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May 26, 2020

Are We In A Simulation? | Why You Are Not Real

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience

Eric Klien


Simulation theory points out that we might be living in a giant computer simulation. Exponential technological growth and how far we’ve already come in so little time are big indicators that we can’t possibly imagine what the future of humanity would look like in 100 years, or better yet, 1,000 years!
Will we be able to create simulations so indistinguishable from reality that the characters will not be aware that they are being simulated? Today on Cognitive Culture, you’ll learn about why you’re not real!

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May 26, 2020

Armed Russian Fighters Fly Dangerously Close To U.S. Navy Patrol Plane Over The Mediterranean

Posted by in category: military

The incident follows the American military’s release of evidence that Russia has sent combat aircraft to join Libya’s civil war.

May 26, 2020

Plant-based metal and metal alloy nanoparticle synthesis: a comprehensive mechanistic approach

Posted by in categories: biological, chemistry, nanotechnology

Circa 2019 o.o


There are enormous methods such as physical, chemical, and biological, for the synthesis of metallic nanoparticles (MNPs), which has become a matter of focus among material scientists. Green chemistry-based MNP synthesis is an area, which has gained much importance presently due to their non-toxicity and monodispersed nanoparticle preparation methodologies. Among green synthesis methods, plants are considered as efficient candidates for nanoparticle synthesis. The meticulous formation of different sizes and shapes of the nanoparticles using plants has spurred encouraging interest. The rate kinetics and stability of nanoparticle synthesis are well studied as well as appreciated in the arena of materials. Their capability to sequester metal ions and fastidiously define the dimensions using a plethora of capping proteins such as glutathione and phytochelatins is intriguing giving it a monodispersed size. This review is a comprehensive understanding of the metal nanoparticles synthesized by plants and apprehends the mechanism of nanoparticle synthesis exhaustively.

May 26, 2020

Scientists Warn “Insect Apocalypse” Could Doom Humanity

Posted by in category: futurism

“Each species represents an unrepeatable part of the history of life,” the scientists wrote. “In turn, each species also interacts with others and their environment in distinctive ways, weaving a complex network that sustains other species, including us.”

Bug Hunt

The scientists wrote, poetically, that the “fates of humans and insects are intertwined.” In other words, our collective ecological footprint doesn’t just threaten our fellow Earthlings — it could also effectively kick the ladder out from under our own position in the ecosystem.

May 26, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak likely to go on for two years, scientists predict

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, policy

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to last between 18 and 24 months, scientists from the University of Minnesota have predicted.

In a report published Thursday, researchers from the university’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) stressed that Covid-19 was more contagious than the flu and was likely to continue circulating after a first wave this spring.

May 26, 2020

Investors bet $27.5 million that Nanotech Energy’s graphene battery breakthrough is the real thing

Posted by in categories: energy, nanotechnology

The startup claims to be “the world’s top supplier of graphene” and plans to release a non-flammable, environmentally friendly lithium battery that can charge “18 times faster than anything that is currently available on the market” — within the next year.

May 26, 2020

How Britain’s oldest universities are trying to protect humanity from risky A.I.

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Oxford and Cambridge are carefully assessing the threat presented by intelligent machines of the future.

May 26, 2020

Tomorrow Photo

Posted by in category: space travel

NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will become the first humans to launch to the International Space Station from American soil since the final space shuttle mission in 2011. Don’t miss our live coverage, including video from the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft!

Full #LaunchAmerica schedule: https://go.nasa.gov/2ZEjMaF

May 26, 2020

Magnetic monopoles discovered by LCN Scientists

Posted by in category: space travel

:ooooooo magnetic monopoles discovered for spaceships.

May 26, 2020

The Future Of Fusion? Meet The Stellarator

Posted by in categories: energy, futurism

Can be used for a force field: 3.


Power and energy are essential parts of our everyday life. Every time you turn on a light, you’re using power. If you’re reading this online, you’re using energy. If you’re watching a video — you guessed it — you need energy. So that means that with so many people needing power and energy, we’re brought into a world that’s demanding more and more power. What’s more, getting this power is the hard part.