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Apr 16, 2024
Australian writers have been envisioning AI for a century. Here are 5 stories to read as we grapple with rapid change
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: robotics/AI
I found this on NewsBreak:
Australians are nervous about AI. Efforts are underway to put their minds at ease: advisory committees, consultations and regulations. But these actions have tended to be reactive instead of proactive. We need to imagine potential scenarios before they happen.
Of course, we already do this – in literature.
Apr 16, 2024
The Strange Theory That There Is Only One Electron In The Universe
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: futurism
I found this on NewsBreak: The Strange Theory That There Is Only One Electron In The Universe.
Electrons are everywhere. But what if it’s the same one?
Apr 16, 2024
Scientists make breakthrough with advanced technology generating water from thin air — and it could save millions of lives
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: energy, physics, sustainability
I found this on NewsBreak.
Researchers in China have reportedly developed a new technology similar to hydropanels for harvesting water out of thin air that is powered by energy from the sun. The device could be especially useful in dry, arid areas where water — but not sunlight — is hard to come by.
Apr 16, 2024
B_L_Hu_2009_J._Phys.__Conf._Ser._174_012015.pdf
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: futurism
Apr 16, 2024
Elon Musk Says “There’s Nothing More I Hate, But it Must Be Done” as He Announces a Massive 15,000 Employee Tesla Job Cut — Adds “It is Very Difficult to Say Goodbye”
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
I found this on NewsBreak: Elon Musk Says “There’s Nothing More I Hate, But it Must Be Done” as He Announces a Massive 15,000 Employee Tesla Job Cut – Adds “It is Very Difficult to Say Goodbye”
Apr 16, 2024
Accelerated aging may be a cause of increased cancers in people under 55
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
An increase in cancers among people 55 years old and younger may be related to accelerated aging in recent generations, according to a study presented at a conference earlier this month.
Experts say years of research support this, though more questions remain to be answered.
Researchers from the Washington University in St. Louis’s medical school presented the findings from their study on accelerated aging earlier this month at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.
Apr 16, 2024
No, the expanding Universe doesn’t break the speed of light
Posted by Paul Battista in category: space
Yes, the Universe is expanding, but if you’ve ever wondered, ‘How fast is it expanding,’ the answer isn’t in terms of a speed at all.
Apr 16, 2024
SpaceX’s Modified Methods for Catching Starship Booster at Starbase
Posted by Chris Smedley in category: space travel
Apr 16, 2024
Distant ‘Space Snowman’ unlocks mystery of how some Dormant Deep Space Objects become ‘Ice Bombs’
Posted by Natalie Chan in category: alien life
A new study is shaking up what scientists thought they knew about distant objects in the far reaches of the solar system, starting with an object called the space snowman.
Researchers from Brown University and the SETI Institute found that the double-lobed object, which is officially named Kuiper Belt Object 486,958 Arrokoth and resembles a snowman, may have ancient ices stored deep within it from when the object first formed billions of years ago. But that’s just the beginning of their findings.
Using a new model they developed to study how comets evolve, the researchers suggest this feat of perseverance isn’t unique to Arrokoth but that many objects from the Kuiper Belt—which lies at the outermost regions of the solar system and dates back to the early formation of the solar system around 4.6 billion years ago—may also contain the ancient ices they formed with.
