As soon as this week, NASA officials will make a crucial decision about the safety of human spaceflight in 21 years. Two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, have been on a test flight that was originally supposed to last just over a week but has now gone on for nearly 10 weeks. The two … Read more
Antarctica’s polar vortex is on the verge of splitting into two for the first time in over 20 years due to a sudden increase in stratospheric temperatures. If this occurs, Antarctica will experience major warming, while Australia and South America can expect an unusually hot summer. The southern polar vortex is a swirl of winds … Read more
China Develops Robot That Can Shoot Like a Bullet at the Sight of Light Scientists have created a bionic launcher technology that can be used in various ways, including deep tissue sampling, as a soft bullet or smart-seeding in agriculture. The innovative light-driven launch system is inspired by squirting cucumbers and allows miniature robots to … Read more
Ancient Technology Revealed: Excavation Unveils 2,600-year-old Terracotta Pipeline Archaeologists at the Keeladi site in Tamil Nadu, India, have made a remarkable discovery – an ancient terracotta pipeline network that dates back to around 300 BC. This finding has shed new light on the technological sophistication and urban planning of the people who lived in the … Read more
Here is the rewritten text: Introduction to Taichi-2: A Revolutionary AI Chip Researchers at Beijing University have introduced Taichi-2, a groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) chip that sets new standards for energy efficiency and performance. Taichi-2 operates entirely on light, unlike traditional chips that rely on electronic signals. This innovation leads to significantly reduced energy consumption. … Read more
Futurists have long debated the arrival of the singularity, when human and artificial intelligence will merge. American computer scientist and futurist Ray Kurzweil has predicted that this event will occur around the middle of the 21st century, and his predictions are gaining more credence with the rise of AI. In his new book, The Singularity … Read more
Scientists hope to accelerate the development of human-level AI using a network of powerful supercomputers, with the first node coming online within weeks. The goal is to create a “multi-level cognitive computing network” that will host and train the architectures required for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). This includes advanced AI systems like deep neural networks, … Read more
World’s First Fusion Ignition Breakthrough: US Firm Wins Esteemed Award The General Atomics team has been recognized as the R&D Team of the Year for their 4Pi system, which contributed to the world’s first successful controlled fusion ignition. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US achieved this milestone using … Read more
Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization. The monument, Göbekli Tepe, features intricately carved symbols that researchers believe track astronomical events, including single days. The summer solstice was marked as a special day on the monument. The carvings … Read more
A massive asteroid impact 66 million years ago drastically changed life on Earth, marking the end of non-avian dinosaurs and paving the way for other species to thrive. The catastrophe led to the emergence of birds, which diversified into the numerous species we see today. Scientists have now discovered genetic signatures in bird DNA that … Read more