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Apr 12, 2024

Dinosaur data: can the bones of the deep past help predict extinctions of the future?

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Millions of years ago, animals adapted to become warm-blooded amid huge climactic changes. Now scientists hope these clues from the past could help us understand what lies ahead by .

Apr 11, 2024

Asteroid 2024 GJ2 — Will It Hit Earth?

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Discussions about asteroid 2024 GJ2 near miss with Earth on 11 Apr 24, and asteroids Apophis, Bennu, potential impacts and more!

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Apr 10, 2024

NASA’s NEOWISE Unveils Hidden Universe of Near-Earth Objects

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As the infrared space telescope continues its long-duration survey of the universe, it is creating a unique resource for future astronomers to make new discoveries.

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Apr 9, 2024

AI Could Explain Why We’re Not Meeting Any Aliens, Wild Study Proposes

Posted by in categories: alien life, existential risks, finance, media & arts, robotics/AI, transportation

Artificial Intelligence is making its presence felt in thousands of different ways. It helps scientists make sense of vast troves of data; it helps detect financial fraud; it drives our cars; it feeds us music suggestions; its chatbots drive us crazy. And it’s only getting started.

Are we capable of understanding how quickly AI will continue to develop? And if the answer is no, does that constitute the Great Filter?

The Fermi Paradox is the discrepancy between the apparent high likelihood of advanced civilizations existing and the total lack of evidence that they do exist. Many solutions have been proposed for why the discrepancy exists. One of the ideas is the ‘Great Filter.’

Apr 8, 2024

South Korea launches second military spy satellite

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The Koreas each launched their first spy satellites last year — North Korea in November and South Korea in December — amid heightened animosities. They said their satellites would boost their abilities to monitor each other and enhance their own missile attack capabilities.

South Korea’s second spy satellite was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday evening local time, which was Monday morning in Seoul.

South Korea’s Defense Ministry said it confirmed the satellite entered orbit and communicated with an overseas ground station after separation from a rocket.

Apr 6, 2024

Fermi Paradox: The Interdict Scenario

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An exploration of the interdict scenario solution to the Fermi paradox. My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel: htt…

Mar 31, 2024

Fermi Paradox: Alien Life and The Phosphorus Conveyor Problem

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An exploration of an extension of the Phosphorus Problem solution to the Fermi Paradox. It’s far worse of a problem than we thought.

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Mar 29, 2024

The Anti-Magnetic Mass Extinction

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An exploration of the strange mineral bridgmanite, and how it could eventually shut down earth’s magnetosphere in the far future and cause the greatest mass extinction earth has ever known.

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Mar 25, 2024

A modern-day woolly mammoth may be just a few years away, biotech company says

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Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based biotechnology company, says it has developed the technology necessary to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction. NBC News’ Morgan Chesky reports on the opportunities this new technology could bring as well as the concerns some scientists are raising.

Mar 22, 2024

Alien Life and the Myelin Sheath Solution to the Fermi Paradox

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An exploration of a new solution to the Fermi Paradox involving retroviruses and the very intricate needs to evolving the myelin sheath of nerve axons that allow for intelligent life.

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