NASA Open To Extending ISS Beyond 2030

…keeping the International Space Station in operation beyond 2030 if commercial space stations are not yet ready to take over by the end of the decade.

== Canadian perspective
Space mining is getting closer to becoming a reality, and Canada could play a major role

With the Artemis missions that will return humans to the surface of the moon within the next two years, space agencies are looking at ways to utilize resources on site, which includes mining.

== have had articles on this concept before, this one includes some Canadian examples
‘Sponge cities’: An absorbing idea in the face of climate change

From China to Montreal, urban planners are using nature to solve problem of flooding

Baby star launches giant jets and shocks

Imagine you could go back in time 4.6 billion years and take a picture of our Sun just as it was being born. What would it look like?

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Bets AI Will Shake Up Scientific Research

Future House, a nonprofit, plans to build an AI system that can analyze research papers and respond to scientific questions.

NASA discovered that an asteroid named Dinky actually has its own moon

‘It was not expected, and it’s really cool.’

== yjc
Illuminating: an illustrated guide to some of the world’s most remote lighthouses

José Luis González Macías became fascinated by the buildings and their stories when researching a design project and has now published an ‘atlas’ of the most striking examples.

== wow!
In a Surprising Finding, Light Can Make Water Evaporate Without Heat

A newly identified process could explain a variety of natural phenomena and enable new approaches to desalination.

Rats Have an Imagination, New Research Finds

…developed a novel system combining virtual reality and a brain-machine interface to probe the rat’s inner thoughts. The rat is harnessed in the VR system.

Fusus’ AI-Powered Cameras Are Spreading Across the United States

Hundreds of documents obtained by 404 Media show how Fusus, a system for linking a town’s security cameras into one central hub and adding AI to them, has spread across the country.

Amazon knows its policies force sellers to ’live in constant fear’

Newly unredacted documents show internal conversations between Amazon execs.

A commercial spaceplane capable of orbital flight is ready for NASA testing

The agency is set to put Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser through its paces ahead of a planned 2024 launch.

NASA is launching a free streaming service with live shows and original series

NASA+ will be available November 8 on most major platforms, and it’s entirely ad-free.

Millions of Fruit Flies Will Be Dropped On Los Angeles

Such a Preventative Release Program (PRP) has been used effectively to manage invasive species since 1996.

Air Pollution Raises Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Says Landmark Indian Study

Seven-year study of 12,000 residents of Delhi and Chennai finds link between PM2.5 particles and increased blood sugar levels.

HSBC Takes Stab at Using Blockchain To Modernize London’s Antiquated Gold Market

System creates tokens representing gold in bank’s vault. Blockchain allows investors to more easily track gold they own.

Raspberry Pi Smart Vertical Farming Takes Veggies To New Heights

From its convenient design to huge online community, it’s no surprise that maker Tanay Tanay chose the Pi 4 as a go-to controller from their smart vertical farming system.

Anger Can Lead To Better Results When Tackling Tricky Tasks, Study Finds

Texas A&M University researchers say findings suggest using negative emotions as tools can be effective.

El Nino drought: Panama Canal cuts ship numbers further

The Panama Canal will make more cuts to the number of ships using the waterway due to the worst drought in over 70 years, authorities say.

Asteroid Dust Caused 15-Year Winter That Killed Dinosaurs, Scientists Say

The dust particles were around 0.8 to 8.0 micrometers—just the right size to stick around in the atmosphere for up to 15 years, the researchers said.

UPEI data analysis confirms Island suffered ‘shocking’ coastline loss from Fiona

‘We usually measure in centimetres. Now it’s in metres.’

Deep divisions ahead of crucial UN climate talks

There are already signs that deep divisions could hamper progress at the UN’s crucial COP28 climate summit.

== yjc, couldn’t resist
Newly discovered rare ’lefty’ snail looking for love

A rare left-coiling snail is looking for love after being discovered by a shell-searching academic in Nottingham.

== really seems to be a subject of great interest
The Race To Destroy PFAS, the Forever Chemicals

Scientists are showing these damaging compounds can be beat.

Carbon emissions threaten 1.5C climate threshold sooner than thought - report

Human fossil fuel emissions are threatening a key climate threshold twice as quickly as previously thought, a new report says.

Biden Signs Executive Order To Oversee and Invest in AI

The order is broad, and its focuses range from civil rights and industry regulations to a government hiring spree.

LIGO Surpasses the Quantum Limit

Researchers achieve landmark in quantum squeezing.

For the First Time, Scientists Have Fired Up the World’s Smallest Particle Accelerators

The device is small enough to fit on a coin.

How the US is Preparing For a Post-Quantum World

…the only thing that’s quantum about them is that it has “quantum” in the name. It’s really just a different type of math that’s much more difficult for a quantum computer to be able to reverse-engineer.

== lengthy
Tens of Millions Now Work in the $250B ‘Creator Economy’

The creator economy is probably bigger than you think.

Huawei’s Profit Doubles With Made-in-China Chip Breakthrough

Bloomberg thinks they’ve identified the source of the advanced chips in Huawei’s newest smartphone, citing to “people familiar with the matter”.

What the evolution of our own brains can tell us about the future of AI

Even the most robust large language models still struggle with common sense questions.

Underground carbon storage is the future in Canada. But could it cause earthquakes?

Researcher with Geological Survey of Canada recently awarded $1.5M to study the issue

== yjc, opinion piece
When Supermarket Freezer Doors Have Screens With Ads

replaced the formerly transparent cooler doors at Walgreens and other stores with six-foot, heat-generating 4K resolution digital screen doors that block the view of the merchandise that’s behind them

Adult ADHD May Be Associated With an Increased Risk of Dementia, Study Finds

New research is showing that adult ADHD may take a toll on the brain and is linked to a higher likelihood of developing dementia.

== a little out of date, but not when I added it to the list
NASA is launching a rocket on Sunday to study a 20,000-year-old supernova

The INFUSE mission will observe the famous Cygnus Loop, or Veil Nebula, to study how supernovae affect galaxy formation.

Will The Future See Interconnected Social Media Platforms?

The idea is that you, the poster, should post on a website that you own. Not an app that can go away and take all your posts with it.

Oxide Launches the World’s First ‘Commercial’ Cloud Computer

Cloud vs on-prem? Oxide wants to bring together the best of both worlds.