Feb 25, 2021
A trusty robot to carry farms into the future
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: food, robotics/AI, sustainability
To feed 10 billion by 2050, the world’s farmers will need to increase food production by up to 70%. Bring in the robots.
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Feb 25, 2021
What is Gravitricity’s Gravity-Based Energy Storage System?
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: energy
British start-up company Gravitricity has developed a system to store excess energy by using the power of gravity.
Feb 25, 2021
Why Cyanobacteria Could Revolutionize Mars Colonization?
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in category: space
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Feb 25, 2021
She was Demoted, Doubted and Rejected But Now Her Work is the Basis of the Covid-19 Vaccine
Posted by Poopeh Morakkabati in category: biotech/medical
The Hungarian chemist Katalin Karikó is being talked about for the Nobel Prize through her work on the mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine.
Feb 25, 2021
Beware of Lazy Bitcoin Research | Insights
Posted by J.P. Medved in categories: bitcoin, energy, sustainability
Bitcoin mining is mainly driven by renewable energy — hydro (by far the largest component), solar, wind and geothermal. Period.
In fact, we’ve estimated the lower bound of renewables penetration in the bitcoin mining energy mix to be 77.6%.
From 2018, but it’s likely gotten better since then.
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Feb 25, 2021
Two generations of science pioneers inspire future astronauts
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: science, space travel
Dr. Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel into space, talks to aspiring scientist, speaker and activist Taylor Richardson about the history of Black women in STEM and the importance of inspiring the next generation.
Feb 25, 2021
Out on launch pad, engine swap underway~ Elon
Posted by Heather Blevins in category: futurism
Feb 25, 2021
Self-Navigating Robot Cleans up The Ocean
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: robotics/AI, sustainability
Another robot that cleans trash from bodies of water.
Self-charging, self-navigating and solar-powered! ClearBot was created by Hong Kong engineers as a cheap and effective tool for cleaning up ocean plastic. It det… See More.
Feb 25, 2021
Astronomers detect new super-Earth exoplanet orbiting nearby star
Posted by Paul Gonçalves in category: space
Using the radial velocity (RV) technique, astronomers have discovered a new super-Earth alien world as part of the HADES and CARMENES programs. The newfound exoplanet, designated GJ 740 b, orbits a bright star some 36 light-years away and is at least three times more massive than the Earth. The finding is reported in a paper published February 18 on the arXiv pre-print server.
