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The Inspirational Impact of Space on The Global Civilization

Posted by Malak Trabelsi Loeb in human trajectories, spaceTagged Civilization, culture, globalization, outer space, Society, space, Space Faring Civilization

Sep 7
2020

Malak Trabelsi Loeb

The present generation has witnessed a rare phenomenon during one’s life: the rise of a new civilization. Fueled by the global-minded elite who influenced and controlled the comprehensive economic policies and strategies, a new wave of globalization has emerged. Targowski (2014) defined “global civilization” as the following:

“Global Civilization is a large Global Society living in integrated horizontally whole or partial spaces of contemporary, autonomous civilizations as a fuzzy reification (invisible-visible) which is not a part of the larger one and exists over an extended period of time.”

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The Air Force Just Tested “Robot Dogs” For Use In Base Security

Posted by Quinn Sena in robotics/AI, security

Sep 7
2020

The quadrupedal robots secured the perimeter of a base during a recent test of the USAF’s Advanced Battle Management System.

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Scientists target Hep C virus using CRISPR-Cas technology

Posted by Quinn Sena in biotech/medical

Sep 7
2020

Scientists in the US have used the CRISPR-Cas system to target the RNA of hepatitis C virus (HCV).

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Why Do Cambrian Creatures Look So Weird?

Posted by Quinn Sena in futurism

Sep 7
2020

These creatures look downright bizarre by today’s standards.

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Scientists Detected a New Kind of Black Hole Being Born in a Bizarre Event

Posted by Jim Brownfield in cosmology

Sep 7
2020

A merger with a black hole possessing an unexplained ‘forbidden mass’ created the first conclusive example of an intermediate black hole in the most massive merger ever detected using ripples in spacetime.

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New Species Found in the Hottest Place on Earth

Posted by Quinn Sena in futurism

Sep 7
2020

Shrimps are tough: 3.

A new species of freshwater Crustacea has been discovered during an expedition of the desert Lut, known as the hottest place on Earth.

The newly identified species belongs to the genus Phallocryptus of which only four species were previously known from different arid and semiarid regions.

Dr. Hossein Rajaei from the Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History and Dr. Alexander V Rudov from Tehran University made the discovery during an expedition of Lut to better understand the desert’s ecology, biodiversity, geomorphology, and paleontology.

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Adam Savage Builds Working IRON MAN Suit That Flies

Posted by Quinn Sena in futurism

Sep 7
2020

If anyone in the world had the actual real-life know-how of Tony Stark, it’d be Adam Savage. He proved this by building a working, flying Iron Man suit.

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Time for a new contender in energy conversion and storage

Posted by Quinn Sena in energy, materials

Sep 7
2020

Evolutionary search has helped scientists predict the lowest energy structure of a two-dimensional (2-D) material, B₂P₆, with some remarkable features, including structural anisotropy and Janus geometry.

Janus materials—named after the two-faced Greek god of duality—have two surfaces with distinct physical properties. As such, they offer unique benefits, such as high solar-to-hydrogen efficiency.

Anisotropic materials exhibit different properties when measured along different directions. In the case of B₂P₆, the ionic diffusion is strongly anisotropic, a feature that can be potentially useful in affordable energy storage solutions, such as metal-ion batteries.

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