In humans, conception during cold seasons is shown to exhibit higher brown adipose tissue activity and adaptive thermogenesis, and lower body mass index and visceral fat accumulation in the offspring.
In this Review, Della Valle et al. discuss the role of retrotransposable elements (RTEs) in the onset and progression of ageing and ageing-related disease, including evidence that environmental stressors act through RTEs to shift the trajectory towards unhealthy ageing.
The company was founded to sell automation software. That entire market is being upended by AI, particularly agentic AI, which is supposed to click around on the internet and do things for you.
After stepping down from and returning to the CEO role, Daniel Dines is preparing for the agentic AI era.
IN A NUTSHELL đ Chinaâs dominance in gallium production is reshaping global semiconductor and battery industries. â ïž Japan has raised alarms about the strategic implications of Chinaâs control over critical resources like gallium, germanium, and antimony. đ The U.S. sanctions against China have intensified competition for strategic raw materials, leading to trade tensions. đ The
90 years on from the famous thought experimentâs conception, researchers have broken a crucial barrier in quantum physics.
Researchers have found they can create quantum cat states at warmer temperatures, making these systems more robust to noise.
Researchers have pulled off a quantum feat that defies traditional expectationsâtheyâve created Schrödinger cat states not from ultra-cold ground states, but from warm, thermally excited ones.
Using a superconducting qubit setup, the team demonstrated that quantum superpositions can exist even at higher temperatures, overturning the long-held belief that heat destroys quantum effects. This breakthrough not only validates Schrödingerâs original âhot catâ concept but also paves the way for more practical and accessible quantum technologies.
Schrödingerâs cat and hot quantum states.
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Panpsychism is the theory that consciousness is irreducible and exists fundamentally at the foundations of reality. Panpsychism forms include âmicropsychism,â where fundamental particles or fields are in some sense conscious, and âCosmopsychism,â where the entire universe is in some sense conscious. What are the arguments for and against Panpsychism like the âcombination problemâ?
Closer To Truth is now on BlueSky! Follow us for updates, new videos, musings, and more: https://bsky.app/profile/closertotrut⊠Kastrup is a Brazilian-born Dutch philosopher and computer scientist best known for his work in the field of consciousness studies, particularly his development of analytic idealism, a form of metaphysical idealism grounded in the analytic philosophical tradition. Make a tax-deductible donation of any amount to help us continue exploring the worldâs deepest questions: https://closertotruth.com/donate/ Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn, presents the worldâs greatest thinkers exploring humanityâs deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.
Bernardo Kastrup is a Brazilian-born Dutch philosopher and computer scientist best known for his work in the field of consciousness studies, particularly his development of analytic idealism, a form of metaphysical idealism grounded in the analytic philosophical tradition.
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China has spent billions of dollars building far too many data centers for AI and compute â could it lead to a huge market crash?
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