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Jun 30, 2018

President Trump Meets With Space Council

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President Trump meets with the National Space Council at the White House. It is expected that the council will discuss the role of private organizations in space travel and exploration.

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Jun 30, 2018

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The Philippines is proud to announce the rocket launch of its first cube satellite, MAYA-1, to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 29, 2018.

Watch out for its broadcast on Friday at 5:41 PM (PHT), live from Canaveral, Florida, at the DOST-ASTI FB page!

#sciencejourney60

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Jun 30, 2018

ISS LIVE: Watch as the International Space orbits the Earth at 17,895 mph

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Jun 30, 2018

Will you get sick next flu season?

Posted by in category: futurism

According to new Stanford research, it may depend on how many natural killer cells you have: https://stan.md/2I2IDZx (Photo by Kelly Sikkema)

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Jun 30, 2018

Cleansing thermonuclear fire

Posted by in category: futurism

…” Because unlike Konopinski-Marvin-Teller, it (the paper) actually focuses on those “necessary conditions”: what would need to be different, if you did want to have a self-propagating reaction?


What would it take to turn the world into one big fusion reaction, wiping it clean of life and turning it into a barren rock? Asking for a friend.

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Jun 30, 2018

World’s Biggest Battery Proposed in California

Posted by in category: energy

A California utility is seeking permission to have a company build the world’s largest battery, joining a growing list of power companies investing in storing electricity.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., part of PG&E Corp., detailed plans for four storage projects totaling nearly 570 megawatts in a Friday filing to regulators, including a 300-megawatt battery installation at a natural-gas-fired power plant owned by Vistra Energy Corp.

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Jun 30, 2018

AI Will Thrash the Economy Like a ‘Tsunami,’ Allstate CEO Says

Posted by in categories: economics, robotics/AI, transportation

Much Worse than that. And, thankfully, They are too foolish and greedy to stop.


Artificial intelligence is coming for the service economy, according to Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson.

“It’s going to rip through this economy like a tsunami,” Wilson said Thursday in an interview on Bloomberg TV from Aspen, Colorado.

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Jun 30, 2018

The future of food may be cooking with chemical compounds

Posted by in categories: food, security

French scientist Herve This, the co-creator of molecular gastronomy, wants the world to cook with chemical compounds, a process that he believes can help improve global food security.

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Jun 30, 2018

China Extends Lead as Most Prolific Supercomputer Maker

Posted by in categories: government, supercomputing

China has 206 of the top 500 supercomputers — compared to the U.S.’s 124.


America is now home to the world’s speediest supercomputer. But the new list of the 500 swiftest machines underlines how much faster China is building them.

The list, published Monday, shows the Chinese companies and government pulling away as the most prolific producer of supercomputers, with 206 of the top 500. American corporations and the United States government designed and made 124 of the supercomputers on the list.

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Jun 30, 2018

Elon Musk: This is why we have to build civilizations in space

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, existential risks, space travel, sustainability

“Humanity is not perfect, but it’s all we’ve got,” the SpaceX and Tesla boss said.

To safeguard human life requires moving beyond the blue planet, in Musk’s view, because earth is likely to become uninhabitable.

“There will be some eventual extinction event” if humans stay on earth forever, Musk said in an article published in academic journal New Space, which was published online in June 2017.

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