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Jan 5, 2025

Altered States of Consciousness Can Distort Time, And Nobody Knows Why

Posted by in categories: media & arts, neuroscience

We all know that time seems to pass at different speeds in different situations. For example, time appears to go slowly when we travel to unfamiliar places. A week in a foreign country seems much longer than a week at home.

Time also seems to pass slowly when we are bored, or in pain. It seems to speed up when we’re in a state of absorption, such as when we play music or chess, or paint or dance. More generally, most people report time seems to speed up as they get older.

However, these variations in time perception are quite mild. Our experience of time can change in a much more radical way. In my new book, I describe what I call “time expansion experiences” – in which seconds can stretch out into minutes.

Jan 5, 2025

Astronomers Admit: We Were Wrong—100 Billion Habitable Earth-Like Planets In Our Galaxy Alone

Posted by in category: space

Astronomers admit: we were wrong—100 billion habitable earth-like planets in our galaxy alone.

Estimates by astronomers indicate that there could be more than 100 BILLION Earth-like worlds in the Milky Way that could be home to life. Think that’s a big number? According to astronomers, there are roughly 500 billion galaxies in the known universe, which means there are around-1 (5×1022) habitable planets. That’s of course if there’s just ONE universe.

Jan 5, 2025

Sam Altman Finally Reveals What ASI Will Be Like! (Artificial Super Intelligence)

Posted by in categories: business, robotics/AI

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Jan 5, 2025

Sam Altman Reveals What Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) Will Be Like

Posted by in categories: economics, robotics/AI

Explore Sam Altman’s predictions on Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI), its risks, and its potential to reshape industries, economies and.

Jan 5, 2025

NVIDIA Is Now Rumored To Switch Towards Samsung Foundry For 2nm Process, Ditching TSMC Due To High Costs

Posted by in category: futurism

NVIDIA is rumored to ditch TSMC’s 2nm process, and instead turn towards Samsung Foundry, given the high costs associated and the Taiwan giant’s growing influence in controlling prices.

NVIDIA & Other Tech Giants Now Focused On Diversifying 2nm Supply China, Including Partners Other Than TSMC

Well, TSMC’s 2nm superiority might be jeopardized here, as mainstream industry clients are now looking towards alternatives. In a report by Ctee citing South Korean media, NVIDIA and others are already in discussion to move away 2nm orders from the Taiwan giant, and shifting it to the likes of Samsung Foundry, given that the parties involved believe that 2nm costs are way too higher for adoption right now. With TSMC being the sole “credible” supplier, the firm is using this stance to control the prices.

Jan 5, 2025

Quantum Memory Breakthrough: Spin-Wave Technology Unlocks Scalable Networks

Posted by in categories: nanotechnology, quantum physics

A groundbreaking step in quantum technology has been achieved with the demonstration of an integrated spin-wave quantum memory, overcoming challenges of photon transmission loss and noise suppression.

Quantum memories play a crucial role in creating large-scale quantum networks by enabling the connection of multiple short-distance entanglements into long-distance entanglements. This approach helps to overcome photon transmission losses effectively. Rare-earth ion-doped crystals are a promising candidate for implementing high-performance quantum memories, and integrated solid-state quantum memories have already been successfully demonstrated using advanced micro-and nano-fabrication techniques.

Limitations of Existing Quantum Memory.

Jan 5, 2025

New Insight into Genetic Disease Variability

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Summary: New research reveals that certain cells inactivate one parent’s copy of a gene, leading to a bias in gene activity that may explain why some individuals with disease-causing mutations remain symptom-free. This selective gene inactivation, known as monoallelic expression, affects about 1 in 20 genes and varies between cell types.

The study shows that in families with genetic disorders, the active copy of a gene often determines disease severity. These findings challenge traditional genetic paradigms and suggest new approaches to diagnosing and treating inherited diseases.

Jan 5, 2025

In Photos: Aurora Light-Up Skies Around The World As Northern Lights Surge

Posted by in category: particle physics

Did you see the Northern Lights this week? The new year arrived not only with fireworks, but with displays of aurora across the world at much more southerly latitudes than is normal.

Aurora were spotted as far south as Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Wales in the U.K and France, with spectacular displays in Alaska, Scandinavia and New Zealand, according to SpaceWeather.com.

The display aurora came in the wake of forecasts for northern and Midwest U.S. states after a flurry of solar flares from the sun’s surface in the last few days of 2024, most notably an X-class event on Dec. 29 that hurled two clouds of charged particles in Earth’s direction.

Jan 5, 2025

Surgeon catches cancer from patient in ‘first-ever’ case with experts shocked

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

In a shocking turn of events, a surgeon operating on a cancer patient managed to contract the deadly disease in what is believed to be an unprecedented case. The doctor was performing surgery on a 32-year-old German man suffering from a rare type of cancer when he accidentally “transplanted” the disease into himself.

This occurred when cells from the patient’s tumor seeped into a cut on the surgeon’s hand. Despite immediate disinfection and bandaging, the 53-year-old medic noticed a hard lump developing at the base of his middle finger five months later.

A hand specialist identified the lump as a malignant tumor genetically identical to cancer suffered by his former patient. Doctors treating him concluded that he had contracted cancer when his patient’s tumor cells seeped into the cut.

Jan 5, 2025

Revolutionizing Electronics: The 2D Twist That Defied Scientific Predictions

Posted by in categories: materials, particle physics

Scientists are exploring 2D materials — sheets just one atom thick — with unique and promising electronic properties.

When two of these sheets are layered at specific angles, they can exhibit remarkable behaviors, such as superconductivity. Antonija Grubišić-Čabo, a materials scientist at the University of Groningen, and her colleagues investigated one such “twisted” material and found that it behaved in ways that defied existing theoretical predictions.

2D Materials and Superconductivity.

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