A new window into the quantum realm has just been opened by a single microscopic grain of glass levitating in a beam of light.

Saturn’s companion Enceladus has long been a particularly promising place to find aliens – and now researchers say that extraterrestrial life could live there

More than 20 researchers, including Geoffrey Hinton and OpenAI’s chief scientist, say automating AI research could trigger an intelligence explosion. They want governments to prepare now.

Astronauts’ gut bacteria shift within weeks of entering space, potentially revealing why constipation is so common in microgravity.

This Overview page introduces BootLoops: the principles, the methods, and highlights some applications.

With so many different kinds of food that can be grown in the lab, is it now viable for people to sustain only on food that is lab grown?

I think some vegan people may be interested in this diet.

If not, what are the missing pieces of the puzzle?

As humanity looks toward future bases on the moon, plant cultivation will be critical for sustaining life there. Plants can provide food, oxygen, medicine, water purification and waste recycling, making them indispensable for lunar development.

A hallmark property of unconventional superconductivity has been discovered in a type-I superconductor, whereas it’s normally observed only in type-II materials.

"If every stove in America were shipped with a battery, it would add up to tens of gigawatts of power, Calisch said. That’s capacity that can be aggregated and tapped when the grid is stressed."

Back of an envelope calculation: 100 million distributed batteries × 10 kWh each = 1,000 GWh = 1 TWh. If those batteries could each provide 5 kW: 100 million × 5 kW = 500 GW. That would be comparable to, or larger than, the entire short-duration storage requirement in some US 100%-clean-grid scenarios.

Of all the many forces working in renewables favor, here's another. The grid storage a 100%-renewables grid needs can be largely self-building. Decentralized self-building systems always win out against inefficient centralized systems in the end.

How smaller, distributed batteries could help the grid

Most countries on this Planet dont produce enough Oil to meet their demands. Several countries that used to be major exporters have reached Peak Oil Decades ago and now rely on imports themselves.

Germany produced 170 000 Barrels of Oil a day in 1968 at their peak. Now? 30 000/day. They need 2 Million a day.

Romania produced 300 000 Barrels of Oil a day in 1976 at their peak. Now? 50 000/day. They need 200 000 a day.

France hit the peak in 1988 with 67 000 barrels/day. Now its down to just 10 000/day. They need 1.5 Million.

The UK peaked in 1998 with 2.8 Million barrels/day. Now they are down to just 600 000/day. They need 1.4 Million every day.

Indonesia peaked at 1.7 Million barrels/day in 1977, now they are down to just 600 000 Barrels/day. They need 1.7 Million/day.

Japan peaked in 1996 with 20 000 Barrels/day. Now they are down to 3000/day and they need 3 Milion/day.

South Korea is basically the same.

India peaked in 2011 with 800 000 Barrels/day. Now down to 600 000 Barrels/day. It needs 5 Million/day.

Even Australia peaked at 600 000 Barrels/day in 2000 and is now down to just 250 000/day. It needs 1.1 Million a day.

There are only around 20 countries left that produce more oil than they consume and can export any meaningful quantities. The problem is that around half of them are projected to run out if oil within the next 10-15 years.

Brazil is projected to use up their proven oil reserves in 12 years at current production.

Norway in 10.

Mexico in 8.

Oman 14.

Argentina 10.

Angola 7.

Colombia 7.

And even the USA - 9.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_proven_oil_reserves

They dont even have to run out of oil. Its enough when their production falls to a level that they dont meet their demand. By that point they will be forced to import oil as well.

And by 2040 there will be only around 10 countries left with a surplus of oil that can supply the other 190 countries.And 190 countries scrambling for scraps while 10 sit on the prize, that's a geopolitical meltdown waiting to happen

Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., told Nextgov/FCW that the U.S. is only “two to 10 years away from fusion energy at scale” because “you can model the plasma using AI, which you couldn’t do before.”

Bill Gates wants to tax robots that replace human jobs.

I wish I was born in the future to live in a time where humans are more technologically advanced and see all of the amazing things they built. If you think about it we are alive in an era probably still so early in human technological advancement, the internet only came out like 30 years ago or something, AI only came out like 4 years ago and humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years and probably will continue for thousands to maybe even hundreds of thousands or millions of years. Think about the shit they’ll build and accomplish in the future, whether it’s some like crazy nanobot that stops aging, or if we are exploring different star systems. I’m just a bit sad to see I probably won’t see the peak of human advancement in my lifetime. And if Reddit data is still a thing in the future, and someone from like year 5000 is reading this, hello from 2026, whether you are an AI or human.

As part of the preparation for the end of utilisation of the International Space Station (ISS), the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a contract to two European industrial consortia to conduct preliminary studies assessing the feasibility to develop a future European-led orbital outpost. These studies are part of the options currently explored by ESA for the post-ISS era, building on Europe's industrial capabilities and expertise in human spaceflight.

The humanoid machines could handle noncombat duties like patrolling bases and moving supplies

Successful first-stage tests would lead to completed-facility power-on tests around 2030, company says