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This Tuesday (05/14/24) - Topics sensationalized!:
Programmers Quandary - Dr. Who fan? Where to see them ALL - Larry's comments - The solar outbursts, the amazing Auroras - CRISPR vision breakthrough - New cells to cure obesity - Ozempic - Brain injuries? Don't switch off the life support - Herpes cure progress - Musk's Neuralink malfunction - What's wrong with smoking? - Beethoven's hair tells us more - The building block of human vision - 'Puters can tellyou when you're going to kick off - Electron vortices in graphene - China's SkyNet - NASA Licenses 3D-Printable High-Temperature Superalloy - Crazy delivery idea - Tomato Genetics - Does 'Nature' Include Humans? - Cosmological Natural Selection’ Explain our Existence? - Sperm Whale talk - Reading Fiction is Good for You - New giant hummingbird species - The beauty of a Lenticular Galaxy - X-Ray Vision Unmasks Cosmic Structure - NASA’s Mission To Detect Nanometer-Scale Gravitational Shifts - Proxima Centauri - huge magnetic toroids in the Milky Way halo - Giant Structures in Space Challenges Our Understanding of The Universe - Scientists explore nontrivial cosmic topology - 2050 Europe energy map - International Agency Should Monitor AI - OpenAI releases faster model to power ChatGPT - New Placebo effect? Believing that an AI is helping boosts your performance - AI Ethics Surpass Human Judgment in New Moral Turing Test - CO₂ rise over the last 50,000 years shows that today's rate is 10 times faster - Is Global Economy or Climate Emergency our choice? - Venezuela Lost All Its Glaciers - The Science Of Avalanches.
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Larry's comments, May 14th 2024

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New Cells Could Be Key to Curing ObesityUnderstanding the formation and function of fat tissue is essential for tackling obesity and related metabolic disorders. However, the behavior of adipose tissue, commonly known as body fat, varies depending on its location within the body. Take, for example, the omentum: a large, apron-like fatt

A Single Adjustment to Just One Meal Can Benefit Liver Disease PatientsGiving meat a miss for just one meal reduces harmful ammonia buildup in people with late stage liver disease, according to a small clinical trial in the US.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Chip Has Malfunctioned In Its First In-Human Brain ImplantAccording to reports on Wednesday, Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup, experienced an unanticipated failure during its first human implan

Lead found in Beethoven’s hair reveals news insight into his ailing healthKidney and liver problems that killed the composer, as well as hearing loss, are associated with high lead levels

China Has Launched It's First SkyNet Satellite To Compete With SpaceXChina’s inaugural satellite, dubbed Zhihui Tianwang-1 01 or Smart SkyNet-1 01, has been propelled into medium Earth orbit, signaling the commenc

Tomato Genetics: A Unexpected Journey Into a “Parallel Universe”In a new study recently published by Science Advances, Michigan State University researchers reveal an unexpected genetic revelation about the sugars found in "tomato tar," shedding light on plant defense mechanisms and their potential applications in pest control. Tomato tar, a familiar nuisance

Scientists Have Discovered Sperm Whale 'Phonetic Alphabet' - And It Is Surprisingly Similar To HumansSperm whales, known for their intricate social structures and communication abilities, have recently been the focus of groundbreaking research sheddin

Mini Backpacks Reveal New Giant Hummingbird SpeciesResearchers at UNM identified a new species of giant hummingbird that migrates between Chile and Peru, revealing its migration routes and genetic distinctiveness through innovative tracking and genome sequencing. Researchers from the University of New Mexico’s Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) h

Mars is blasting plasma out of its atmosphere into spaceThe Red Planet launches large bursts of plasma into space from its upper atmosphere, much like the sun’s coronal mass ejections, despite not having a global magnetic field

XMM-Newton’s Stunning X-Ray Vision Unmasks Mysterious Cosmic StructureNew observations reveal that X-ray emissions from the Cloverleaf odd radio circle are linked to merging galaxy groups, offering new insights into these mysterious cosmic structures. Astronomers have discovered enormous circular radio features of unknown origin around some galaxies. Now, new obser

Europe remapped: What the energy utopia "Eneropa" would look like in 2050"Eneropa" reimagines Europe in 2050, where traditional national boundaries are replaced by regions defined by renewable energy capabilities.

Giant Structure Lurking in Deep Space Challenges Our Understanding of The UniverseA colossal structure in the distant Universe is defying our understanding of how the Universe evolved.

Anticipating future discoveries: Scientists explore nontrivial cosmic topologyIn a new Physical Review Letters (PRL) study, scientists explore the possibility of nontrivial or exotic topologies in the universe for explaining some of the anomalies seen in Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).

OpenAI releases faster model to power ChatGPTOpenAI on Monday released a higher performing and more efficient version of the artificial intelligence technology that underpins its popular generative tool ChatGPT, making it free to all users.

AI Ethics Surpass Human Judgment in New Moral Turing TestAI's ability to address moral questions is improving, which prompts further considerations for the future. A recent study revealed that when individuals are given two solutions to a moral dilemma, the majority tend to prefer the answer provided by artificial intelligence (AI) over that given by ano

Where to watch all Doctor Who seasons right now | Digital TrendsThere’s a tremendous archive of Doctor Who episodes for fans to dig into, but in the U.S., they're spread out across multiple streaming services.

What a Weekend! Spectacular Aurora Photos from Around the World“A dream come true.”“I never expected this!”“The most amazing light show I’ve ever seen in my life!”“Once in a lifetime!”“No doubt, this weekend will be remembered as ‘that weekend.’” That’s how people described their views of the Aurora borealis this weekend, which put on a breathtaking celestial show around the world, and at lower latitudes … Continue reading "What a Weekend! Spectacular Aurora Photos from Around the World"

New Research Reveals That Couples Who Drink Together Live LongerThe couple that drinks together might live longer together, too, says a University of Michigan researcher. In a recent study published in The Gerontologist, Kira Birditt, a research professor at the U-M Institute for Social Research's Survey Research Center, found that couples who are concordant

Gene Editing Breakthrough: CRISPR Improves Vision in Clinical TrialMass Eye and Ear-led phase 1/2 trial, which included 14 participants, found that the first-of-its-kind experimental treatment was safe and efficacious. BRILLIANCE trial results showed 11 out of 14 treated participants experienced some improvements in vision and quality of life measures. CRIS

Study: More Patients Could Survive Brain Injuries If Life Support Not Switched OffIt must be one of the hardest decisions people ever have to make: whether to let their loved one go, switching off their life support if signs suggest they won't recover from a traumatic brain injury that happened just days ago.

Herpes cure with gene editing makes progress in laboratory studiesResearchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center have found in pre-clinical studies that an experimental gene therapy for genital and oral herpes removed 90% or more of the infection and suppressed how much virus can be released from an infected individual, which suggests that the therapy would also reduce the spread of the virus.

Scientists Discover Unique Building Block of Human VisionResearch shows that infants primarily see high-contrast, simple patterns, forming an essential visual foundation for later development and influencing both human vision and AI training. What do infants see? What do they look at? The answers to these questions are very different for the youngest bab

NASA Licenses 3D-Printable High-Temperature Superalloy That Can Last 2,500x LongerNASA's superalloy GRX-810, designed for extreme air and spaceflight conditions, is now being licensed to four American companies, enhancing the U.S. economy through improved aerospace components. This 3D-printable material increases the durability of parts, withstands severe temperatures, and promot

Does 'Nature' Include Humans? The Answer May Surprise You.What does the word nature mean to you? Does it conjure visions of wild places away from the hustle and bustle of people, or does it include humans too? The meaning of nature has changed since the word was first used back as early as the 15th century.

Electron vortices in graphene detected for the first timeWhen an ordinary electrical conductor—such as a metal wire—is connected to a battery, the electrons in the conductor are accelerated by the electric field created by the battery. While moving, electrons frequently collide with impurity atoms or vacancies in the crystal lattice of the wire, and convert part of their motional energy into lattice vibrations. The energy lost in this process is converted into heat that can be felt, for example, by touching an incandescent light bulb.

All Human Existence May Have Begun in a Black Hole, Some Scientists BelieveThere’s an intriguing possibility that the emergence of conscious life is not just a coincidence, but an inevitable outcome of cosmic evolution.

If You Read a Lot of Fiction, Scientists Have Very Good News About Your BrainScientists have begun to study how reading fiction affects your brain. Spoiler alert: the news is very good

Hubble’s Sharpest View: A Lenticular Galaxy’s Dust and Dark Matter RevealedNGC 4753, captured by the Hubble Telescope, reveals intricate dust structures and a dark matter halo. This galaxy serves as a crucial site for studying galactic formation and measuring cosmic distances. Featured in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is NGC 4753, a lenticular gal

GRATTIS Unveiled: NASA’s Pioneering Mission To Detect Nanometer-Scale Gravitational Shifts From SpaceNASA has chosen the University of Florida to spearhead the GRATTIS mission, which will utilize advanced sensors to monitor Earth's gravitational changes and improve environmental tracking. NASA has selected a team of University of Florida aerospace engineers to pursue a groundbreaking $12 million

Scientists discover huge magnetic toroids in the Milky Way haloThe origin and evolution of cosmic magnetic fields is a long-standing unsolved question at the frontier of astronomy and astrophysics research and has been selected as one of the key areas of investigation for many major world-class radio telescopes, including the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) under construction. To determine the large-scale magnetic field structures in the Milky Way has been a major challenge for many astronomers in the world for decades.

Sam Altman Says An International Agency Should Monitor The 'Most Powerful' AI To Ensure SafetyOpenAI CEO Sam Altman voices his support for the regulation of AI on an international scale. In a recent interview on the All-In podcast, Altman perce

Just believing that an AI is helping boosts your performance, study findsSometimes it seems like an AI is helping, but the benefit is actually a placebo effect—people performing better simply because they expect to be doing so—according to new research from Aalto University. The study also shows how difficult it is to shake people's trust in the capabilities of AI systems.

Chemical analysis of natural CO₂ rise over the last 50,000 years shows that today's rate is 10 times fasterToday's rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide increase is 10 times faster than at any other point in the past 50,000 years, researchers have found through a detailed chemical analysis of ancient Antarctic ice.

Venezuela Just Became First Country To Lose All Its Glaciers In Modern TimesWith the disappearance of its last glacier, Venezuela has achieved a grave stage in the fight against climate change—it is the first country to lose

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