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Aug 7, 2019
Scientists find huge world of hidden galaxies, changing our understanding of the universe
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
This is the first multiple discovery of its kind, and such an abundance of this type of galaxy defies current models of the universe.
Previously unknown webs of stars are more spectacular than our own, say researchers.
Aug 7, 2019
Big Bang theory wrong? Star older than Universe discovered — threat of ‘scientific crisis’
Posted by Paul Battista in category: cosmology
The Universe is thought to have popped into existence some 13.8 billion years ago when an infinitesimal point expanded billions of lightyears across in just a fraction of a second. The Big Bang theory has stood for the best part of 100 years after Belgian physicist Georges Lemaître first proposed in 1927 the expansion of the Universe could be traced back to a single point. However, the well-accepted model is now under the microscope after a team of researchers found a star which appears to be older than the cosmos.
Aug 7, 2019
$3 Million for Mathematical Conjecture?
Posted by Benjamin T. Solomon in category: particle physics
How can untested mathematical conjecture be awarded $3 million prize? That reflects badly on the Breakthrough Prize committee. https://physicsworld.com/a/breakthrough-prize-criticized-for…led-ideas/
Aug 7, 2019
Romanian Engineers Have Created a Fully Functional Flying Saucer
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: engineering
I am going home bigsmile
The “All-Directional Flying Object” is a proof of concept that’s the result of more than two decades of engineering work.
Aug 7, 2019
Spending Bitcoin in person is easy (What happens in background is elegant)
Posted by Philip Raymond in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, economics
Today, I was co-host of an online cryptocurrency symposium—taking questions from hundreds of visitors. A common question goes something like this:
Can Bitcoin be used in person—or
is it just for internet commerce?
Our panel had a moderator, and also an off-screen video director. As I cleared my throat in preparation to offer a response, a voice in my ear reminded me that it was not my turn. The director explained that another panelist would reply. It was a highly regarded analyst and educator in Australia. Realizing that that she was calling the shots, I deferred.
I was shocked as I listened to a far off colleague suggest that Bitcoin is not useful for in-person payments. I wonder how he explains this to the grocers, tailors, lawyers, theme parks and thousands of retailers who save millions of dollars each year by accepting bitcoin—all without risk of volatility and even if they demand to instantly convert sales revenue into Fiat currency.*
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Aug 7, 2019
Position Statement 56: Mental Health Treatment in Correctional Facilities
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, health, law enforcement, neuroscience
“Over the past 50 years [America has] gone from institutionalizing people with mental illnesses, often in subhuman conditions, [in state mental health hospitals] to incarcerating them at unprecedented and appalling rates—putting recovery out of reach for millions of Americans […] On any given day, between 300,000 and 400,000 people with mental illnesses are incarcerated in jails and prisons across the United States, and more than 500,000 people with mental illnesses are under correctional control in the community.” [1] Mental Health America (MHA) supports effective, accessible mental health treatment for all people who need it who are confined in adult or juvenile correctional facilities or under correctional control. People with mental health and substance use conditions also need an effective classification system to protect vulnerable prisoners and preserve their human rights. [2] Notwithstanding their loss of their liberty, prisoners with mental health and substance use conditions retain all other rights, and these must be zealously defended.
Background
In the past decade, America has been locking up increasing numbers of individuals with mental health conditions. [3] MHA is both concerned by and opposed to the increasing use of criminal sanctions and incarceration, replacing the state mental hospitals with much more drastic curtailment of personal liberty and preclusion of community integration and community-based treatment. [4] Prisoners with mental health conditions are especially vulnerable to the difficult and sometimes deplorable conditions that prevail in jails, prisons, and other correctional facilities. Overcrowding often contributes to inadequacy of mental health services and to ineffective classification and separation of prisoner classes. It can both increase vulnerability and exacerbate mental illnesses. For these and other reasons, MHA supports maximum reasonable diversion. [5].
Aug 7, 2019
Mentally Ill Inmates Are Routinely Physically Abused, Study Says
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
A Human Rights Watch review finds that mistreatment by guards, including the use of chemical sprays and electronic stun guns, has led to a number of deaths.
Aug 7, 2019
Crashed spacecraft may have left creatures on the moon
Posted by Philip Raymond in categories: astronomy, biological, science, space, space travel
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN—Wed August 7, 2019
![Thousands of tardigrades -- also known as 'water bears' or 'moss piglets' -- were on board the Beresheet spacecraft when it crash landed on the moon in April.](http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/190807144613-02-tardigrade-stock-exlarge-169.jpg)
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Aug 7, 2019
IBM just made its cancer-fighting AI projects open-source
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI
IBM recently developed three artificial intelligence tools that could help medical researchers fight cancer.
Now, the company has decided to make all three tools open-source, meaning scientists will be able to use them in their research whenever they please, according to ZDNet. The tools are designed to streamline the cancer drug development process and help scientists stay on top of newly-published research — so, if they prove useful, it could mean more cancer treatments coming through the pipeline more rapidly than before.