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Apr 20, 2023

Technological Resurrection and Quantum Archeology

Posted by in category: quantum physics

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Apr 20, 2023

This new technology could blow away GPT-4 and everything like it

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

In a paper published in March, artificial intelligence (AI) scientists at Stanford University and Canada’s MILA institute for AI proposed a technology that could be far more efficient than GPT-4 — or anything like it — at gobbling vast amounts of data and transforming it into an answer.

Also: What is GPT-4? Here’s everything you need to know

Known as Hyena, the technology is able to achieve equivalent accuracy on benchmark tests, such as question answering, while using a fraction of the computing power. In some instances, the Hyena code is able to handle amounts of text that make GPT-style technology simply run out of memory and fail.

Apr 20, 2023

Dr. Oded Rechavi: Genes & the Inheritance of Memories Across Generations | Huberman Lab Podcast

Posted by in categories: biological, evolution, genetics, neuroscience

In this episode, my guest is Oded Rechavi, Ph.D., professor of neurobiology at Tel Aviv University and expert in how genes are inherited, how experiences shape genes and remarkably, how some memories of experiences can be passed via genes to offspring. We discuss his research challenging long-held tenets of genetic inheritance and the relevance of those findings to understanding key biological and psychological processes including metabolism, stress and trauma. He describes the history of the scientific exploration of the “heritability of acquired traits” and how epigenetics and RNA biology can account for some of the passage of certain experience-based memories. He discusses the importance of model organisms in scientific research and describes his work on how stressors and memories can be passed through small RNA molecules to multiple generations of offspring in ways that meaningfully affect their behavior. Nature vs. nurture is a commonly debated theme; Dr. Rechavi’s work represents a fundamental shift in our understanding of that debate, as well as genetic inheritance, brain function and evolution.

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Apr 20, 2023

Mind-Body Connection Is Built Into Brain

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Summary: Brain areas that control movement are plugged into networks that orchestrate thinking and planning, and control involuntary bodily functions. The findings provide a link between the body and the “mind” in the brain’s structure.

Source: WUSTL

Calm body, calm mind, say the practitioners of mindfulness. A new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that the idea that the body and mind are inextricably intertwined is more than just an abstraction.

Apr 20, 2023

SpaceX’s Starship rocket, the largest & most powerful rocket ever, successfully lifted off

Posted by in category: space travel

Here’s a replay of Starship lifting off from SpaceX’s Texas launch site at 8:33am CDT (9:33am EDT; 1,333 UTC), setting a record as the most powerful rocket ever flown.

The rocket lost control a few minutes later and broke apart over the Gulf of Mexico.
#spacex #elonmusk #starship

Apr 20, 2023

Hidden Linkages: Scientists Find Mind-Body Connection Is Built Into Brain

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, neuroscience

Findings point to brain areas that integrate planning, purpose, physiology, behavior, and movement.

Calm body, calm mind, say the practitioners of mindfulness. A new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that the idea that the body and mind are inextricably intertwined is more than just an abstraction. The study shows that parts of the brain area that control movement are plugged into networks involved in thinking and planning, and in control of involuntary bodily functions such as blood pressure and heartbeat. The findings represent a literal linkage of body and mind in the very structure of the brain.

The research, published on April 19 in the journal Nature, could help explain some baffling phenomena, such as why anxiety makes some people want to pace back and forth; why stimulating the vagus nerve, which regulates internal organ functions such as digestion and heart rate, may alleviate depression; and why people who exercise regularly report a more positive outlook on life.

Apr 20, 2023

Unraveling the Mysteries of Protons — Neutrino Experiment Delivers Groundbreaking Results

Posted by in category: particle physics

The MINERvA experiment at Fermilab, utilizing the NuMI beam, has made the first precise depiction of a proton using neutrinos instead of light as the imaging tool.

The building blocks of atomic nuclei, protons and neutrons, are comprised of quarks and gluons that interact strongly with each other. Due to the strength of these interactions, determining the structure of protons and neutrons through theoretical calculation is challenging.

Therefore, scientists must resort to experimental methods to determine their structure. Neutrino experiments utilize targets consisting of nuclei comprised of numerous protons and neutrons bound together, which makes it difficult to deduce information about the structure of protons from these measurements.

Apr 20, 2023

WATCH LIVE🔴 — Starship Orbital Test Flight From Starbase, Texas — COMMENTARY

Posted by in category: space travel

The highly anticipated inaugural launch of Starship and Superheavy has arrived! Our live coverage of this historic event will be accompanied by insightful co…

Apr 20, 2023

Next-generation satellite network could connect Earth with bases on moon’s far side

Posted by in category: space

Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has launched a new subsidiary called Crescent Space Services to provide a commercial lunar communications network.

Apr 20, 2023

Revisiting China’s Lost “Sky City”

Posted by in category: habitats

Sky City was an ambitious leap, an entire mini-city contained within a single building. At some 1.05 million square meters and.


The story of China’s Sky City, a prefabricated megastructure that hoped to cut the cost of housing, and why Sky City failed.