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Get-Togethers Tuesday, 12/05/23, 11:30am CST time

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This Tuesday (12/05//23) - Topics sensationalized!:
Smartphones, the animals - Deepmind AI tool - Nature's Superpower animals - Babies need nursery rhymes - Cold water plunges - Nailing Type II Diabetes for good? - Life expectancy is rising, again - Chernobyl wind farm - Toilet paper - Dangerous bathroom chemicals - Viking town - Early mankind, weaving, eating Beavers - Narcoleptic Penguins - Philippine Earthquake - Brava Volcano - Internet worse than ever? - Apple, no diploma necessary - Memes by AI - One year since ChatGPT - Regulating AI in medicine - 'Teenage' Galaxies - Ghost Galaxy - A billion Oysters - CO2 supercharging Climate Change - 'Net Zero' BS - Latest in data, fast - Hateg Island Sky & Telescope, December - Fireworks, how they are made - Cassini and the amazing images - Testing observational evidence for an expanding Universe.

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The Truth About Cold Water Plunges, According to ScienceStudies show a freezing dunk can improve your immune system and help with depression—unless it causes a heart attack or hypothermia. Here’s what you need to know before your New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge.

For The First Time Since The Pandemic, Life Expectancy in The US Is RisingAmericans' life expectancy rose in 2022 after two years of sharp decline, although it did not return to pre-pandemic levels, health officials said Wednesday.

The dark side of our toilet paper — and it's not the poopThe U.S. has one of the highest per capita consumption rates of toilet paper, leading to deforestation, pollution, and carbon emissions.

Invisible Danger in Your Bathroom: Alarming Chemical Emissions Found in Common Hair ProductsThe average morning routine for many Americans involves inhaling several milligrams of potentially harmful chemicals, according to Purdue University researchers. In a newly-published paper in Environmental Science & Technology, a journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Nusrat Jung, an

Rewriting History: New Discoveries Challenge Assumptions About Pre-Agricultural Societies in EuropeA team of scientists, led by researchers from the Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), has discovered and analyzed the first direct evidence of basketry among nomadic hunter-gatherers and initial farming communities in southern Europe, specifically within the

This Adorable Penguin Sleeps More Than 10,000 Times Each DayIn humans, nodding off for a few seconds is a clear sign of insufficient sleep – and can be dangerous in some situations, such as when driving a car.

Tim Cook Has Revealed What Sort Of People Apple Hires - And The Reasons Might Surprise You - Wonderful EngineeringIn a recent interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook highlighted the company’s inclusive hiring practices, emphasizing that Apple recruits individuals from

It Has Officially Been One Year Since The Launch Of ChatGPT - And Its Impact Has Been Huge - Wonderful EngineeringIn the thrilling saga of artificial intelligence, ChatGPT burst onto the scene on November 30, 2022, marking a pivotal moment that many dubbed as the

“Teenage Galaxies” Unveiled: Webb Space Telescope’s Remarkable Glimpse Into the Early UniverseStudying “teenage galaxies” from the ancient universe can teach scientists about how these massive systems of stars mature and evolve. Galaxies that formed just 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang are unusually hot and glow with light from surprising elements, like nickel, according to new wo

'End of century' extreme heat and drought conditions in Europe could occur much earlier than previously thoughtSimultaneous episodes of extreme heat and drought—typical of a moderate warming scenario predicted for the end of the 21st century—could occur earlier and repeatedly in Europe, reports a study published in Communications Earth & Environment.

Turning Up the Heat: How Climate Change Supercharges CO2’s ImpactNew study shows potency of the greenhouse gas increases with increased concentrations. A team of scientists found that carbon dioxide becomes a more potent greenhouse gas as more is released into the atmosphere. The new study, led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of M

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STN member Hameed Faridani

Deepmind AI tool catapults materials science 800 years into the futurePrepare for a radical acceleration in technological development. A Google Deepmind AI has achieved "an order-of-magnitude expansion in stable materials known to humanity," finding about 800 years' worth of new materials with revolutionary potential.

Rhythm Over Alphabet: Why Babies Need Nursery Rhymes for Language MasteryBabies don’t begin to process phonetic information reliably until seven months old – which researchers say is too late to form the foundation of language. Phonetic information – the smallest sound elements of speech – may not be the basis of language learning in babies as previously thought

Can Type 2 Diabetes Be Reversed for Good? Experts Weigh InExperts recently discussed if lasting remission from diabetes is feasible in the real-world setting at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany. Professor Roy Taylor of Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK, spoke in support of the mo

Chernobyl Could Soon Become Home To An Exciting New Project - Wonderful EngineeringUkraine has unveiled a transformative plan for the Chernobyl site, notorious for the 1986 nuclear disaster, proposing to repurpose the abandoned area

Amazon won't save you from car dealers just yet | Digital TrendsAmazon has announced that it'll start selling cars directly on its website -- but don't expect this to be the beginning of the end for car dealerships.

Prehistoric Gourmet: Early Humans Hunted Beavers 400,000 Years AgoEvidence from eastern Germany shows that early humans had a more varied diet than previously known. Around 400,000 years ago, early humans hunted beavers as a food resource and possibly also for their pelts. This is the conclusion of a team from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the Leib

People Are Animating Memes With AI - And The Results Are Horrifying - Wonderful EngineeringIn the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, Stability AI has taken a bold step into the realm of meme animation with its latest creatio

The Urgent Problem of Regulating AI in MedicineHow should medical AI be regulated, and who is responsible when deadly mistakes occur?

Ghostlike dusty galaxy reappears in James Webb Space Telescope imageIt first appeared as a glowing blob from ground-based telescopes and then vanished completely in images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Now, the ghostly object has reappeared as a faint, yet distinct galaxy in an image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

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Bernie Reim's astronomical update for December

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