People Experience ‘New Dimensions of Reality’ When Dying, Groundbreaking Study Reports

Scientists recorded the brain waves of people in cardiac arrest to understand what happens to consciousness when we die.

Norway Wants Facebook Behavioral Advertising Banned Across Europe

But Meta was just about to start asking people for their permission.

The NSA has a new security center specifically for guarding against AI

And also for protecting the government’s own algorithms.

British baked beans become reality after successful Lincolnshire harvest

British-grown beans on toast is to become a reality after the first commercial crop of haricot beans was successfully harvested in Lincolnshire.

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Can generative AI solve computer science’s greatest unsolved problem?

The question – Does P = NP? – is a grand theoretical challenge.

We finally know for sure what a trilobite ate

Tens of thousands of fossils later, we’ve found a trilobite with a full stomach.

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Europe’s oldest shoe found in Spanish bat cave

Scientists say they have identified Europe’s oldest shoes, sandals woven from grass thought to be around 6,000 years old.

AI Language Models Can Exceed PNG and FLAC in Lossless Compression, Says Study

Is compression equivalent to general intelligence? DeepMind digs up more potential clues.

These flying origami-inspired robots change shape in mid-air

The solar-powered terrors transform in just 25 milliseconds.

Scientists will unleash an army of crabs to help save Florida’s dying reef

Not all heroes wear capes. Some are crabs.

Bids For ISS Demolition Rights Are Now Open, NASA Declares

Winning spacecraft will dock with the station at least a year before go time.

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Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Lowest Winter Maximum On Record

“This is the lowest sea ice maximum in the 1979 to 2023 sea ice record by a wide margin.”

Researchers developed 3D-printed sensors that can record brain activity on earbuds

The biosensors might eventually help diagnose neurodegenerative conditions.

Scientists confirm that the first black hole ever imaged is actually spinning

The researchers analyzed 22 years’ worth of observations of the galaxy M87.

Swiss glaciers get 10% smaller in two years

…as much as they lost in the three decades between 1960 and 1990.

The Band of Debunkers Busting Bad Scientists

Stanford’s president and a high-profile physicist are among those taken down by a growing wave of volunteers who expose faulty or fraudulent research papers

Scientists get closer to solving mystery of antimatter

Scientists have made a key discovery about antimatter - a mysterious substance which was plentiful when the Universe began.

How to Learn Without a Brain

Tiny box jellyfish are brainless—but they still make memories and adapt.

Chinese Astronauts May Build a Base Inside a Lunar Lava Tube

Lava tubes are natural shelters and could serve as Moon bases.

World’s First Drug To Regrow Teeth Enters Clinical Trials

The antibody for this gene, USAG-1, can help stimulate tooth growth if it is suppressed…

The ARC nerve-stimulation system could help quadriplegic patients move their arms again

Onward Medical’s BCI-based therapy had previously been used to regulate lower limbs and bladders.

Are we voting with our wallets to overheat the planet?

Polls show we want to save the world from climate change but maybe not if it costs us.

GPUs From All Major Suppliers Are Vulnerable To New Pixel-Stealing Attack

A previously unknown compression side channel in GPUs can expose images thought to be private.

The US electrical grid is in desperate need of upgrades, watchdog warns

…released a report detailing the significant risks that threaten the U.S. electrical power grid’s ability to provide reliable and resilient electric power.

Signal President Says AI is Fundamentally ‘a Surveillance Technology’

Why is it that so many companies that rely on monetizing the data of their users seem to be extremely hot on AI?

The best lightweight drone gains more power and smarts

Better range, tracking and crash protection, plus ultra slow mo 4K

Researchers Develop Algorithm To Predict Whether A Person Gets Long Covid

…the first to identify specific blood biomarkers that can accurately identify long Covid—allowing them to create an algorithm to determine whether a patient is suffering from the lingering condition…

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Synth wars: The story of MIDI, the one interface that ruled them all

This is the story of how synth’s biggest players narrowly averted a standards war and made sweet music together.

Amazon To Invest As Much As $4 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic

In Amazon, Anthropic has found a deep-pocketed strategic investor that can also provide it with compute power to build future AI models

Los Alamos’s New Project: Updating America’s Aging Nuclear Weapon

Los Alamos National Laboratory takes part in the nation’s most ambitious nuclear weapons effort since World War II.

== yjc, at leeast a couple of you have drones
DJI Mini 4 Pro review

Better range, tracking and crash protection, plus ultra slow mo 4K.

== worth a read m’thinks, but a little lengthy
Behind the Scenes at ‘Have I Been Pwned’

Troy Hunt plays a critical role in the world’s cybersecurity infrastructure.

== how many of us, living in the effected areas, even knew about the treaty or the negotiations
Money, power and an ecosystem are all at stake in Canada-U.S. negotiations over a massive river

Control of hydroelectic dams creating some static during Columbia River Treaty talks.

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Rare ‘Dumbo’ octopus filmed on deep sea live stream

A “Dumbo” octopus, with ear-like fins similar to the 1940s Disney cartoon character, has been seen in a broadcast on a EVNautilus live stream

New Study Could Upend How We Think About the Ozone Layer and Health

The new paper shows that “good ozone” and “bad ozone” can interact in unexpected ways.

California Startup Hopes to Harvest Desalinated Drinking Water from the Ocean Floor

…to study the feasibility of harvesting drinking water from desalination pods placed on the ocean floor.

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Strange Research Honored at 33rd Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony

“Each winner (or winning team) has done something that makes people LAUGH, then THINK,”