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Jan 10, 2025

Unraveling the Link Between Oil Extraction and Earthquakes

Posted by in category: futurism

Over 100 small earthquakes in Surrey might have been caused by oil drilling nearby, according to UCL research.

The study, which involved extensive simulations, points to a probable link between seismic activity and the pressures of oil extraction.

Earthquake Cluster in Surrey.

Jan 10, 2025

Brightest Space Explosion Ever May Hide an Elusive Dark Matter Particle

Posted by in categories: cosmology, particle physics

In October 2022, scientists detected the explosive death of a star 2.4 billion light-years away that was brighter than any ever recorded.

As the star’s core collapsed down into a black hole, the gamma-ray burst emitted by the star – an event named GRB 221009A – erupted with energies of up to 18 teraelectronvolts. Gamma-ray bursts are already the brightest explosions our Universe can produce; but GRB 221009A was an absolute record-smasher, earning it the moniker “the BOAT” – Brightest Of All Time.

There is, however, something wrong with the picture, according to a team of astrophysicists led by Giorgio Galanti of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) in Italy. Based on cutting-edge models of the Universe, we shouldn’t be able to see photons more powerful than 10 teraelectronvolts in data from the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) that made the detection.

Jan 10, 2025

NVIDIA Launches Cosmos World Foundation Model Platform to Accelerate Physical AI Development

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA Cosmos™, a platform comprising state-of-the-art generative world foundation models, advanced tokenizers, guardrails and an accelerated video processing pipeline built to advance the development of physical AI systems such as autonomous vehicles (AVs) and robots.

Jan 10, 2025

Sunken worlds under the Pacific?

Posted by in category: futurism

Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently than previously assumed. This indicates the presence of zones of rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, than the surrounding rocks. This finding challenges our current understanding of the Earth’s plate tectonics – and presents the researchers with a major mystery.

Jan 10, 2025

😱EngineAI’s SE01 humanoid robot walking around Shenzhen campus

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

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Jan 10, 2025

Smartest man in the world shares what he thinks happens after we die

Posted by in category: futurism

CTMU https://ctmucommunity.org/wiki/Cognitive-Theoretic_Model_of_the_Universe


‘What happens after we die?’ is the most existential question humans face.

But a man with one of the highest IQs in history claims to know the answer.

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Jan 10, 2025

Meet the Unusual Rocket Thruster That Will Send Humans to Mars

Posted by in category: space travel

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Plasma + magnets = magic.

Jan 10, 2025

The X factor: Decoding brain aging differences between men and women

Posted by in categories: biological, genetics, life extension, neuroscience, sex

Researchers unveil how biological sex influences brain aging, revealing genetic, hormonal, and molecular mechanisms behind cognitive resilience and decline.

Jan 10, 2025

A mysterious galaxy with no need for dark matter

Posted by in category: cosmology

The enigmatic galaxy AGC 114,905 spans vast distances but contains 100 times fewer stars than the Milky Way.

Jan 10, 2025

Uncommon Collaborators: Data science for clean water

Posted by in categories: governance, information science, science

A Stanford geophysicist and lawyer team up to use big data for water quality monitoring and governance.

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