Interesting Articles and Essays about Science and Technology

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/astronomers-discovered-inside-black-hole-215600723.html

 

[Luxman]

What is 5G? An electrical engineer explains
https://theconversation.com/what-is-5g-an-electrical-engineer-explains-173196

 

[Luxman]

EXTINCT ANIMALS SCIENCE WANTS TO BRING BACK
https://www.grunge.com/37917/animals-science-attempting-bring-back-extinction/

 

[tvstrip]

From one of my fav YT Science channels

 

[Luxman]

SCIENCE WATCH; Gold as Radiation Shield
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/06/...s 11 percent,metals that also block radiation.

Gold is about $27,000 per lb, while lead is $1 per lb.
If gold was $1 per lb, everything would have gold in it because it's a very useful metal.

 

[Luxman]

A bright flash of light marks the incredible moment life begins when sperm meets egg
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science...t-marks-incredible-moment-life-begins-when-s/

 

[Luxman]

Why have aliens never visited Earth?
Scientists have a disturbing answer
https://www.space.com/alien-civilizations-doomed-to-collapse

I don't agree with the above theory.
Aliens haven't visited earth because humans are still primitive primates.
The aliens are probably observing us with advanced 'telescopes' that can see high res details on earth from light-years away, or they have sent stealth probes to record everything happening on the surface of the earth. We are still too primitive to even guess what kind of advanced tech aliens have.
As long as humans are restricted to our solar system, aliens won't care much about us, but if we ever invent FTL tech. aliens will probably make first contact.
The first contact theme in the Star Trek series is the most logical theory for why aliens haven't contacted us yet.

 

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

I kinda lean towards the theory that most civilizations destroy themselves before becoming advanced enough to travel space widely or communicate long distances quickly.

 

[Luxman]

Record-Breaking Voyager Spacecraft Begin to Power Down
The pioneering probes are still running after nearly 45 years in space, but they will soon lose some of their instruments
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/record-breaking-voyager-spacecraft-begin-to-power-down/
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How the Ocean Inside the Mantle Affects the Habitability of the Earth
A new model suggests “mantle rain” from inside Earth’s mantle ensures we will always have a surface ocean.
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/how-...mantle-affects-the-habitability-of-the-earth/

 

[Luxman]

All of the World's Yeast Probably Originated in China
Baker’s yeast, brewer’s yeast, yeast that lives in infected toenails—they all descended from a common ancestor.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/yeast-sequencing-china/557930/

Is Nutritional Yeast Healthy?
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/nutritional-yeast

 

[Luxman]

Population Boom: Charting how we got to nearly 8 billion people
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/12/world-population-history

"By the end of 2022 or within the first months of 2023, that number is expected to officially cross the 8 billion mark. "

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Current World Population
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

 

[Luxman]

If released, an ancient pathogen trapped in ice or mineral deposit may cause a pandemic that wipes out the human race.
Every pandemic started with one infected person.

Geologists to Open 830 Million-year-old Crystal Containing Secrets of Ancient Life
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/ge...ntaining-secrets-of-ancient-life-5268949.html

 

[Luxman]

Chicxulub impact that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/kring/Chicxulub/regional-effects/

"The Chicxulub impact event was an ~100 million megaton or ~100 teraton blast that devastated the Gulf of Mexico region."

 

[Luxman]

95% of your behavior is primate behavior
https://bigthink.com/the-well/primate-behavior/

 

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

95% of your behavior is primate behavior
https://bigthink.com/the-well/primate-behavior/

Luxman, you needed a study to tell you that?

 

[Luxman]

Luxman, you needed a study to tell you that?

When and how did you learn that people and primates were nearly identical in their social behaviors?

I knew people had social behaviors similar to primates, but I didn't know it was about 95% similar.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545054274987577344

 

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

When and how did you learn that people and primates were nearly identical in their social behaviors?

I knew people had social behaviors similar to primates, but I didn't know it was about 95% similar.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545054274987577344

Just watching and looking. Observation. And common sense. If people evolved from primates it only stands to reason that in a mere 100,000(maybe200'000) years the basic genetic tendencies have not had time to change. Then add in human tendencies to resist change of any type and here we are. I admit my comment was flip and I will read the article but really don't think I need to,

 

[Luxman]

After an AI bot wrote a scientific paper on itself, the researcher behind the experiment says she hopes she didn't open a 'Pandora's box'
https://www.insider.com/artificial-intelligence-bot-wrote-scientific-paper-on-itself-2-hours-2022-7

One more step closer to Skynet and the possible apocalypse.

 

[Luxman]

Ancient Siberian cave hosted Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans—possibly at the same time - 23 JUN 2021
DNA from ancient soil reveals the history of the cave that cracked open the field of human evolution
https://www.science.org/content/art...ls-denisovans-and-modern-humans-possibly-same

 

[tvstrip]

When and how did you learn that people and primates were nearly identical in their social behaviors?

I knew people had social behaviors similar to primates, but I didn't know it was about 95% similar.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545054274987577344

I feel a little more primitive knowing that I've done that before....