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Jul 21, 2022
I did not know that!
Posted by Eamon Everall in categories: education, evolution, particle physics
“Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery. […] Every high school student knows that Isaac Newton discovered gravity, that Charles Darwin discovered evolution, and that Albert Einstein discovered the relativity of time. But when it comes to the composition of our universe, the textbooks simply say that the most abundant atom in the universe is hydrogen. And no one ever wonders how we know.“
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Jeremy Knowles, discussing the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery. (via alliterate)
OH WAIT LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT CECILIA PAYNE.
Cecilia Payne’s mother refused to spend money on her college education, so she won a scholarship to Cambridge.
Jul 21, 2022
Surge in childhood cancer rates in sub-Saharan Africa
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in category: biotech/medical
Sub-Saharan Africa could soon account for half the world’s cases of cancer in children unless the disease is prioritized through robust national plans, a study published in Lancet Oncology suggests.
Lead author, Wil Ngwa, from the Johns Hopkins Medicine, said that the high rate of people in Africa surviving infectious diseases could be a reason for surging cases of infection-related cancers such as Kaposi sarcoma, Burkitt lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and hepatocellular carcinoma, and also embryonal cancers like retinoblastoma and nephroblastoma.
Another study, published in the journal Cancers, found close to 1.7 million children under 15 years of age with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) worldwide, a risk factor for cancer in children, 91% of them in sub-Saharan Africa. The researchers found that Kaposi sarcoma and lymphoma are the most common.
Jul 21, 2022
Defense Department to fund Brown faculty work on neural networks for AI
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: mathematics, robotics/AI
George Karniadakis, a professor of applied math and engineering, was one of nine faculty scientists and engineers from across the U.S. to receive a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship.
Jul 21, 2022
Unexploded munitions found at first large US offshore wind farm sites
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: military
Wind farm developers have found unexploded munitions at two sites set to be some of the first commercial offshore wind farms in the US. After decades of military dumping, weapons on the seabed aren’t uncommon, but the developers will have to work around them.
Jul 21, 2022
How Glycine Can Help Extend Your Lifespan
Posted by Joe Bennett in category: life extension
Glycine, the simple let often over looked longevity supplement could seriously improve your health!
Glycine is a simple, cost effective longevity supplement that is often overlooked. With numerous positive effects on health and longevity, maybe it’s time to add glycine to your longevity regiment?
Jul 21, 2022
Teen Is Cured from Cancer After Groundbreaking Therapy: ‘It’s a Miracle I’m Alive’
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, futurism
It was 2010, and 5-year-old Emily Whitehead had her entire future ahead of her. “From the time she was little, she liked to pull pranks and make us laugh,” her father Tom, 53, tells PEOPLE. “She made our lives a lot better.” The rambunctious preschooler had just gone to…
Jul 21, 2022
Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos creates doughnut-shaped clubhouse in Mexico
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: habitats
Cross-laminated timber and volcanic stone were used to form a round building along a lake that was designed by Mexican studio Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos.
The Valle San Nicolás Clubhouse is located on the outskirts of Valle de Bravo, about two hours from Mexico City.
Set on a 385-hectare residential development, along a lake with an 800-metre waterski run, the building holds a range of spaces for relaxing and socialising.
Jul 21, 2022
Aboriginal language could help solve complex AI problems
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: robotics/AI
Jingulu—a language spoken by the Jingili people in the Northern Territory—has characteristics that allow it to be easily translated into AI commands.
An Aboriginal language could hold the key to solving some of the most challenging communication problems between humans and artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
A new paper, published by Frontiers in Physics and led by UNSW Canberra’s Professor Hussein Abbass, explains how Jingulu—a language spoken by the Jingili people in the Northern Territory—has characteristics that allow it to be easily translated into AI commands.
Jul 21, 2022
U.S. government recovers nearly $500,000 from North Korean hack on Kansas medical facility
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, blockchains, cryptocurrencies, cybercrime/malcode, government
The U.S. Department of Justice seized roughly $500,000 in ransom payments that a medical center in Kansas paid to North Korean hackers last year, along with cryptocurrency used to launder the payments, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Tuesday.
The hospital quickly paid the attackers, but also notified the FBI, “which was the right thing to do for both themselves and for future victims,” Monaco said in a speech at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University in New York City.
The notification enabled the FBI to trace the payment through the blockchain, an immutable public record of cryptocurrency transactions.