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Feb 1, 2022

Cargo ships used to carry up to 12 passengers on no-frills international voyages. Now, fans of the minimalist travel option are hoping it will start up again soon

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The pandemic disrupted a niche mode of travel where passengers could book spartan rooms on commercial vessels for about $100 to $150 per day.


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Feb 1, 2022

Remini — AI Photo Enhancer

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

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Feb 1, 2022

Next-Gen 3D Chip/Packaging Race Begins

Posted by in category: computing

Hybrid bonding opens up whole new level of performance in packaging, but it’s not the only improvement.

The first wave of chips is hitting the market using a technology called hybrid bonding, setting the stage for a new and competitive era of 3D-based chip products and advanced packages.

AMD is the first vendor to unveil chips using copper hybrid bonding, an advanced die-stacking technology that enables next-generation 3D-like devices and packages. Hybrid bonding stacks and connects chips using tiny copper-to-copper interconnects, providing higher density and bandwidth than existing chip-stacking interconnect schemes.

Feb 1, 2022

Adventures in Technophilosophy: On the Reality of Virtual Worlds

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, education, food

When I was ten years old, I discovered computers. My first machine was a PDP-10 mainframe system at the medical center where my father worked. I taught myself to write simple programs in the BASIC computer language. Like any ten-year-old, I was especially pleased to discover games on the computer. One game was simply labeled “ADVENT.” I opened it and saw:

You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and down a gully.

I figured out that I could move around with commands like “go north” and “go south.” I entered the building and got food, water, keys, a lamp. I wandered outside and descended through a grate into a system of underground caves. Soon I was battling snakes, gathering treasures, and throwing axes at pesky attackers. The game used text only, no graphics, but it was easy to imagine the cave system stretching out below ground. I played for months, roaming farther and deeper, gradually mapping out the world.

Feb 1, 2022

Aspirin recall: There’s a poisoning risk with these recalled meds, so check your home now

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Geri-Care issued a recall for some aspirin and acetaminophen bottles that are not child-resistant, posing a poisoning risk.


Aspirin and acetaminophen are over-the-counter drugs that countless people have in their medicine cabinets. Many people use them to alleviate pain and reduce fevers, and these drugs might be the first course of action when exhibiting such symptoms. That’s what makes them popular purchases with consumers. And that’s why buyers should pay extra close attention to recalls that involve aspirin and acetaminophen products.

A new recall action involves bottles of Geri-Care Pharmaceuticals aspirin and acetaminophen, as they pose a risk of poisoning to children who might get their hands on these common drugs.

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Feb 1, 2022

How biohackers use fasting, sleep monitoring, and low-meat diets to ‘turn back’ their biological clock

Posted by in categories: biological, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies

Biohackers follow a trend originating in the US, using “hacks” to try and turn back their biological clocks.


Proposals in Wyoming and Arizona to accept tax payments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies would undermine the dollar’s unique status.

Feb 1, 2022

A crypto breakthrough? Western states consider taking digital currency

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies

Proposals in Wyoming and Arizona to accept tax payments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies would undermine the dollar’s unique status.

Feb 1, 2022

To Catch a Dancing Star: The Story of ‘Extreme Precision’ Spectroscopy

Posted by in category: space

Dr. Arpita Roy, Space Telescope Science Institute.

It has been three decades since astronomers first discovered planets outside our solar system. This profound scientific moment established the field of exoplanet science and has led us on a whirlwind tour of other worlds, none of which (so far) have been quite like our own.

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Feb 1, 2022

Humanity Could Survive A ’Planet-Killer’ Asteroid, A New Study Says

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks, physics

About 66 million years ago, a “planet killer” — a 10-kilometer-wide rocky asteroid — hit Earth. The Chicxulub impact caused a mass extinction on a planetary scale, killing off an estimated 76 percent of all species living on Earth at the time, including the dinosaurs. According to a study published by Philip Lubin and Alexander N. Cohen, both physicists at the University of California in Santa Barbara, there is a chance that humanity could survive such a similar impact happening in the near future.

There currently are about 1,200 asteroids on a publicly available asteroid risk list, but all are smaller than one kilometer. The probability of a Chicxulub sized asteroid (5 to 15 kilometers across) hitting Earth is once in a billion years — very low, but not impossible.

Feb 1, 2022

Astronomers Took One Step Closer to a New Method for Detecting Gravitational Waves

Posted by in categories: physics, space