The hole in the ozone layer is starting to recover thanks to regulations banning ozone-depleting substances, and this is now leading to changes in Earth’s atmosphere.
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Note on Posthuman Resilience
This post is adapted from a paper presented at a workshop organised by the Open University’s PRiME (posthuman resilience in major emergencies) research group held in London, 18th-19th October 2016.
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Resilience – understood as the capacity to recover from perturbations and resume “normal functioning” – appears seems to be a generic rather than domain specific property. It has a general application to complex systems at all scales and levels of complexity, and applies across the notional and contested divide between the natural and the artificial. It thus seems consonant with a “flat” posthuman world in which humans – rather than having privileged status – are just a distinctive being amongst other – similarly distinctive – beings. [1].
Polis issues statewide stay-at-home order
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — Gov. Jared Polis issued a statewide stay-at-home order Wednesday afternoon. It goes into effect 6 a.m. Thursday and will last until April 11.
Many Coloradans, including the vast majority of people in metro Denver, live in counties where stay-at-home orders have already been announced.
Polis said he is issuing the order to save Coloradans’ lives.
7.8 magnitude earthquake near Russia, Japan
Tsunami waves may head to coasts around Japan, Russia, and beyond.
Astronauts know how to handle isolation: Here are tips from Scott Kelly, Peggy Whitson and more
[Isolation is] actually very doable, but it’s very important to be able to interact well with the people you’re staying with, living with.
Microsoft gets ready for a new era of Windows
Microsoft’s new Windows leader, Panos Panay, is getting ready for a new era of Windows. The first change is a new Windows Insider leader, and we expect to see lots of small and steady improvements to Windows in the coming months.
Google Invents AI That Learns a Key Part of Chip Design
AI helps designs AI chip that might help an AI design future AI chips.
Machine Automates Assembly Of Small Molecules
A new automated machine can synthesize a range of small organic molecules with the push of a button. The synthesizer uses a chemical method that pieces together molecules from modular building blocks. With this technique, the machine synthesized 14 classes of molecules, including some complicated ones with multiple rings.
Counterintuitive study shows Pablo Escobar’s hippos aren’t actually nature-wrecking monsters
We may have it all wrong when it comes to this accidental invasive species.