When we talk about the enormity of the cosmos đ«, itâs easy to toss out big numbers â but far more difficult to wrap our minds around just how large, how far, and how numerous celestial bodies really are. Join us for a cosmic journey to see the size of our Milky Way galaxy: https://go.nasa.gov/2UxkHIN
Today, the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is following a similar roadmap. The UN has held several rounds of talks in Geneva, including a session at the end of March. But the CSKR has lost faith in that process, and is now focusing on individual western states.
Jody Williams and Mary Wareham were leading lights in the campaign to ban landmines. Now they have autonomous weapons in their sights.
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Allison Duettmann challenges Aubrey De Grey with the top objections against longevity to be debunked and debated before opening up the floor to the public.
Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D.
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Check out the science of biohacking, where biologists go into a patientâs genetic code and reprogram their immune system to recognize and fight cancer cells.
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After years of development in the desert north of Los Angeles, a gigantic, six-engined mega jet with the wingspan of an American football field flew Saturday morning for the first time.
âWe finally did it,â said Stratolaunch Systems CEO Jean Floyd at a news conference from the hangar at Mojave Air & Space Port. âIt was an emotional moment to watch this bird take flight.â
Stratolaunch, the company founded in 2011 by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, conducted the first test flight of the worldâs largest plane.
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Indeed, Schindler stressed that Google would generate personalized Maps recommendations in âprivacy-sensitive, opt-in ways.â
The company is betting that adding more data about places and businesses to Maps will lead people to spend more time on the service. As users expect more from Maps, Google has extra space to introduce more ads.
âWe want to be able to highlight things that are around you and surface them nearby to you in a way thatâs not disrupting your experience,ââ said Rajas Moonka, director of product management for Google Maps. Because so much of what users are looking for in Google Maps is commercial in nature, ads can be a helpful addition to the experience, he said.
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To read a manâs mind, first you have to outline his skull.
Last November, I watched a psychologist use a digital pen to draw the circumference of a manâs head. The coordinates of his brain were quickly mapped, pinpointing the precise areas within his skull that process emotions. Behind him, a massive magnetic mind-readerâa neuroimaging device called a magnetoencephalography, or MEGâemerged from the wall, funneling into an oversized white helmet. It took two scientists to slowly maneuver the apparatus into position around his head.
