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Feb 2, 2021

India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, government, law

India plans to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and put in place a framework for an official digital currency to be issued by the central bank, according to a legislative agenda listed by the government.

Feb 2, 2021

Researchers discover an immense hydrocarbon cycle in the world’s ocean

Posted by in category: biological

Hydrocarbons and petroleum are almost synonymous in environmental science. After all, oil reserves account for nearly all the hydrocarbons we encounter. But the few hydrocarbons that trace their origin to biological sources may play a larger ecological role than scientists originally suspected.

Feb 2, 2021

Porsche is 3D printing electric drive housings that are lighter and stronger than conventional ones

Posted by in category: transportation

In December, Porsche announced that it had been 3D printing prototype housings for electric drives that were stronger, lighter, and much quicker to manufacture. The engine-gearbox units produced using this method were even able to pass all of the company’s quality and stress tests without issue.

Porsche manufactures the housings using a 3D printing method called laser metal fusion, which entails a laser beam heating and melting a powder surface depending on the desired contours. This method allows Porsche to produce an engine gearbox that is both 10% lighter and 100% stronger because of the inherent lattice structures.

Another significant upside to manufacturing parts this way is the ease and speed of creating new components or making changes to existing ones. For example, an entirely new part can be designed and then physically printed very quickly with no need to do things such as create new tooling to manufacture the part.

Feb 2, 2021

Jeff Bezos to step down as Amazon chief executive

Posted by in category: futurism

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is to step down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant that he founded in his garage nearly 30 years ago.


The Amazon founder becomes executive chairman, a move he says will allow him to focus on other ventures.

Feb 2, 2021

Is Quantum Tunneling the Key to Life and existence of the Universe?

Posted by in categories: information science, particle physics, quantum physics

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Feb 2, 2021

Spinach Has Learned To Send Emails

Posted by in category: futurism

Scietists have discovered a way to allow spinach to send emails. We are not joking. Check out this incredible story of modern science.

Feb 2, 2021

SpaceX Starship SN9 flies high, explodes on landing just like SN8

Posted by in category: space travel

After delays and a flap with the FAA, the Mars rocket prototype ran a vertical 10K on Tuesday.

Feb 2, 2021

Musk’s Neuralink creates ‘happy monkeys’ who play Pong with their minds

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, neuroscience

When talking about Elon Musk, we must be prepared to talk about big numbers. The world’s richest man—he’s currently worth about $209 billion, give or take a billion—has designed electric powered cars that can drive (with stops for charging) the 28000-mile width of the United States.

Feb 2, 2021

DeepMind’s AlphaFold Is Close to Solving One of Biology’s Greatest Challenges

Posted by in categories: biological, education, mapping, robotics/AI

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If we know a protein’s structure, we can make educated guesses about its function. And by mapping thousands of protein structures, we can begin to decipher the biology of life.

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Feb 2, 2021

Goodyear’s reCharge Concept Tire Regenerates Burned Off Rubber

Posted by in category: futurism

The reCharge tire works like a stick of lip balm, pushing up new tread as the old stuff wears away.