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This Tuesday (03/12/24) - Topics sensationalized!:
Captured by chance - More follow up on Big Saharan dunes - Bees that learn - Larry's comments - Is the Universe forever? - Ping! You're dead - Better quality sleep - Microplastics Clogging Human Arteries - Microbes influence brain health - Aging Gracefully, Infinity, and the Oceanic Feeling - Potassium-Enriched Salt Could Save Millions of Lives - Weight-Loss Pill Twice as Effective as Ozempic - Parasitic worms found in man's brain: Undercooked bacon - Important idea in Zen Buddhism for today’s world - IA text to video, and who will be affected - Biggest 3D-Printed Building - World’s Fastest Toy Car - Can Blow Your Own Sail? - Nuclear-Powered Flying Hotel That Can Carry 5000 - Lavish Ancient Tomb Reveals Spine-Chilling Ritual - Europeans reached Ukraine 1.4 million years ago - Largest Mass Burial Plague Site - Dog Lick Your Face? - Do Animals Have Fun? - Eerie New Worm Species Found Slithering in Ocean's Darkest Depths - Cloned Tibetan Goats - Never Before Seen Viral Organisms Found Inside Our Bodies - Tire Falls Off A Jet taking to the air - Oldest 'dead' galaxy - Another Impossible Galaxy - Boffins keep finding things that “shouldn’t exist” - A Galaxy Was Already Dead When The Universe Was Young - Universe expansion measurement spell trouble - Our mysterious oversized Moon - AI Gemini - The energy use of AI - JPMorgan Says Its AI Cash Flow Software, 90% more efficient than humans - AI-based, non-invasive diagnostic tool enables accurate brain tumor diagnosis better than humans - Coral reef restoration finds 'full recovery' of reef in four years - Radical Plan To Stop The 'Doomsday Glacier - 'Dimming The Sun', not a good idea - North Atlantic Temperatures Smash 40-Year Records - Measurements Show That Global Carbon Emissions are Still Rising - February Broke Several Global Temperature Records - Flowers Bloom Weeks Earlier Than Just Decades Ago - Cryogenic Air Energy Storage - Arctic to Lose All its Ice Within Next Decade - MACABRE 7,500 Year Old Funerary Site - The Big Ring Bashes the Big Bang - Things on the Moon that No-one is Talking About.

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Moroco’s mysterious moving star dune formed 13,000-years-agoScientists for the first time have estimated the formation date of the huge dunes called Lala Lallia in Morocco.

Larry's comments March 12th 2024

Stuff for March 12.pdf

STN member Hugh Hutner

New Research Reveals Surprising Key to Better Quality SleepResearch shows that increased physical activity during the day improves sleep quality and reduces tiredness, emphasizing the importance of exercise for a good night's rest. Early riser or night owl, everyone appreciates a good night’s sleep. But despite the best of intentions, quality sleep can e

Aging Gracefully, Infinity, and the Oceanic Feeling - 3 Quarks Dailyby John Allen Paulos Bertrand Russell’s advice for aging gracefully is rather simple: Broaden your horizons. He recommends that we should try to expand our interests and concerns. Doing so will help us become less focused on ourselves and more open to the world around us. He adds metaphorically, “An individual human existence should be…

Experimental Weight-Loss Pill Twice as Effective as Ozempic, Trial ShowsAn experimental new weight loss pill from Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk could be twice as effective as its blockbuster Ozempic and Wegovy jabs, early results from a small trial have suggested, sending the firm's shares soaring.

Parasitic worms found in man's brain after he likely ate undercooked baconA middle-aged man in the U.S. developed a parasitic infection in his brain after eating undercooked bacon.

OpenAI Just Released Some New Sora Videos - And They Will Make Your Jaw DropOpenAI continues to push the boundaries of AI with its Sora generative video model, showcasing stunning capabilities that rival Hollywood productions.

Watch Europe's Biggest 3D-Printed Building Rise In Just 140 HoursThe Wave House, a new data center built in urban Germany, is Europe’s largest 3D-printed building. The building broke the stereotype of boring b

Watch The Nuclear-Powered Flying Hotel That Can Carry 5000 Passengers For YearsSky Cruise, a groundbreaking concept depicted in a viral concept video, proposes a massive flying machine capable of accommodating 5,000 passengers wh

The first Europeans reached Ukraine 1.4 million years ago, new study findsDuring warm periods in Earth's history, known as interglacials, glaciers the size of continents pulled back to reveal new landscapes. These were new worlds for early humans to explore and exploit, and 1.4 million years ago this was Europe: a Terra nullius unoccupied by humans.

Should You Let Your Dog Lick Your Face? Here's The ScienceAny dog owners reading this will know the joy of getting home and being greeted with utter delight by their pet – tail wagging wildly before enthusiastic but face-drenching licks.

Eerie New Worm Species Found Slithering in Ocean's Darkest DepthsThe deep ocean is a whole world of alien mystery.

Astronomers spot oldest 'dead' galaxy yet observedA galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago has been observed by astronomers. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted a 'dead' galaxy when the universe was just 700 million years old, the oldest such galaxy ever observed.

Google Gemini: what it is and how you use it | Digital TrendsHere is everything you need to know about Google's AI chatbot Gemini and how to use the service.

JPMorgan Says Its AI Cash Flow Software Has Cut Its Human Work By Almost 90%JPMorgan has embraced AI to revolutionize cash flow management for its corporate customers. Through its AI tool, Cash Flow Intelligence, the banking g

Good news for coral reef restoration efforts: Study finds 'full recovery' of reef growth within four yearsWhile the majority of the world's reefs are now under threat or even damaged potentially beyond repair, a new study reported in the journal Current Biology on March 8 offers some encouraging news: efforts to restore coral reefs not only increase coral cover, but they can also bring back important ecosystem functions, and surprisingly fast.

Scientists Have Warned That 'Dimming The Sun' May Not Be A Good Idea AfterallThe recent deliberation at the United Nations Environment Assembly centered on a resolution concerning solar radiation modification, a contentious tec

February Broke Several Global Temperature RecordsFor the ninth straight month, earth has obliterated global heat records.

Arctic to Lose All its Ice Within Next Decade: Study | Vantage with Palki SharmaArctic to Lose All its Ice Within Next Decade: Study | Vantage with Palki SharmaThe first summer on record that melts practically all of the Arctic's floati...

Mystery of enormous Saharan 'star dune' finally solved — and it wasn't what scientists were expectingTall, many-armed star dunes are common in deserts worldwide, but scientists know little about the histories of these formations.

Annoying Hospital Beeps Are Causing Hundreds Of Deaths A Year, New Report SaysHospital workers are inundated with up to 1,000 alarm noises during a single shift, causing sensory overload and potentially leading to hundreds of mi

Microplastics Found Clogging Human ArteriesA new study linked the presence of microplastics in artery-clogging plaque to a higher risk of heart disease and even death.

How microbes influence our brain healthOur gut microbiome has been linked to conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Anthony King reports on the connections

A Simple Change: Switching to Potassium-Enriched Salt Could Save Millions of LivesExperts suggest that the small change could significantly influence the management of high blood pressure. An international group of experts has issued a recommendation for the inclusion of low-sodium, potassium-enriched salt in the treatment guidelines for hypertension, as published in the America

The most important idea in Zen Buddhism for today’s worldEnlightenment: After the ecstasy, the laundry. Why enlightenment is never an end in itself.

This German Student Has Created the World’s Fastest Toy CarGerman engineering student Marcel Paul achieved an extraordinary feat by turning a simple toy car into a speed monster that can reach incredible speed

Lavish Tomb Reveals Spine-Chilling Ritual of Ancient Coclé CultureThe afterlife could be a lonely place with your loved ones staying behind in the land of the living.

Giant Plague Grave Could Be Largest Mass Burial Site Ever Seen in EuropeArchaeologists digging in the German city of Nuremberg ahead of the construction of a new retirement home have uncovered what may be the largest mass burial of plague victims ever uncovered in Europe.

Do Animals Have Fun?Scientists want an evolutionary explanation for animal play. But maybe the answer is simply: It brings them joy.

China Just Cloned Tibetan Goats Using The Same Technique As Dolle The SheepChinese scientists have claimed a significant breakthrough by successfully cloning the first Tibetan goats using somatic cell cloning, a technique pre

Watch The Moment A Tire Falls Off A United Airlines Boeing 777 And Crushes Cars In San FranciscoA United Airlines flight bound for Japan had an unfortunate incident. The plane had 235 passengers. At around 1124 hrs on Thursday, the flight had to

Mysterious Galaxy Was Already Dead When The Universe Was YoungWhen a galaxy runs out of gas and dust, the process of star birth stops.

Webb and Hubble telescopes affirm the universe's expansion rate, but the puzzle persistsThe rate at which the universe is expanding, known as the Hubble constant, is one of the fundamental parameters for understanding the evolution and ultimate fate of the cosmos.

ChatGPT Uses 17,000 Times The Amount Of Electricity Used By The Average U.S. Household DailyChatGPT, a popular chatbot developed by OpenAI, has caused a lot of controversy due to its great effort. Reports indicate that ChatGPT can use more th

New AI-based, non-invasive diagnostic tool enables accurate brain tumor diagnosis, surpassing current methodsJointly developed by investigators of the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology's (VHIO) Radiomics Group and the Bellvitge University Hospital's Neuroradiology Unit, the Diagnosis in Susceptibility Contrast Enhancing Regions for Neuroncology (DISCERN) is an open-access deep learning tool based on the training of patterns using artificial intelligence models from information of standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Scientists Have A Radical Plan To Stop The 'Doomsday Glacier' From Melting - And It Will Cost $50 BillionA small rise in sea levels, just two feet worldwide, might not seem like a big deal but for places near the coast, it could be really bad news. Big ci

North Atlantic Temperatures Smash 40-Year Records: A Sign of Climate Emergency?Observations of unprecedented ocean temperatures in 2023 may become typical in a world that is 5.4°F (3.0°C) warmer than pre-industrial levels, according to a new study. From March 2023, the North Atlantic began to show extremely warm temperatures far exceeding anything seen in the past 40 years.

Spring Flowers Bloom Weeks Earlier Than Just Decades Ago, Study FindsFlowering is triggered by environmental cues, like changes in temperature and increases in nutrients and water – this is why we think of spring blossoms bursting through melting snow, and why it's even called 'spring' in the first place.

Bernie Reim's astronomical update for March

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