Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 5
It was only a matter of time.
Reddit shares are cratering right now, plunging almost 25 percent in just two days, as CNBC reports.
The social media company went public last week at an IPO price of $34, and initially rallied to around $65.
Apr 1, 2024
Paper page — Snap-it, Tap-it, Splat-it: Tactile-Informed 3D Gaussian Splatting for Reconstructing Challenging Surfaces
Posted by Cecile G. Tamura in category: futurism
Snap-it, Tap-it, Splat-it.
Tactile-informed 3D gaussian splatting for reconstructing challenging surfaces.
Touch and vision go hand in hand, mutually enhancing our ability to understand the world.
Apr 1, 2024
A faster spinning Earth may force timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster than it used to. Clocks may have to skip a second — called a “negative leap second” — around 2029, a new study in the journal Nature said.
“This is an unprecedented situation and a big deal,” said study lead author Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. “It’s not a huge change in the Earth’s rotation that’s going to lead to some catastrophe or anything, but it is something notable. It’s yet another indication that we’re in a very unusual time.”
Mar 31, 2024
Polar vortex is ‘spinning backwards’ above Arctic after major reversal event
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic’s polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has triggered a record-breaking “ozone spike” and could impact global weather patterns.
Mar 31, 2024
Scientists identify a key driver of myelin repair
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
New research from scientists at the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University has identified a key driver of myelination, the formation of protective fatty sheaths around nerve fibers.
Mar 31, 2024
It’s Exactly Nine Years Until The Next U.S. Total Solar Eclipse After April 8
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Many seem to think that the next total solar eclipse in North America after April 8 is in 2044. There’s actually one coming much sooner, in Alaska.
The only people who absolutely disagree are, well, scientists. They need to get over themselves and join the fun.
Mar 31, 2024
Unveiling the future of nanostructures with soft matter magic
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: futurism, nanotechnology
As traditional top-down approaches like photolithography reach their limitations in creating nanostructures, scientists are shifting their focus toward bottom-up strategies. Central to this paradigm shift is the self-assembly of homogeneous soft matter, a burgeoning technique with the potential to produce complex nano-patterns on a vast scale.
