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Sep 28, 2024

Handcrawler: Evil Dead-like robotic hand detaches, crawls, and grasps

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

EPFL researchers developed Handcrawler, a robot hand that grasps and crawls.


EPFL’s ‘Handcrawler’ is a robotic hand that detaches and crawls like a spider to retrieve objects, then seamlessly reattaches.

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Sep 28, 2024

Identify in Flux : Unpacking the Paradox of The ship of Theseus | Philosophical Experiment

Posted by in category: futurism

Exploring the popular philosophical paradox on identity and an attempt on the discuss and decode the journey of self discovery through tome, change and asking the nature of self.

If you like this out of the box experimental voyage of mine and wish to ride along such exploration more with me in future. The comment section is all yours.

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Sep 28, 2024

China’s Dominance in the Solar Panel Supply Chain

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

You might’ve heard comments about how western powers have been falling behind in the solar game. This chart shows how very real the Chinese dominance in that field is! Source:


The supply chain is key for the renewable energy revolution, and this chart visualizes where the world’s solar panels are manufactured.

Sep 28, 2024

Neutrino Physics

Posted by in category: particle physics

Neutrinos fill the whole universe, with about 10 million of them per cubic foot, and most of them zip straight through Earth, and through particle detectors, without leaving a trace. Because they almost never interact with matter, only massive and sophisticated experiments can catch and measure the properties of neutrinos.

The subatomic particles called neutrinos are among the most elusive in the particle kingdom. Scientists have built detectors underground, underwater, and at the South Pole to measure these ghostly particles that come from the sun, from supernovae and from many other celestial objects.

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Sep 28, 2024

First observation of ultra-rare particle decay could uncover new physics

Posted by in category: particle physics

Scientists at CERN have discovered an ultra-rare particle decay process, opening a new path to find physics beyond our understanding of how the building blocks of matter interact.

Sep 28, 2024

New storage solution poised to revolutionize the energy sector with groundbreaking thermal technology: ‘Critical to reach net-zero’

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

An innovative thermal energy storage system uses sand to store and release renewable energy without traditional batteries.

Sep 28, 2024

Earth will have a temporary ‘mini moon’ for two months

Posted by in category: space

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.”

The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet’s gravity and orbit the globe — but only for about two months.

The space rock — 2024 PT5 — was first spotted in August by astronomers at Complutense University of Madrid using a powerful telescope located in Sutherland, South Africa.

Sep 28, 2024

Sunday’s Comet A3 Tracker: Where And When To See It With ‘Earthshine’

Posted by in category: space

How, when, and where to look to see Comet A3, also known as C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29–30, with sky charts.

Sep 28, 2024

SpaceX launches Crew-9 astronauts from upgraded Florida pad to return Boeing Starliner crew home

Posted by in categories: alien life, habitats

Liftoff occurred at 1:17 p.m. ET.

Sep 28, 2024

The Most Sophisticated AIs Are Most Likely to Lie, Worrying Research Finds

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The AIs are “getting better at pretending to be knowledgeable.”


As AI chatbots get bigger and more powerful, they are also lying more, instead of declining questions they can’t answer.

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