Digital cemeteries, deadbots… Is the development of digital tools changing the way we cope with death and mourning, as depicted in David Cronenberg’s latest film “The Shrouds”?
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Everyone’s talking about the Perseid meteor shower – but don’t bother trying to see it in Australia or NZ
In recent days, you may have seen articles claiming the “best meteor shower of the year” is about to start. Unfortunately, the hype is overblown – particularly for observers in Australia and New Zealand.
The shower in question is the…
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“They’re Eating Each Other to Grow”: Scientists Unveil Terrifying ‘Robot Metabolism’ That Lets Machines Feed on Other Machines
IN A NUTSHELL - ? Researchers at Columbia University have introduced the concept of “Robot Metabolism”, allowing robots to grow, heal, and self-improve autonomously.
- ? By using Truss Links, robots can form complex…
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Magic mushrooms rewind aging in mice—could they do the same for humans?
As revenues from the anti-aging market — riddled with hope and thousands of supplements– surged past $500 million last year, Emory University researchers identified a compound that actively delays aging in cells and organisms.
A newly published…
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Bright Fireballs in the Skies: Catch the Perseids Meteor Shower This Week
Skygazers have a lot to look forward to over the next month. A couple of dueling meteor showers are gracing the skies later this month, and they will be joined by perhaps the most popular meteor shower of the year: the Perseids meteor shower.
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How Vera Rubin is still revolutionizing astronomy – The Forward
Located in northern Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory aims to revolutionize the study of the universe when it incorporates the largest digital camera ever built in the world. Photo by Getty Images
By Benjamin…
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Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA, and this director is one of them
You can add another name to the thousands of employees leaving NASA as the Trump administration primes the space agency for a 25 percent budget cut.
On Monday, NASA announced that Makenzie…
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Earth is spinning faster, making days shorter — but why?
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Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers.
July 10…
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SpaceX scrubs O3b mPOWER satellites launch, targets backup window on Tuesday – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned launch of SES’ ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites. Image: SpaceX Update July 21, 5:52 p.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the launch,…
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Quantum Internet Meets Einstein’s Theory of Gravity in This New Ingenious Idea – SciTechDaily
- Quantum Internet Meets Einstein’s Theory of Gravity in This New Ingenious Idea SciTechDaily
- The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity WIRED
- Testing Quantum Theory in Curved Spacetime American Physical Society
- “Quantum Reality Is…
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