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Apr 25, 2022

A Decade of Science and Trillions of Collisions Show the W Boson Is More Massive Than Expected — A Physicist Explains What It Means

Posted by in categories: particle physics, science

“You can do it quickly, you can do it cheaply, or you can do it right. We did it right.” These were some of David Toback opening remarks when the leader of Fermilab’s Collider Detector unveiled the results of a decade-long experiment to measure the mass of a particle known as the W boson.

I am a high energy particle physicist, and I am part of the team of hundreds of scientists that built and ran the Collider Detector at Fermilab in Illinois – known as CDF.

After trillions of collisions and years of data collection and number crunching, the CDF team found that the W boson has slightly more mass than expected. Though the discrepancy is tiny, the results, described in a paper published in the journal Science on April 7, 2022, have electrified the particle physics world. If the measurement is indeed correct, it is yet another strong signal that there are missing pieces to the physics puzzle of how the universe works.

Apr 25, 2022

Hackers say cracking power grid tech was easiest challenge yet

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, energy

During an industrial control systems hacking challenge, a Dutch team won $40,000 for cracking tech used to control the power grid.

Apr 25, 2022

What we’ve learned after 32 years of NASA’s Hubble

Posted by in category: space

When the Hubble Space Telescope first launched in 1990, there was so much we didn’t know. Here’s how far we’ve come.

Apr 25, 2022

Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

Elon Musk, the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO, will acquire Twitter for $54.20 per share in a deal worth about $44 billion.

Apr 25, 2022

Chapter Seven — 2021 Dr. Burzynski — Artificial Intelligence & the Extinction of 99% of Oncologists

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, existential risks, genetics, robotics/AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=WYTJjxzmkzA&…mp;index=7

A series of interviews recorded in August of 2021 with Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski.
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Notes from Dr. Burzynski:

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Apr 25, 2022

SpaceX returns private Ax-1 astronaut crew to Earth after extended space station stay

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, with the Ax-1 crew onboard.

Apr 25, 2022

Why Venus Rotates, Slowly, Despite Sun’s Powerful Gravitational Pull

Posted by in categories: climatology, space

Gaining clarity about the factors that contributed to a runaway greenhouse state on Venus, Earth’s closest planetary neighbor, can also help improve models of what could one day happen to Earth’s climate.

“Ultimately, my motivation in studying Venus is to better understand the Earth,” Kane said.

Reference: “Atmospheric dynamics of a near tidally locked Earth-sized planet” by Stephen R. Kane, 22 April 2022, Nature Astronomy.

Apr 25, 2022

Promising Stem Cell Therapy Could Help Spinal Cord Injury Sufferers Regain Ability to Walk

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

At the Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, in Canada, researchers have developed a stem-cell-based therapy that is regenerating spinal cords in laboratory animals and may become available for human clinical trials.


Blocking inhibitory molecules that cause neuronal cells to degenerate, and inhibit stem cell transplants may prove a breakthrough therapy.

Apr 25, 2022

Top 10 Amazing Open-Source Deep Learning Projects to Know

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Deep learning is one of the best technological advancements having numerous applications which leverage the neural network features for projects like neural enhance and the controversial face-swap technology used in deepfake videos.


Can humanity become a Type I civilization without causing our own Great Filter?

Apr 25, 2022

When Will Humanity Become a Type I Civilization?

Posted by in categories: solar power, space, sustainability

Can humanity become a Type I civilization without causing our own Great Filter?


There are several ways we can measure the progress of human civilization. Population growth, the rise and fall of empires, our technological ability to reach for the stars. But one simple measure is to calculate the amount of energy humans use at any given time. As humanity has spread and advanced, our ability to harness energy is one of our most useful skills. If one assumes civilizations on other planets might possess similar skills, the energy consumption of a species is a good rough measure of its technological prowess. This is the idea behind the Kardashev Scale.

Russian astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev proposed the scale in 1964. He categorized civilizations into three types: planetary, stellar, and galactic. A Type I species is able to harness energy on a scale equal to the amount stellar energy that reaches its home planet. Type II species can harness energy on the scale of its home star, and Type III can harness the energy of its home galaxy. The idea was further popularized by Carl Sagan, who suggested a continuous scale of measurement rather than simply three types.

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