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Legendary physicist Freeman Dyson talks about math, nuclear rockets, and astounding things about the universe
Post Date: 2016-10-03 09:22:23 by Ada
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Mathematician and physicist Freeman Dyson has had a career as varied as it has been successful. A former professor of physics at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, he has worked on the unification of the three versions of quantum electrodynamics invented by Richard Feynman, nuclear reactors, solid- state physics, ferromagnetism, astrophysics, biology, and the application of useful and elegant math problems. One of his ideas, the Dyson Sphere, was featured in a "Star Trek" episode. Today, Dyson frequently writes about science and technology's relationship to ethics and social issues. Business Insider sat down with him and talked about math, war, the human brain, ...
Student researchers develop Mexico's first Mars rover
Post Date: 2016-10-03 00:52:27 by Tatarewicz
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GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The first prototype of a Mars explorer robot designed in Mexico by a team of 10 university students has gained the recognition of NASA and the International Astronautical Federation. "It is a completely Mexican design," Bryan Perez, one of the members of the team, told Xinhua on Saturday. The development team consists of nine engineering students from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and one from the National Polytechnic Institute. "We are convinced that Mexico has the knowledge, the drive and the power to innovate in aerospace, which is just beginning here," said Perez. The robot is equipped with two ...
Wireless wake-up call | Jeromy Johnson | TEDxBerkeley
Post Date: 2016-10-02 14:03:33 by Horse
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One of the only nuclear fusion reactors in the U.S. just broke
Post Date: 2016-10-01 19:11:59 by BTP Holdings
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One of the only nuclear fusion reactors in the U.S. just broke [Lulu Chang] October 1, 2016 One of the only nuclear fusion reactors in the U.S. just broke Our nation's "flagship experimental fusion reactor" is no longer working, a problem made all the more frustrating by the fact that scientists just completed a four-year, $94 million upgrade on the machine. It’s not that often that we hear about major breakthroughs in nuclear research, and now such announcements, at least in the U.S., may become more infrequent. That’s because our nation’s “flagship experimental fusion reactor” is no longer working. This problem is made all the more frustrating by ...
31-Year-Old CEO Bets $2.1 Billion After Just 2 Hours
Post Date: 2016-10-01 15:02:56 by BTP Holdings
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Silicon Valley's biggest CEO just shocked everyone... Mark Zuckerberg recently made a surprise visit to a low-key tech conference full of 1,500 ordinary developers and programmers. But he had a huge announcement to make... You see, in late 2016 - about a week from now - a groundbreaking new technology is expected to be released for commercial sales. And Zuckerberg said it's "the next great tech... that's going to define the future." According to analysts, the market for this type of technology is "expected to grow by over 13,000% in the next 3 years." Zuckerberg invested $2.1 billion in it himself. And Microsoft's CEO jumped in with $150 million, ...
Loaded laundry: Samsung washing machines exploding
Post Date: 2016-09-29 01:44:30 by Tatarewicz
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RT... Certain top-loading Samsung washing machines may double as very extreme driers, as regulators warn unnamed models have been found to seemingly explode after intense vibrations make the machines fall to pieces. A class-action lawsuit against Samsung alleges that some of its top-loading washing machines are dramatically falling apart. A statement from Samsung did little to soothe concerned consumers, saying, “we are in active discussions with the CPSC to address potential safety issues related to certain top-load washing machines manufactured between March 2011 and April 2016.” In case you concerned: FAA officially bans ‘exploding’ Samsung phones on flights ...
Three days till we surrender control of the internet
Post Date: 2016-09-28 17:41:48 by titorite
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So how yall felling about that? Anybody wondering if governments like China or Sudia Arabia already have agents inside ICANN just waiting for the moment? 3 days... 3 days and we lose authority over what our tax dollars paid to create. Gotta wonder if their is any truth to that killswitch legend. I mean I don't believe it but I do believe in human greed and incompetence fucking up things. What do yall think? Will it go over smooth, will something happen, do ya even care one way or the other?
Google Announces Neural Machine Translation to Improve Google Translate
Post Date: 2016-09-28 08:28:11 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- The Google Neural Machine Translation system 'surpasses' the results of all other machine-translation solutions currently available, with GNMT now being used for Chinese-to-English translations. Google has announced a neural machine translation (NMT) system that it says will reduce translation errors across its Google Translate service by between 55 percent and 85 percent, calling the achievement by its team of scientists a "significant milestone". Announced on the 10-year anniversary of Google Translate, Google Brain Team research scientists Quoc Le and Mike Schuster said Google has used machine intelligence to improve its image and speech-recognition ...
American company replaces sugar with mushrooms to make chocolate
Post Date: 2016-09-27 20:57:05 by Horse
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A rare 'black moon' is set to rise this Friday night
Post Date: 2016-09-27 07:54:32 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... A rare 'black moon' will rise this Friday night, turning the sky dark as the Western Hemisphere experiences its second new moon of the month. Those on the other side of the world will have to wait until next month for the same event to occur, but it’ll be worth it - their eerie black moon is set to coincide with Halloween. If you’re having trouble keeping up with all the different types of 'moons' we've got now - with blood moons, blue moons, and supermoons clogging up your sky-watching calendar - the black moon is a fairly new addition, and experts are still trying to nail down its definition. Some say a black moon occurs about once every 19 ...
Current Lockheed test pilot says China J-20 stealth fighter will outclass US fourth gen fighters and threaten carrier groups as China narrows stealth tech gap
Post Date: 2016-09-26 20:36:04 by BTP Holdings
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Current Lockheed test pilot says China J-20 stealth fighter will outclass US fourth gen fighters and threaten carrier groups as China narrows stealth tech gap Nate “Buster” Jaros is a retired USAF fighter pilot with over 2,000 hours in F-16 C/D/CM and T-38A/C aircraft and over 500 hours in General Aviation aircraft. He is currently a Test Pilot, Instructor Pilot, and LO SME with Lockheed Martin Skunkworks. Nate provides a detailed review of China J-20 stealth fighter. Several other analysts have said that the the J-20 is not a fifth generation fighter. Nate says China will have a fifth generation fighter, and its development of the J-20 (amongst other fifth gen platforms) is ...
Aussie scientists create "revolutionary" new waterproofing material
Post Date: 2016-09-23 05:56:29 by Tatarewicz
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CANBERRA, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Australian scientists have developed a revolutionary "spray-on" waterproofing material, which they say could change how consumers protect everything from phones and shoes to ships and airplanes. Scientists from the Australian National University (ANU) have created a material which has a "remarkable ability" to repel water, and William Wong from the Nanotechnology Research Laboratory at the ANU Research School of Engineering said it was much more effective than previous waterproofing materials as the team blended two plastics - one tough and one flexible. "The surface is a layer of nanoparticles, which water slides off as if it's ...
China Motor City sets up fund developing hydrogen energy vehicles
Post Date: 2016-09-23 05:35:47 by Tatarewicz
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WUHAN, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Long positioned as China's Motor City, Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, has set up a fund to invest in the industry for the hydrogen energy automobiles of the future. On Wednesday, the city government signed a deal with two top Chinese universities -- Tongji and China University of Geosciences -- to jointly set up a fund worth 200 million yuan (30 million U.S. dollars) in efforts to initiate the industry. Wuhan is China's major auto production base, home to the Shanghai General Motors resposible for the Buick Excelle, the Dongfeng Renault plant, PSA, Honda and dozens of auto part-makers. The auto industry now supplies 20 percent ...
China Focus: National gene bank to improve health, preserve biodiversity
Post Date: 2016-09-23 05:25:08 by Tatarewicz
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SHENZHEN, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The China National GeneBank (CNGB), located in Shenzhen, was officially opened Thursday, aiming to promote human health research and the conservation of global bio-diversity. Initiated by China's National Development and Reform Commission in 2011, the project was established by Shenzhen-based BGI, one of the world's leading genomics organizations. Covering an area of over 47,500 square meters, the gene bank has saved more than 10 million bio-samples and established cooperation and research with over 100 organizations in areas such as human health, bio-diversity, and biological evolution. BGI president Wang Jian said the mission of the CNGB is to ...
Scientists teleport quantum information across four-mile cable
Post Date: 2016-09-21 04:02:40 by Tatarewicz
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Though quantum communication may not make the information highway any faster, it could make it much more secure, as quantum communication is virtually unhackable. CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- A pair of research teams -- one in Canada and one in China -- just showcased quantum teleportation across four-mile cables. The feat promises to pave the way for a quantum internet. Quantum teleportation relies on a phenomenon known as quantum entanglement, which describes two inextricably linked particles, whereby the measure or manipulation of one particle is observed in the other, regardless of time or location. A change in a light particle's state can be transferred, or teleported, ...
Microsoft announces new share repurchase program
Post Date: 2016-09-21 02:11:43 by Tatarewicz
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it would buy back up to 40 billion U.S. dollars worth of shares in a new repurchase program. The multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, the state of Washington, said in a posting on its website that its board of directors had approved a program authorizing the share repurchase. Listed on the NASDAQ stock market, Microsoft reaffirmed that it was on track to complete its current 40 billion dollars share repurchase program by Dec. 31, 2016. The new repurchase program, according to the company, has no expiration date and may be terminated at any time. While it claims to be "the leading platform and ...
Four basic personality types identified: Pessimistic; optimistic; envious and trusting
Post Date: 2016-09-19 05:37:34 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: Are you basically envious? A computer algorith organized 90% of people into four groups: the largest group, accounting for 30%, being the Envious -- those who don't actually mind what they achieve, as long as they're better than everyone else; next are the Optimists -- who believe that they and their partner will make the best choice for both of them -- on 20%. Also on 20% are the Pessimists -- who select the option which they see as the lesser of two evils -- and the Trusting group -- who are born collaborators and who will always cooperate and who don't really mind if they win or lose. A study on human behavior has revealed that 90% of the population can be ...
Mysterious Outburst from Comet 67P | Space News
Post Date: 2016-09-18 20:22:38 by Horse
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Further Evidence That IQ Does Not Measure Intelligence
Post Date: 2016-09-18 17:25:31 by BTP Holdings
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Further Evidence That IQ Does Not Measure Intelligence Annalee Newitz 11/09/12 7:40pm Every ten years, the average IQ goes up by about 3 points. Psychologist James Flynn has spent decades documenting this odd fact, which was eventually dubbed the Flynn Effect. The question is, does the Flynn Effect mean we're getting smarter? Not according to Flynn, who argues that the effect simply reveals that IQ measures teachable skills rather than innate ones. As education changed over time, kids got better at standardized tests like the IQ test. And so their scores went up. But some thinkers cling to the idea that IQ measures an inborn intelligence that transcends culture and schooling. If ...
Russia postpones next space station crew launch
Post Date: 2016-09-18 09:15:46 by Tatarewicz
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The launch of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft planned for Sept. 23, 2016 was delayed indefinitely due to technical issues,Russian space program Roscosmos announced.NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, commander Sergey Ryzhikov and flight engineer Andrey Borisenko were planned to dock at the International Space Station on Sept. 25. Photo courtesy of NASA MOSCOW, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Russian space program Roscosmos announced its next space station crew launch has been postponed indefinitely. A post on the Roscosmos website stated the launch of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft planned for Sept. 23, 2016 was delayed for technical reasons after routine tests at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The new date of the ...
Study quantifies environmental impact of genetically modified crops
Post Date: 2016-09-18 06:03:01 by Tatarewicz
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"I did not expect to see such a strong pattern," researcher Federico Ciliberto said. Soybean farmers who adopted genetically modified crops use more herbicides, new research shows. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The largest, most comprehensive analysis of genetically modified crops suggest the practice has led to a reduction in insecticide use but a spike in the employment of herbicides. A team of researchers at the University of Virginia, led by economist Federico Ciliberto, compiled and analyzed the growing methods of 5,000 soybean and 5,000 maize farmers in the United States from 1998 to 2011. "The fact that we have 14 years of farm-level data from farmers ...
Backyard ABM defense
Post Date: 2016-09-17 08:46:28 by Tatarewicz
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Thucydides says: Just found this on LiveLeak ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Disassemble a bunch of microwave ovens and put the microwave generators on the armored vehicles. Those microwaves can detonate the missile before it reaches the target. In order to detect infrared homing missiles like the Javelin, you need an infrared detection circuit, which you can make it yourself for less than 10 bucks. ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ I posted this myself many times on LiveLeak (my ...
Global satellite network planned by China to boost internet
Post Date: 2016-09-15 04:09:45 by Tatarewicz
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China Daily... China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, the nation's largest missile developer, plans to build a space-based information network that will provide global coverage. Liu Shiquan, deputy general manager of the State-owned space and defense giant, said on Monday the company will put 156 communications satellites into low Earth orbit, at an altitude of 160 to 2,000 km. Each satellite of the network will be able to transmit 500 mega-bytes of data per second. "We will launch a satellite this year to demonstrate the technologies for the Hongyun Project. Before 2019, four satellites will have been put into space to conduct trial operations. The rest will follow in 2019 ...
Scientists have just bred live mice without using fertilised eggs
Post Date: 2016-09-15 03:42:18 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... Centuries-old assumptions about reproduction just got overturned In a world first, scientists have successfully bred mice without using fertilised eggs, and the results could have implications for endangered species with low female numbers, and one day even humans. The experiment, performed by embryologists at the University of Bath in the UK, also suggests that egg cells might not be as vital to reproduction as we’ve assumed, with the team proposing that something as simple as a skin cell could act as an adequate replacement. "This is [the] first time that full term development has been achieved by injecting sperm into embryos," said one of the team, Tony ...
SpaceX Stumped by Mysterious Rocket Explosion
Post Date: 2016-09-13 05:29:26 by Tatarewicz
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An illuminating series of tweets from SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company has not ruled out an 'unknown object' as the cause of their recent rocket explosion. In a remarkable display of transparency, the billionaire entrepreneur detailed how the mysterious Falcon 9 disaster constitutes "the most difficult and complex failure we have ever had in 14 years." He explained that there are a number of aspects surrounding the explosion which have left the company baffled. According to Musk, the incident occurred during a routine operation to supply the rocket with fuel and that "there was no apparent heat source." Additionally, he told his Twitter ...
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