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“The universe therefore appears to be expanding faster in our vicinity — that is, up to a distance of around three billion light years — than in its entirety,” explained astrophysicist and University of Bonn professor Pavel Kroupa, coauthor of a new paper published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, in the statement. https://futurism.com/the-byte/galaxy-void-cosmos-hubble-constant
A rare form of atmospheric phenomena known as a Transient Luminous Event (TLE) was successfully captured in imagery obtained during a recent experiment aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The observations were made as a part of the Thor-Davis experiment, an effort designed to observe storm phenomena in the upper atmosphere and their relationship to…
From the UAW to the Writers Guild, this year’s biggest contract victories have been won by unions in which members directly elect their leaders. That’s a right denied to most US union members — but it may be the key to unleashing broader labor militancy. https://jacobin.com/2023/12/elections-democracy-union-leadership-militancy/
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the government plans to work for Māori and non-Māori alike, and protests are “unfair” for a government that’s only been in power a week. The protests taking place across New Zealand were part of a “National Māori Action Day”, led by Te Pāti Māori and iwi, to challenge the government…
Hassabis was, per the NYT‘s retelling, very skilled at convincing rich men to fund his dream of creating artificial general intelligence (AGI), and his interaction with Musk was no different. During a tour of SpaceX’s headquarters, the South African-born billionaire began bragging about his plans to take humanity to Mars to escape global overpopulation and the…
Stratolaunch yesterday completed the captive carry flight with the first powered Talon-A hypersonic vehicle, or TA-1, over Southern California. This was the twelfth flight for the Roc launch platform and saw the Talon-A filled with live liquid oxygen (LOx) fuel for its rocket engine. The flight lasted three hours and 22 minutes. It was, according…
One idea I’ve been playing with recently is that the current hype around AI doesn’t actually have anything to do with AI. For instance, as I wrote last week, I think Big Tech is actually more jealous that ChatGPT isn’t an advertising business — and that it might destroy online advertising if it really catches on —…
OpenAI may be chasing after enterprise users, but some of its executives warn people not to expect the technology to change their businesses quickly. OpenAI chief operating officer Brad Lightcap said in an interview with CNBC that one of the more overhyped parts of artificial intelligence is that “in one fell swoop, [it] can deliver substantive business…
Since 1979, when the Voyager probes flew past Jupiter and its system of moons, scientists have speculated about the possibility of life within Europa. Based on planetary modeling, Europa is believed to be differentiated between a rocky and metallic core, an icy crust and mantle, and a warm water ocean up to 100 km (62…
…the [International Maritime Organization]’s 175 member states recently voted unanimously to adopt a more ambitious set of climate goals. These new goals, agreed upon in July 2023, would see countries strive for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping by “close to” 2050. Countries committed to trying to cut international shipping’s annual emissions by at least 20…
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