 8.7m-year-old ape rewrites story of humanity
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: futurism
Unearthing of fossilized remains in Turkey suggests human origins may actually lie in Europe Africa has always been considered the cradle of mankind, with humans evolving from apes on the continent, before spreading to the rest of the world. But an intriguing find is challenging the long-standing assumption.
Sep 2, 2023
Aditya-L1: India successfully launches its first mission to the Sun
Posted by Eamon Everall in category: futurism
Aditya-L1 will carry out scientific studies of the Sun from a vantage point 1.5 million km above Earth.
Travel around the world with author Dan Buettner to discover five unique communities where people live extraordinarily long and vibrant lives.
Sep 2, 2023
How Better Tech Could Save Lives in a World of Bigger, Faster, More Devastating Fires
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
We can already see fires start from space, soon after they start. Here’s why we don’t yet have a nationwide system for alerting us when they do—but could someday.
Sep 2, 2023
Mass and Angular Momentum, Left Ambiguous by Einstein, Get Defined
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: futurism
Surprisingly, 107 years after the introduction of general relativity, the meanings of basic concepts are still being worked out.
Sep 2, 2023
Is Precognition Real? Cornell University Lab Releases Powerful New Evidence that the Human Mind can Perceive the Future
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: futurism
According to today’s conventional scientific wisdom, time flows strictly forward — from the past to the future through the present. We can remember the past, and we can predict the future based on the past (albeit imperfectly) — but we can’t perceive the future.
But if the recent data from the lab of Prof. Daryl Bem at Cornell University is correct, conventional scientific wisdom may need some corrections on this particular point.
In a research paper titled Feeling the Future, recently accepted for publication in the prestigious Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Bem presents some rather compelling empirical evidence that in some cases — and with weak but highly statistically significant accuracy – many human beings can directly perceive the future. Not just predict it based on the past.
Sep 1, 2023
Eyes On With Lenovo’s ThinkVision 27 Glasses-Free 3D Monitor
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Look, ma, no 3D glasses! Check out our first impressions of Lenovo’s glasses-free 3D monitor for content creators, debuting at IFA.
Sep 1, 2023
Tiny ion exchange resin beads may allow you to write in water
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: futurism
In the water, the small beads create no swirling effect, allowing the drawn patterns to stay in place.
Writing is a time-honored cultural practice that traces its origins to ancient times when our ancestors inscribed signs and symbols onto stone slabs. As a result, writing on any solid object has long been common practice.
But if you’ve ever tried writing in water or other liquid substances, you may have found it rather difficult. A new study reveals that might change with the use of a specialized technique.
Sep 1, 2023
Logan’s catalog of useful resources for creating the future
Posted by Logan Thrasher Collins in category: futurism
I’ve compiled this list to agglomerate just a few of the resources that I find useful for learning about how the world works, developing new skills, expanding my repertoire of ways of looking at global challenges, and planning how to contribute towards creating the future. Feel free to let me know if you know of good resources not listed here! I’m always excited to expand my learning. #futurism
I’m compiling this list to agglomerate just a few of the resources that I find useful for learning about how the world works, developing new skills, expanding my repertoire of ways of looking at global challenges, and planning how to contribute towards creating the future. Since many of the links here might change over time, please comment if you find any that do not work so that I can look for suitable replacement links. Also, feel free to let me know if you know of good resources not listed here! I’m always excited to expand my learning.
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