Science 2.0
Back To The Future Of Science Fiction
Vernians are the true believers who think Jules Verne's books are scientific manuals rather than fantastic stories. To my knowledge, there are few, if any, true Vernians around. Still, there are neo-Vernians today who see Verne's books are scientific manuals illustrating the theories of his day. Furthermore, a Vernian process shows how to evaluate science and project itinto the engineering future. Maybe the most forgotten and valuable part of Verne's science fiction was its use in education.
Lost Hammer And A Blueprint For Life On Mars
Using genomic and single cell microbiology methods, they examined their metabolisms and found that the microbial communities found living in Canada’s High Arctic can survive by eating and breathing simple inorganic compounds of a kind that have been detected on Mars - methane, sulfide, sulfate, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide.
AI To Elephants: The Legal Question Of Who Is A Person
Happy the elephant’s story is a sad one. She is currently a resident of the Bronx Zoo in the US, where the Nonhuman Rights Project (a civil rights organization) claims she is subject to unlawful detention. The campaigners sought a writ of habeas corpus on Happy’s behalf to request that she be transferred to an elephant sanctuary.
Historically, this ancient right which offers recourse to someone being detained illegally had been limited to humans. A New York court previously decided that it excluded non-human animals. So if the courts wanted to find in Happy’s favor, they would first have to agree that she was legally a person.
Russian Energy Is Hurting Europe: Coal To The Rescue?
On The Impossibility Of Space Diving
Since E.E. “Doc” Smith’s 1934 novel, Triplanetary, people have dreamed about performing the first space dive. As we make our first steps toward commercialising space travel, many people have started to wonder if we are any closer to achieving the first space dive.
A Species ‘Stock Market’ To Put A Price Tag On Biodiversity
Congo Basin Peat Bank - NOT Lungs - No Impact On Breathing - One Of The Most Intact Tropical Rainforests And We Can Save It
This was potentially a good article by the BBC except that sadly it used an absurd click bait title and had several serious factual errors. I recommend the Mongabay articles on the same topic as far better:
In more detail, their series:
Time Crystals Open The Door To Quantum Computing
Time crystals are quantum systems whose lowest energy-state is where its particles are in constant motion.
Would Peer-To-Peer Charging Reduce Range Anxiety And Make Electric Cars Mainstream?
This looked like a solution without a problem. If you are going to be that despondent without your phone, you bring one of those little charging packs, you bring a power cord, you are not shaking your head like you unwittingly got placed into an episode of "Alone" and have been dropped into Alaska with nothing but a neck gaiter and a frying pan. You are prepared.
Polar Bear Genome From 100,000 Years Ago Shows It Was Genetically Modified
A new study finds that genetic admixture occurred in polar bears 100,000 years, but it did not create Frankenbears, it just created better brown bears.
You Don't Want To Be A Billionaire, And That's A Good Thing
If we were all driven by greed, there would be no poverty. Developing nations would embrace science and have plentiful food. But the environmental strain would be tremendous.
Kyrgyzstan Was Ground Zero For The 14th Century Black Plague
The disease tore through Europe, the Middle East and northern Africa, in some cases claiming up to 60 percent of the population. It resurged throughout the next 500 years.
President Biden Knows Why Oil Companies Cut Production - He Told Them To, Or Else
President Obama Is Getting Huge Propane Backup For When Solar Power Creates Brownouts In Martha's Vineyard
The Biden Admininstration Is Mandating Condensing Furnaces - That's Bad For People And The Environment
It may not be a win for the public.
Old-School Statistical Learning Tools Challenge Neural Networks In Physics Problems
The title and abstract of the seminar are as in the screenshot below:
You will be able to follow the seminar if you have CERN credentials, from the indico page at https://indico.cern.ch/event/1169738/ . Others should ask for a direct link to the zoom room privately [my email is (myfirstname)(dot)(mylastname)(at)gmail(dot)com ].
The Wheat Crisis Shows How Weak Non-GMO Crops Are
Wheat is a glaring example of how crops can be left behind due to a lack of genetic engineering. Corn is affordable and so plentiful we can even ridiculously cater to environmental groups and make it a gasoline additive, while wheat is stuck in the past. And with Russia invading Ukraine, 25 percent of wheat exports are at risk.