Jul 9, 2021
Solar Is Dirt-Cheap and About to Get Even More Powerful
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: futurism
After focusing for decades on cutting costs, the solar industry is shifting attention to making new advances in technology.
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Jul 9, 2021
Meet the ‘zombie frog,’ a new species found in the Amazon
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
The spooky-looking amphibian is less scary than it appears to be. But it might already be endangered, as deforestation rates continue to go up.
Jul 8, 2021
Swarm of earthquakes strike near California-Nevada border
Posted by Carse Peel in category: futurism
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Jul 8, 2021
‘Worst day ever’ in pigeon racing history as 5,000 birds vanish
Posted by Carse Peel in category: futurism
Bird handlers were devastated after a mind-boggling 5000 homing pigeons seemingly disappeared during a race across the UK.
They flew the coop — and vanished into thin air.
Bird handlers are devastated after a mind-boggling 5000 homing pigeons seemingly disappeared during a race across the UK.
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Jul 8, 2021
BMW’s just revealed everything about its futuristic electric scooter
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
A rocket ship-like design separates BMW’s CE 04 from the rest of the electric scooter pack.
Jul 8, 2021
TextPorn: Textporn.io — allows you to generate erotic text in 3 languages
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in category: futurism
It’s based on GPT-2 and fine-tuned on corresponding 700 texts.
You can generate short or big version of text. All for free.
Jul 8, 2021
Insects use lubricants to minimize friction and wear in leg joints
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in category: futurism
Is beetlejuice stronger than teflon?
A protein-based lubricating substance is discovered in the femoro-tibial joint of the darkling beetle Zophobas morio (Insecta). The substance extrudes to the contacting areas within the joint and appears in a form of filiform flows and short cylindrical fragments. The extruded lubricating substance effectively reduces the coefficient of sliding friction to the value of 0.13 in the tribosystem glass/lubricant/glass. This value is significa… See More.
The evolutionary history of humans has just become more complicated, thanks to a new analysis in China and an excavation in Israel. Either we have just discovered new species of our ancestors or we have unearthed fossils of a known species of which we have had little physical evidence so far.
Chinese researchers will have much to contribute as palaeoanthropologists study the ‘Dragon Man’, who may have predated Neanderthals.
Jul 7, 2021
Iceland’s Four-Day Week Trial Made Workers Happier and More Productive
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: futurism
Jul 7, 2021
Big Oil Knows Hydrogen Is Dead End, But Uses It To Delay Electrification
Posted by Jason Blain in categories: energy, futurism
Reasonable minds may differ on the question of whether hydrogen fuel cells have a place in the clean-energy future. However, it’s a fact that the fossil fuel giants have been heavily hyping hydrogen, and it’s not hard to see why, as the vast majority of hydrogen is currently produced from natural gas.
Oil companies are working hard to appear “green,” but their true efforts are quite clear. Some will do whatever it takes to slow the pace of electrification.
