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Why Do People Sleepwalk?

It’s a type of parasomnia, an umbrella term for unusual behaviors that occur during sleep.

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Kids are learning how to make their own little language models

A new program aims to teach them how AI works, by getting hands-on.

Carbon Emissions Are Now Growing Faster Than Before the Pandemic

Despite talk of a green recovery, global greenhouse gas emissions continued to rise as the world emerged from coronavirus lockdowns.

US Power Grid Added Battery Equivalent of 20 Nuclear Reactors In Past Four Years

Pace of growth helps maintain renewable energy when weather conditions interfere with wind and solar

Is the UN warning of 3.1C global warming a surprise?

Climate change is leading to more of the type of weather conditions that risk wildfires.

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These artificial snowdrifts protect seal pups from climate change

The human-built habitats shield the pups from predators and the freezing cold, but they’re threatened by global temperature rise.

Foreign Disinformation Is Hitting the US Election From All Directions

Russia, Iran, and China are targeting the US election with an evolving array of influence operations in the last days of campaign season.

NASA’s Webb telescope detects the first potential brown dwarfs outside our galaxy

Brown dwarfs are bigger than gas giants, but smaller than stars.

Canada set to lose irreplaceable ’treasure trove’ of fungi

15,000 live strains used to research emerging diseases, biodiversity

== for the creatives amongst us
Adobe Made Its Painting App Completely Free To Take On Procreate

Fresco users no longer require a subscription to unlock the full version of the app.

Pollution-Free Environment a ‘Fundamental Right’, India’s Top Court Says

Delhi is enveloped by a hazy, toxic blanket as temperatures drop each year and cold, heavy air traps vehicle emissions, construction dust, and smoke.

Scientist scans her own brain 75 times to study the effects of birth control pills

There’s not enough data about women’s brains, so Carina Heller hopped into an MRI machine.

== for us canucks
National radon study shows higher levels, exposure to radioactive gas in homes

An estimated 10.3 million Canadians living in houses with high radon, expert says.

Physicist Reveals Why You Should Run in The Rain

Whether it’s a light drizzle or a heavy downpour, instinct tells us that running will minimise how wet we get. But is that really true?

‘Electric Plastic’ Could Unleash Next-Gen Implants and Wearable Tech

Self-assembling, biocompatible molecular ribbons can store energy and information.

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Peter Todd Was ‘Unmasked’ as Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto. Now He’s in Hiding

Peter Todd has gone underground after an HBO documentary named him as the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, whose real identity has long remained a mystery.

Air taxis and other electric-powered aircraft cleared for takeoff with final FAA rules

The agency rules establish criteria for pilot training and operational requirements.

== yjc, paywall?
Comic Sans Got the Last Laugh

The backlash against the world’s most hated font may finally be ending.

NASA’s newest telescope can detect gravitational waves from colliding black holes

The six telescopes can find gravitational waves down to picometers.

Do bike lanes really cause more traffic congestion?

Studies from around the world show bike lanes ease congestion, reduce emissions and are a boon to businesses.

Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say

Federal and state researchers said there might be five million to 19 million tons of lithium, more than enough to meet the world’s demand for the battery ingredient.

== for the Canucks amongst us
Replacing Canada’s crumbling water, road infrastructure would cost more than $300B: Statistics Canada

Cost estimate has increased by over $100B since 2020

51st Known Mersenne Prime Number Found

Largest Known Prime Number: 2^82,589,933 - 1.

Egypt Declared Malaria-Free After Century of Work To Defeat Disease

The mosquito-borne disease still kills around 600,000 people a year, the large majority of them children in sub-Saharan Africa.

== yjc, definitely read a story or two of his
Kurt Vonnegut’s Lost Board Game Finally Published

It could have been a contemporary of Risk, Diplomacy, and other legendary wargames.

The Battery Invented 120 Years Before Its Time

At the turn of the 20th Century, Thomas Edison invented a battery with the unusual quirk of producing hydrogen. Now, 120 years later, the battery is coming into its own.

== yjc
Throne’s toilet camera takes pictures of your poop

“We only capture images of the contents of your toilet bowl,” Throne writes.

== a little old news, but all about perspective
To the astonishment of forecasters, a tiny hurricane just sprang up near Cuba

As of Saturday evening, hurricane-force winds extended just 5 miles from the center.

Microsoft to let clients build AI agents for routine tasks from November

In November, customers can start using Copilot Studio to make their own AI apps to perform many routine tasks.

== yjc
Yukon dog returned home after unexpected ride to Arizona

Alyce Johnson couldn’t figure out what happened to her dog Midnight, until she got a long-distance call.

== yjc, I was a big fan of Michael Moorcook. Have 50 or so pockets books of his on my bookshelf. Almost, the only fiction on my bookshelves. There are also 3 books by C.J. Cherryh. Got rid of a few 100 sci-fi pocket books a couple years back.
Neal Stephenson Publishes First Book in New Atomic Age Spy Series ‘Bomb Light’

Neal Stephenson’s new novel drops readers into a bloody, inspiring, conflict-ridden and pivotal period of the early 20th century.

Electric Motors Are About to Get a Major Upgrade - Thanks to Benjamin Franklin

An effort in its nascent stage that has the potential to be massive.

MIT Researchers Build Solar-Powered Low-Cost Drinking Water Desalination System

Because it doesn’t need expensive energy storage for times without sunshine, the technology could provide communities with drinking water at low costs.

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Debunking Hype: China Hasn’t Broken Military Encryption with Quantum

Duncan Jones, Head of Cybersecurity at Quantinuum, tells Forbes that if China had actually broken AES — they’d be keeping it secret (rather than publicizing it in newspapers).

Serious Infections Linked to Dementia Risk, Study Shows

Using a multicohort approach, we found that influenza, viral, respiratory, and skin and subcutaneous infections were associated with increased long-term dementia risk. In general, infections were associated with increases in pathogenic proteins and decreases in protective ones.

Spectre Flaws Still Haunt Intel, AMD as Researchers Found Fresh Attack Method

The indirect branch predictor barrier is less of a barrier than hoped.

Cheap AI ‘Video Scraping’ Can Now Extract Data From Any Screen Recording

Researcher feeds screen recordings into Gemini to extract accurate information with ease.

Diamond Dust Could Cool the Planet At a Cost of Mere Trillions

Idea would cost trillions, but could avoid issues with other “geoengineering” schemes.