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Jul 25, 2022

Here Are 10 Images That Show Just How Freakishly Massive The Great Pyramid of Giza Really is

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Here are 10 fascinating images that show how massive the Great Pyamid of Giza trully is. The builders used 2.3 million stones to build the Great Pyramid.

Jul 25, 2022

The US military wants to understand the most important software on Earth

Posted by in categories: computing, military

Open-source code runs on every computer on the planet—and keeps America’s critical infrastructure going. DARPA is worried about how well it can be trusted.

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Jul 25, 2022

Google fires software engineer who says AI chatbot has feelings

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Tech giant Google has sacked a senior software engineer who published a transcript of a conversation he had with chatbot LaMDA, in which it says it has a soul and a “very deep fear of being turned off”.

Jul 25, 2022

Tiny Mining. Extracting minerals from our own body

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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Tiny Mining is a mineral exploration co-operative and community committed to the open source exploitation of the interior of the human body for rare earth and other mineral resources.

Jul 25, 2022

Australian Capital Territory charges ahead with Canberra’s 250 MW big battery project

Posted by in categories: energy, government

The Australian Capital Territory government has firmed its commitment to deliver one of the largest battery storage systems in the Southern Hemisphere to support Canberra’s energy grid and the continued uptake of renewables with funding allocated in the upcoming budget to progress the Big Canberra Battery project.

Jul 25, 2022

How to have a better relationship with your tech

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Here are some ways to make your screen time work best for you.

Jul 25, 2022

Boom Supersonic’s Overture supersonic airliner will fly at 1,300 mph

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

It’s about time for a bold new era of supersonic flight.

Jul 25, 2022

Isro developing capability to launch humans on quick space tourism flights

Posted by in category: space travel

Isro is currently working on several other missions as it looks to conduct its first human spaceflight launch with the Gaganyaan mission. (Photo: Isro)

Isro had in May this year successfully conducted a static fire test of the boosters that will power India’s maiden astronaut mission. While the four unnamed Indian Air Force officers continue to train for the mission, the ground qualification tests of launch vehicle propulsion stages have also been commenced and successfully progressing.

Being developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the Gaganyaan crew module will be the first indigenous spacecraft to take Indian astronauts into space and return them safely to Earth.

Jul 25, 2022

How To Turn a Neglected Alley Into a Beloved (and Wealth-Generating) “Minor Street”

Posted by in category: habitats

We have collected that series into this new, free e-book, The American Alley: A Hidden Resource. The e-book includes the full text of the articles, along with additional illustrations and two appendices that go deeper on the design principles of the world’s most beloved “minor streets.”

Whether you’re an incremental developer, a housing or walkability advocate, a local official trying to grow your city’s tax base, or a homeowner who wants to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on your property, The American Alley will help you understand why alleys were forgotten in the first place…and spur your imagination for what’s possible, now.

Jul 25, 2022

James Webb Telescope Captures Stunning View of Distant Galaxy

Posted by in category: space

The monstrous people spiral of a nearby galaxy is just one of many Webb telescope images to come over the coming days, weeks, and years.

The new James Webb Space Telescope image shows NGC 628 as a swirling, dusty skeleton more like something from a Marvel movie than a spiral galaxy.

In an interview with The Independent, Gabriel Brammer, one of the researchers at the Cosmic Dawn Center at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, said the galaxy looks like our own Milky Way.