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Jul 11, 2021

Disco Spider Pulsates With Color, Baffling Scientists

Posted by in category: biological

“I haven’t seen anything like it,” scientist says of the flashy arachnid from Asia.


“People love to jump to conclusions what such a behavior is good for,” such as attracting prey or deterring predators, says Rainer Foelix, author of the book Biology of Spiders.

“Rather than to speculate, it would be better to study this phenomenon scientifically,” Foelix says.

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Jul 11, 2021

Powerful solar storm approaching Earth, can impact GPS, cell phone signals

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, space

A powerful solar storm is approaching the Earth at a speed of 1.6 million kilometers and this storm will hit the Earth either on Sunday or Monday. According to website Spaceweather.com, the storm that originated from the Sun’s atmosphere can have a significant impact on a region of space dominated by Earth’s magnetic field.

View of celestial lighting

Due to the solar storm, there will be a view of beautiful celestial lighting for the people living at the North or South Pole. The people living closer to these areas can expect to see beautiful aurora at night.

Jul 11, 2021

Rise of the cyborgs: Inside the technology transcending humanity’s biological limits

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, neuroscience

Humans are integrating with technology. Not in the future – now. With the emergence of custom prosthetics that make us stronger and faster, neural implants that change how our brains work, and new senses and abilities that you’ve never dreamed of having, it’s time to start imagining what a better version of you might look like.


From reality-enhancing implants to brain-controlled exoskeletons, breakthroughs in bio-tech have fuelled a new fusion of machinery and organic matter.

Jul 11, 2021

AI Generated Art Scene Explodes as Hackers Create Groundbreaking New Tools

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

New AI tools CLIP+VQ-GAN can create impressive works of art based on just a few words of input.

Jul 11, 2021

Branson Beats Bezos to Space History and Flight Analysis with Tim Pickens

Posted by in categories: business, food, habitats, space

Breaking — Branson Beats Bezos to Space! Some history of the Virgin Galactic propulsion development, flight analysis and more background with Tim Pickens.

Tim Pickens is an entrepreneur, inventor, innovator, engineer and educator. He specializes in commercial space, technical product development and solutions, and business consulting and strategy for space and technical companies. Pickens’ 25+ years of experience in the aerospace industry, specializing in the design, fabrication and testing of propulsion hardware systems, has earned him a reputation as one of the industry’s leaders in these areas. Early in his career, Pickens served as propulsion lead for Scaled Composites on SpaceShipOne, winner of the $10 million Ansari X Prize. He also worked for small hardware-rich aerospace companies in Huntsville, and later supported the Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo venture.

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Jul 11, 2021

Watch moment Richard Branson rockets into space Video

Posted by in category: space travel

Watch video from Virgin Galactic showing Richard Branson’s space plane’s engine ignite sending the billionaire into outer space.

Jul 11, 2021

Future AI toys could be smarter than parents, but a lot less protective

Posted by in categories: education, robotics/AI

As AI toys enter the market, they can be helpful, educational tools for kids but can also pose risks to data privacy.

Jul 11, 2021

Researchers Discover Orbital Patterns of Trans-Neptunian Objects Vary Based on Their Color

Posted by in categories: chemistry, evolution, particle physics, space

Data collected can be used to provide new insights into the evolution of the Kuiper Belt, and the larger solar system.

Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), small objects that orbit the sun beyond Neptune, are fossils from the early days of the solar system which can tell us a lot about its formation and evolution.

A new study led by Mohamad Ali-Dib, a research scientist at the NYU Abu Dhabi Center for Astro, Particle, and Planetary Physics, reports the significant discovery that two groups of TNOs with different surface colors also have very different orbital patterns. This new information can be compared to models of the solar system to provide fresh insights into its early chemistry. Additionally, this discovery paves the way for further understanding of the formation of the Kuiper Belt itself, an area beyond Neptune comprised of icy objects, that is also the source of some comets.

Jul 11, 2021

3,800 PS4s found and seized from a cryptocurrency farm in Ukraine

Posted by in categories: computing, cryptocurrencies, security, sustainability

WTF?! On Thursday the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) reported that they had shut down a cryptomining operation in the city of Vinnytsia, seizing over 500 GPUs and 50 processors — and a bunch of Playstation 4s. Consoles built on 2013-era technology might not be great at mining, but they don’t need to be when you have 3800 of them.

Although the market for GPUs is starting to improve, and dedicated ASICs might be on the way to relieve demand, it seems that one group of enterprising cryptocurrency miners have turned to last-gen console hardware to get things done.

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Jul 11, 2021

‘Superager’ Brains Resist The March of Time to Have Memories Like 25-Year-Olds

Posted by in category: neuroscience

A rare group of humans known as “superagers” can grow up without their minds growing old.

Even in their 60s, 70s, and 80s, a lucky few maintain incredibly youthful memories, recalling new experiences, events, and situations just as well as people decades younger.

New research now suggests that’s because their brains have somehow resisted the march of time.