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Dec 26, 2023
The evolutionary significance of dreaming
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
Dec 26, 2023
This light-bending tech will let scientists see the sun like never before
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
Dec 26, 2023
Electrically conductive soil boosts growth by 50% in plants
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
In a study published in the journal PNAS, researchers from Linköping University have developed an electrically conductive “soil” which can boost the plant growth by 50% in 15 days.
Dec 26, 2023
Uber CEO Stunned When He Heard Cost of 3-Mile Uber Ride
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: futurism
Today in clueless rich guys, we have Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who was stunned to learn how much it costs to take a three-mile ride in New York City using his company’s app.
In a wide-ranging interview with Wired, Khosrowshahi was veritably stunned when the reporter questioning him asked if he knew how much a ride in the Big Apple costs.
“I traveled 2.95 miles in an Uber to get here today,” the reporter, Steven Levy, asked the CEO. “What do you think it cost?”
Dec 26, 2023
Workers think less creatively in Zoom meetings, study finds
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: futurism
Face-to-face gatherings produce more ideas – and more inventive ones – than videoconferencing, say researchers.
Dec 26, 2023
Star Maker: the cosmic theology of Olaf Stapledon
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: futurism
In my recent tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke I cited earlier science fiction writer and philosopher Olaf Stapledon, who had a profound influence on Clarke. Here I’m zooming on Stapledon’s cosmic theology.
I am promoting this reply to the front page to add images and see what happens (experimental theology I guess).
Dec 26, 2023
Yet another tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: futurism
In my recent post “Merlin Speaks — Arthur C. Clarke on technological resurrection” I call Sir Arthur C. Clarke “my Master,” and I mean it: no other thinker has had such a deep influence on me.
Dec 26, 2023
A Lost World of Lagoons Has Suddenly Appeared in Argentina
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
The alien environment could provide a unique window into the earliest days of life on Earth—but its future is uncertain.