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US Military Eyes New Mini-Nukes for 21st-Century Deterrence
The Joint Chiefs’ vice chair says smaller-yield weapons are needed to deter the use of same.
The future of nuclear weapons might not be huge and mega destructive but smaller, tactical, and frighteningly, more common. The U.S. Air Force is investigating more options for “variable yield” bombs — nukes that can be dialed down to blow up an area as small as a neighborhood, or dialed up for a much larger punch.
The Air Force currently has gravity bombs that either have or can be set to low yields: less than 20 kilotons. Such a bomb dropped in the center of Washington, D.C., wouldn’t even directly affect Georgetown or Foggy Bottom. But a Minuteman III missile tipped with a 300-kiloton warhead would destroy downtown Washington and cause third-degree burns into Virginia and Maryland.
3 Exponential Techs to Watch | Future of Everything with Jason Silva | Singularity University
“Pay attention to the the trends in exponential technologies, particularly to “the big three.” GNR: Genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics.”
The far-future dystopia of genome hacking
“Worse than death:” The far-future dystopia of genome hacking.
This scientist’s thought experiment will give you nightmares.
Why asteroids loom as a future space frontier for mining and manufacturing
It’s been 55 years since satellite communications became the first commercial space frontier, and space tourism is looming as the next frontier. But what comes after that? Would you believe in-space mining and manufacturing?
Those are the opportunities that came to the fore on Saturday when members of the Association of Professional Futurists gathered at Seattle’s Museum of Flight.
Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed, data analyst suggests
Analysis finds website can fulfill 99% of requests for scholarly papers.