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Oct 31, 2024

When, where and how to watch Leonid meteor shower?

Posted by in category: space

The earthlings are yet again going to experience the breathtaking celestial event known as Leonid meteor shower which will be active from November 3 to December 2 this year and peak overnight from November 16 to 17.

When Earth travels through the debris left behind by comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle the Leonids are produced. It happens during its highly elliptical orbit around the Sun every 33 years, reported Space.

It is worth noting that the Leonids are regarded as some of the fastest meteors, zipping through the sky at 44 miles (71 kilometres) per second, as per NASA.

Oct 31, 2024

Human Consciousness Evolved as a Means of Social Survival, Scientists Say

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Now, will machines catch up?

Oct 31, 2024

Plans must be made for the welfare of sentient AI, animal consciousness researchers argue

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Computer scientists need to grapple with the possibility they will accidentally create sentient artificial intelligence (AI) — and to plan for those systems’ welfare, a new study argues.

The report published Thursday comes from an unusual quarter: specialists in the frontier field of animal consciousness, several of whom were signatories of the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness.

Oct 31, 2024

Japanese Chip Packaging Giant Kyocera Launches $100 Million AI Startup Funds

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, sustainability

Kyocera has unveiled two funds totaling $100 million for startups focused on technologies including artificial intelligence, renewable energy and mobility.

Oct 31, 2024

Daniel Dennett — Consciousness, Qualia and the “Hard Problem”

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Philosopher Daniel Dennett explains how his functionalist perspective can shed some light on the apparent mystery of conscious experience. Interviewed by Louis Godbout.

(Aria from J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations played by Andrew Rangell, Keyboard Masterworks, Steinway \& Sons).

Oct 31, 2024

Quantum Cat Experiment Breaks Record By Surviving For Incredible 1,400 Seconds

Posted by in category: quantum physics

The state could be used for exquisitely sensitive measurements and even to test the Standard Model.

Oct 31, 2024

Nanofibrils study successfully measures strength of spider web ‘super fibers’

Posted by in category: futurism

How small is “small?” Spider silk nanofibrils are just a few molecular layers thick, equivalent to approximately one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair. They’re invisible to the naked eye and cannot be seen under an ordinary microscope.

Oct 31, 2024

The Problem With Sabine Hossenfelder

Posted by in categories: physics, space

Sabine Hossenfelder is a very popular science communicator who focuses largely on topics in physics. Although much of her content is effective and without issue, there is an undercurrent of anti-establishment rhetoric that has grown immensely as of late, and it is an enormous problem. Sabine is a not a charlatan like most of my other targets, and this is not a hit piece, but rather commentary on this aspect of her work and how it came to be. If you are a fan of hers, consider this perspective.

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Oct 31, 2024

1992, 31 October

Posted by in categories: chemistry, mathematics, physics

On this day in 1992, the Vatican admitted that Galileo was correct in believing that the earth went around the sun.


2. In the first place, I wish to congratulate the Pontifical Academy of Sciences for having chosen to deal, in its plenary session, with a problem of great importance and great relevance today: the problem of ‘the emergence of complexity in mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology

The emergence of the subject of complexity probably marks in the history of the natural sciences a stage as important as the stage which bears relation to the name of Galileo, when a univocal model of order seemed to be obvious. Complexity indicates precisely that, in order to account for the rich variety of reality, we must have recourse to a number of different models.

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Oct 31, 2024

Liquid metal polymers show potential for enhanced electronics performance

Posted by in category: electronics

Effective thermal management is essential to ensuring the performance and lifespan of modern electronics. While polymers are widely used in electronic components, they inherently exhibit poor thermal conductivity, limiting their effectiveness in dissipating heat. To overcome this, researchers have been investigating the potential of integrating highly conductive fillers, such as liquid metals (LM), into polymers.

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