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Sorry, you’re not Neo and this isn’t “The Matrix.” Michio Kaku gets real about simulation theory.

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Are we all just living in an elaborate simulation?

After movies like “The Matrix” (1999) posited the existence of a superficial world layered over our own, human imagination has run abound with theories about the nature of our reality. To a small but passionate minority, the red pill that can awaken us to this illusion is right at our fingertips.

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What does it take for a kind, compassionate, and ethical person to commit acts of cruelty? Why do ordinary individuals sometimes cross the line into darkness?

In this video, we explore the psychological forces behind human behavior, delving into Philip Zimbardo’s groundbreaking Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanley Milgram’s obedience studies, and historical events that reveal the thin line between good and evil. From the power of authority and dehumanization to the roles society imposes, discover the mechanisms that can corrupt even the most virtuous among us.

But this isn’t just about others—it’s about you. Could you resist these forces? Are you aware of how they operate in your daily life?

By the end, you’ll learn practical strategies to recognize and resist these influences, uncovering your potential for moral courage, empathy, and heroism. This video will challenge your perspective on human nature and inspire you to act with integrity in a world where the battle between good and evil is ever-present.

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Recently, social media has been circulating a clip of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discussing the idea that we will need to reconfigure society as we continue to improve AI. Is that true? What does it even mean? And how will the emergence of a truly intelligent AI reshape our society? Let’s take a look.

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The proportion of people who have never smoked being diagnosed with lung cancer is rising, with new research pointing to air pollution as a growing contributor to lung cancer around the world.

Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer said for never-smokers, lung cancer was the fifth largest leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Those cases were nearly exclusively the subtype adenocarcinoma — a tumour that forms in the glandular tissue — and largely in women and Asian populations.

The research, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, found nearly 200,000 or about 15 per cent of all adenocarcinoma cases in 2022 were a result of air pollution, suggesting the risk of lung cancer linked to air pollution was also on the rise, particularly in east Asia and China.

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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are molecules 200 bases in length without protein-coding functions implicated in signal transduction and gene expression regulation via interaction with proteins or RNAs, exhibiting various functions. The expression of lncRNAs has been detected in many cell types, including macrophages, a type of immune cell involved in acute and chronic inflammation, removal of dead or damaged cells, and tissue repair. Increasing evidence indicates that lncRNAs play essential roles in macrophage functions and disease development. Additionally, many animal studies have reported that blockage or modulation of lncRNA functions alleviates disease severity or morbidity rate.

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Today’s fast-moving, technology-enabled world of business is measured by speed and innovation. DevOps is the cultural shift combining software development and IT operations that helps improve collaboration, optimize workflow and increase overall operational efficiency.

Adopting DevOps currently enables companies to integrate continuous software updates, decrease errors through automation and easily scale cloud solutions. For businesses looking to maintain or even increase competitiveness and grow technology, this is a necessary transformation.

While DevOps transformation is often presented as a buzzword, it’s now a movement that shapes how teams create and deploy software. DevOps, at its core, is about collaboration at the intersection of development and operations that blurs the lines between these two groups. DevOps teams each integrate faster and more efficient software delivery by integrating these teams.

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So-called Rayleigh–Bloch waves can release an enormous amount of energy that can damage technical systems under certain circumstances. They only exist below a precisely defined cut-off frequency; above this, they disappear abruptly. Strangely enough, however, there are isolated high frequencies at which they can also be detected.

Mathematicians from the Universities of Augsburg and Adelaide have recently proposed an explanation for this puzzling phenomenon. Together with researchers from the University of Exeter, they have now been able to prove experimentally that their theory is indeed correct. The study has just been published in the journal Communications Physics.

Suppose you had a gigantic barbecue grill that could easily accommodate several hundreds of sausages. Then, you could not only use it to invite your children’s entire school to a barbecue. The numerous stainless steel struts aligned parallel to each other are also ideal for generating Rayleigh–Bloch waves.

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