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A Washington county shifted to a 4-day workweek. It could be the future of work | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
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US Unveils Plan to Triple Nuclear Power By 2050 as Demand Soars (www.bloomberg.com)
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Spain is aging: 15% fewer children and 35% more people over 80 years old than ten years ago (www.lavanguardia.com)
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World-first stem-cell treatment restores vision in people (www.nature.com)
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Google accidentally leaked a preview of its Jarvis AI that can take over computers (www.engadget.com)
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This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab (www.nature.com)
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'UK first' battery powered train slashes fuel costs by up to 50 per cent (www.businessgreen.com)
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Microplastics promote cloud formation, with likely effects on weather and climate (pubs.acs.org)
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The global fertility crisis: are fewer babies a good or a bad thing? Experts are divided (www.theguardian.com)
Climate change is contributing to drought in the American West even without rainfall deficits, scientists find in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

It still amazes me that Hurricane Helene hit Florida, Georgia and Carolina and those states still voted for a Climate Change Denier

Japan's Mount Fuji Has Now Remained Snowless for the Longest Time in Its 130-Year Record in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Wow, I hadn't seen that.

We've seen particles that are massless only when moving one direction in c/[email protected]
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Plant-animal hybrid cells make solar-powered tissues, organs or meat (newatlas.com)
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China tests passenger jet prototype at Mach 4, 2x Concorde's speed (interestingengineering.com)
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Japan's Mount Fuji Has Now Remained Snowless for the Longest Time in Its 130-Year Record (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Anthropic's latest advance with AI, where it can operate on-screen software, shows us how future AI can replace much of today's human knowledge work. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

There is a tsunami coming in the workplace, you can already buy a humanoid robot for $16k (1), which is less than the cost of an employee. When these robots can become actually useful (instead of marketing material) businesses who use labour will not think twice about swapping over. What do we do when unemployment goes up to 25%, 50% etc

(1) https://www.unitree.com/mobile/g1

Melting Arctic sea-ice could affect global ocean circulation, study warns in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve seen more and more concern about the AMOC slowdown. Wouldn’t be good if that goes away. Talking a change of -10c in Europe

UN Emissions Gap Report 2024 - Chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C is 'virtually zero' in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

We should aim for 1.6 next, every fraction of a degree makes a difference

Although the report also says they expect us to hit 3.1 based on current trends

Catalyzed fusion system 'operates indefinitely without external power' in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like its been removed!

6G phone networks could be 9000 times faster than 5G in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

640k should be enough for anyone too

Climate Change Is Drying Up All the World’s Rivers at an Alarming Rate in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Warmer air can hold more water, so humidity increases. It also drives stronger winds...

It’s too late to save Britain from overheating, says UN climate chief in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The IPCC has always been thought of as being conservative in its estimates of climate change, so to hear Jim Skea, the Chair of the IPCC, say it’s too late is sobering

Research in child day care centers in Helsinki shows purifying the air reduces infectious illness by almost 20%, and that purifying the air in all public spaces should be examined. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Instead we'll build something that needs a subscription, and you can only get the filters from 1st party sources and the filters have a chip that requires you to swap them even if they are not full

Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unless the set top box (apple or whoever) has an aerial/satellite /Cable input you still need to use the normal TV to watch standard channels, exposing you to the UI adverts.

I had considered buying an Apple TV, but my Samsung TV does everything I want just with stupid adverts, which I won't be able to get away from if I have to swap sources to Apple TV and back to live TV

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