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Mar 15, 2019
Why history’s most famous scientists are usually a bit weird
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Obsessed with work, insensitive, socially detached, and neglectful of family and friends — these may not be the most endearing qualities in a person, but they are just a few of the common characteristics a researcher found when studying some of the world’s most famous and prolific inventors.
Mar 14, 2019
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Posted by Mary Jain in category: futurism
Mar 14, 2019
Firefighters are warning that lives could be at risk in New York’s $25 billion megadevelopment
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
- New York City firefighters are worried they don’t have enough capacity to serve Hudson Yards, a $25 billion, 18-million-square-foot megadevelopment that opens Friday.
- By 2024, when the development is scheduled to be complete, it could have more than 125,000 daily residents, visitors, and office workers.
- Unless the city builds a new fire station in the neighborhood, these lives could be at stake, the president of New York’s firefighters union told Business Insider.
New York’s largest private real-estate development, the 18-million-square-foot Hudson Yards, can expect a flood of locals, tourists, and office workers at its grand opening on Friday.
For the first time, members of the public will be able to climb aboard Vessel, a 150-foot-tall honeycomb-shaped art installation in the public square; dine at the complex’s high-end restaurants, including Momofuku and D&D London; and browse its luxury retail stores.
Mar 14, 2019
Sound by the Pound: Surprising Discovery Hints Sonic Waves Carry Mass
Posted by Victoria Generao in category: futurism
Some sounds might possess a tiny but measurable amount of negative gravitational mass.
- By Jonathan O’Callaghan on March 11, 2019
Mar 14, 2019
Ethicist Warns: Future AI Could Take Revenge for How We Treat It Now
Posted by James Christian Smith in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
If machines become truly intelligent or sentient, an ethicist at Victoria University Wellington named Nicholas Agar is sharing a dire warning: future machines may want payback for how we treat their insentient ancestors today.
Should robots ever become sentient, they may be pissed at how much we insult Alexa today.
Mar 14, 2019
5 of Einstein’s Most Epic Fails That Prove He Was Human
Posted by James Christian Smith in category: futurism
Albert Einstein was one of the world’s most important leading scientists of all time. His work laid the foundations for some of the most important human discoveries of all time. Yet even a man of his talents was not immune from making errors, from time to time.
Einstein was a revolutionary thinker, but even he made mistakes from time to time. Here are 5 of Einstein’s biggest fails.
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Mar 14, 2019
Albert Einstein Birth Anniversary: 15 Rare and Iconic Photos
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
On Albert Einstein’s birth anniversary, we bring you some of his rare and unseen pictures from our photo archives. Take a look at the pictures…