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World's Largest Kinetic Sculpture - Beyond me - Bernie's Astro notes for February - Bernie's Astro notes for February - undergraduates' average IQ has fallen - diabetes patient life, without needles! - : Newly Discovered Malaria Parasites popping up - Women Still Typically Outlive Men, but gap closing - Acne bacteria used to fight acne - Brain Circuits Found for Sugar and Fat Craving - Love Languages Are Fake - Pig Liver Filters Blood Human Blood - The dangers of pooping with your smartphone - Japanese Government Launches Dating App - The Myth of Universal Male Dominance in Primates is kaput - The Prisoner's Dilemma - Dolphins 'literally acting like jerks' - tiny pseudoscorpion - Heavenly Lightning - Laptop spill? No prob - Plasma configurations - So How Does Our Universe Exist? - Best Theory of the Universe - Ice Reserves at Mars’s Equator - Big Ring of Galaxies that Should Not Exist - Mars Helicopter, once was lost but now I'm found - Gigantic Star Exploded in an impossible way - Discoveries From the Surface of Titan - The Buto Canister is open - UFO contact, maybe - 'Jellyfish UFO ' - The AI thingee, several articles - The Climate Change thingee, several articles -

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Bernie's Astro notes for February

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Undergraduates' average IQ has fallen 17 points since 1939. Here's why.A new analysis shows that undergraduates' IQs have decreased over the past four decades as attending college has grown more common.

Invisible Menace: Newly Discovered Malaria Parasites Evade Detection and TreatmentA team of scientists led by Brown University has conducted genomic surveillance, uncovering mutations in parasites that cause malaria, likely to challenge the eradication of malaria in Africa. Scientists discovered new variants of malaria parasites in Ethiopia that are resistant to existing treatme

Bacteria Responsible For Acne Were Genetically Modified to Treat It InsteadZits are the pits, shattering anyone's confidence in a radiant pustule of pain.

Love Languages Are Fake, Scientists SayThe concept of "love languages" has had a vice grip on pop psychology for decades — and now, some scientists are calling bull.

A Doctor Just Issued A Warning About Using Your Phone While On The Toilet - Wonderful EngineeringThe article delves into a doctor’s cautionary message about the adverse effects of extended toilet sessions. Dr. Joseph Salhab, renowned as The

The Japanese Government Is Launching Its Own Dating App To Tackle The Declining Population - Wonderful EngineeringIn response to an unprecedented population decline, the Japanese government has taken an unconventional step by investing taxpayer money in a dating a

Researchers observe tiny pseudoscorpion riding on a scorpionA recent study led by Yoram Zvik, Dr. Sharon Warburg and Dr. Efrat Gavish-Regev from the National Natural History Collections at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem documented the first observation of phoresy involving a myrmecophile pseudoscorpion on a myrmecophile scorpion.

Spilled water on your laptop? Here's how to fix it | Digital TrendsYou've just spilled water on your laptop. What now? Turn your system off right away, and then follow these steps. If you're lucky, you might be able to save it.

Mars Express Reveals Hidden Ice Reserves at Mars’s EquatorRecent Mars Express data reveals the Medusae Fossae Formation contains extensive water ice layers, offering new clues about Mars's past and supporting future exploration. Windswept piles of dust, or layers of ice? ESA’s Mars Express has revisited one of Mars’s most mysterious features to clarify

NASA lost contact with its Mars helicopter.The Ingenuity helicopter, which has been fluttering around the red planet for almost three years now, fell out of contact with Perseverance, the rover that brought it to the planet (and that it communicates with using Zigbee!). NASA wrote yesterday that the flight, its 72nd, was a test of its systems after it was forced to land it early during its previous flight. The agency is working toward reestablishing contact. While we wait, here’s a recent video of the helicopter in action.

Ancient, Gigantic Star Exploded in a Way We Didn't Think Was PossibleA strange star in the Milky Way bares the signature of a unique explosion of a giant star that once existed billions of years ago in the era of the cosmic dawn.

NASA Has Finally Opened The Canister Containing The Asteroid Bennu Sample - Wonderful EngineeringInside Building 31 at Johnson Space Center, a momentous achievement unfolded as NASA scientists successfully opened the metal canister containing rock

Creepy Video Shows A 'Jellyfish UFO' Not Visible To The Naked Eye At A Base In Iraq - Wonderful EngineeringShocking new footage of an unidentified flying object (UFO) resembling a ‘jellyfish’ has emerged, revealing a craft invisible to the naked

OpenAI Has Quietly Removed It's Ban On The Military Usage Of Its AI - Wonderful EngineeringOpenAI has quietly reversed its ban on the military use of its artificial intelligence tools, including ChatGPT. The change in policy coincides with O

25% CEOs Says AI Will Increasingly Replace Human Workers In The Coming Year - Wonderful EngineeringThe results of a recent survey carried out by PwC have brought to light an intriguing revelation: a quarter of CEOs are of the opinion that artificial

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Says Human-Level AI Is Coming Soon - Wonderful EngineeringOpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, dismisses widespread concerns about artificial intelligence’s potential to profoundly reshape the world and disr

New Theory Suggests Chatbots Can Understand Text | Quanta MagazineFar from being “stochastic parrots,” the biggest large language models seem to learn enough skills to understand the words they’re processing.

Cities On The U.S. East Coast Are Sinking Even More Quickly Than Before - Wonderful EngineeringSatellite imagery has revealed that major cities along the U.S. Atlantic coast are experiencing land subsidence, with some areas sinking at rates of 2

Point of No Return: Major Antarctic Glacier Has Gone Through an Irreversible RetreatThe Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica has experienced an irreversible retreat, crossing a tipping point in the past 80 years, according to a recent study. The findings, which were published in the influential journal Nature Climate Change, emerged when world leaders gathered in Dubai to deba

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New medicine can create a new life for diabetes patients -- without needles!Researchers have found a new way to supply the body with insulin. The medication that can be taken orally has already been tested on baboons, in which it was found to lower the blood sugar levels without causing hypoglycemia. The new insulin is ready to be tested on humans in 2025. If all goes well, diabetics are facing an easier life without injections.

Women Still Typically Outlive Men, But That Gender Gap Is Slowly ClosingWomen tend to live longer than men, but a global review of mortality data from 1990 to 2010 suggests the gender gap in life expectancy is narrowing.

New Gut-Brain Circuits Found for Sugar and Fat Cravings – “One-Two Punch” RevealedResults reveal a “one-two punch” to the brain's reward system, possibly impeding dieting efforts. Understanding why we overeat unhealthy foods has been a long-standing mystery. While we know food's strong power influences our choices, the precise circuitry in our brains behind this is unclear. Th

Gene-Hacked Pig Liver Successfully Filters Blood of Human PatientDoctors used a genetically-modified pig liver to successfully filter the human blood of a brain-dead patient.

The Myth of Universal Male Dominance in Primates Challenged by New StudyA groundbreaking study reveals that female-biased and equal power structures are common in primates, contradicting the assumption of widespread male dominance and highlighting the significance of female roles in primate societies. Male dominance has long been assumed to be nearly universal in pri

Dolphins are 'literally acting like jerks' by beating up baby manateesBottlenose dolphins have been observed trying to kill Antillean manatee calves, and researchers don't fully understand what's going on.

Plasma’s Hidden Rhythms: The Ballet of Ions and Waves in Fusion ReactorsFast ions and plasma waves in fusion reactors engage in a complex dance of energy transfer, with resonance and collision impacts playing significant roles. This understanding is vital for sustaining optimal plasma temperatures and advancing fusion energy technology. Just like there are waves in t

Clashing Cosmic Numbers Challenge Our Best Theory of the Universe | Quanta MagazineAs measurements of distant stars and galaxies become more precise, cosmologists are struggling to make sense of sparring values.

NASA regains communications with Mars helicopter Ingenuity | Digital TrendsJust a few days after losing contact with the Mars helicopter Ingenuity, NASA has announced that it has regained communications with the plucky helicopter.

China Has Built An AI General To Predict Enemy Behavior On The Battlefield - Wonderful EngineeringIn a groundbreaking development, scientists in China, specifically a team from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Strategic Support Force, have

Google Search Results Are Actually Getting Worse, Study Finds - Wonderful EngineeringAmidst growing concerns about the diminishing quality of Google search results, a recent study sheds light on the impact of affiliate marketing tactic

This New AI By NVIDIA Will Allow NPCs To Carry Out Unlimited Life-Like Conversations - Wonderful EngineeringCreating immersive and lifelike open worlds has become a significant challenge for modern game developers, as exemplified by titles like ‘Cyberp

Green Revolution: How Microalgae Could Fuel the FutureMicroalgae—which are major contributors to global photosynthesis and primary productivity—serve as promising chassis cells in synthetic biology. In a study published in Plant Communications, researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Acad

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