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• Extreme Fatigue: 4 of the Longest-Lasting Sporting Events

  30-01-2023 22:45 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Sports have long been a part of human history. The need to compete and the drive to outperform opponents has been around since the beginning of modern society. In all games, fatigue — whether it be mental or physical — plays a role, and stamina is often key. Read More: Sports That People Played in Ancient History On most occasions, matches end after a few hours, depending on the sport. Every now and then, however, one game will slip through the cracks of this typical time limit and g
  
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• The Green Comet of 2023 May Soon be Visible to the Naked Eye

  30-01-2023 20:50 via discovermagazine.com
  
  This article was originally published on Jan. 12, 2023. The year is off to a great start for comet hunters, as what could be the best comet of 2023 is now set to take center stage in January and February. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will make its closest approach to the Sun on Thursday, Jan. 12. Then, after zipping around the Sun, it will make its closest approach to Earth on Wednesday, Feb. 1.  Here’s everything you need to know to view Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as it treks through the sky. Wh
  
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• From Backcountry to Backyard: Community Snow Observations Wants Your Snow Depth Measurements

  30-01-2023 20:44 via discovermagazine.com
  
  Katreen Wikstrom Jones’ strongest memories from her winters growing up in Stockholm, Sweden are building snow tunnels on her porch. For the past ten years, Wikstrom Jones has been in Alaska, working for the state as a cryosphere hazard scientist. She originally got into snow science because she loves skiing, she says, and today snow is her full time job.  Wikstrom Jones is a part of the science team for Community Snow Observations. The goal of the citizen science project is to increas
  
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• AI Can Now Make Music From Text Descriptions

  30-01-2023 20:08 via discovermagazine.com
  
  As neural networks become more powerful,algorithms have become capable of turning ordinary text into images, animations and even short videos. These algorithms have generated significant controversy. An AI-generated image recently won first prize in an annual art competition while the Getty Images stock photo library is currently taking legal action against the developers of an AI art algorithm that it believes was unlawfully trained using Getty’s images. So the music equivalent of these s
  
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• TikTok CEO to testify before Congress in March amid app security questions

  30-01-2023 18:08 via nbcnews.com
  
  TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will appear before Congress in March to field questions about the viral video app's security measures amid mounting efforts to ban it because of privacy concerns.
  
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• What Science Says About the Weight-Loss Potential of The One-Meal-a-Day Diet

  30-01-2023 18:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  This article was originally published on March 3, 2020.Could you limit yourself to eating one meal a day over an extended period of time? It might sound crazy, but that’s the idea behind a diet that’s growing in popularity. It’s known as OMAD, or “one meal a day,” diet and it’s an extreme form of intermittent fasting that proponents say delivers weight loss, improved learning and memory, and other health benefits. OMAD makes other intermittent fasting approach
  
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• Stanford Breakthrough Paves Way Next-Generation Lithium Metal Batteries That Charge Very Quickly

  30-01-2023 17:00 via scitechdaily.com
  New lithium metal batteries with solid electrolytes are lightweight, inflammable, pack a lot of energy, and can be recharged very quickly, but they have been...
  
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• Ancient Skull Found in China Might Be Homo Erectus

  30-01-2023 17:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  In September, Chinese researchers announced that they had found an ancient human skull earlier in the year. It was discovered about a dozen miles outside of Yunyang (formerly known as Yunxian) in central China — the same area where two other skulls were found in decades past. Like its predecessors, the most recent find, dubbed “Yunxian Man 3” by some, likely dates to around 1 million years ago. And it seems to be in the best condition yet. “The Yunxian fossils are the old
  
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• Bloomberg: ‘The President Deserves A Team Of Technocrats’

  30-01-2023 16:19 via technocracy.news
  
  Bloomberg headlines, What Biden Needs Most Right Now: More Technocrats, describing it as “the administration’s most pressing need”. It argues that “there’s a strong case for a post-midterms recalibration in a more technocratic direction.” Does Biden really “deserve a team of Technocrats”? ⁃ TN EditorAfter two years of extraordinary stability, Joe Biden’s White House is finally getting a shakeup. As the president considers replacements f
  
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• NASA’s Record-Breaking Lucy Spacecraft Has a New Asteroid Target

  30-01-2023 15:45 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will add another asteroid encounter to its 4-billion-mile journey. On November 1, 2023, Lucy will get a close-up view of a small...
  
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• Technocrats In Canada Moving To Eliminate Free Speech

  30-01-2023 15:36 via technocracy.news
  
  The U.S. is  following Canada’s lead in eliminating Free Speech altogether. Technocrats cannot tolerate criticism of their pseudo-scientific narrative that pushes the world toward outright Technocracy. They gladly use the politicians into supporting them. ⁃ TN EditorAnother doozy from the Canadian government.
  Following along several other bills winding their way along the Road to Serfdom…Bill C-11 regulates the internet under the CRTC and paves the way toward institu
  
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• Europe's crackdown on Big Tech omitted TikTok — but now that’s set to change

  30-01-2023 15:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  TikTok is beginning to feel the sting of political and regulatory pressure in Europe, where the Chinese-owned app has largely evaded scrutiny.
  
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• Looming Demographic Winter Suggests “Have Babies, Now!”

  30-01-2023 15:14 via technocracy.news
  
  In spite of clear evidence that demographic winter is upon us, population reduction protagonists refuse to give an inch. Nevertheless, over 25% of the world’s nations have pro-birth policies to replenish shrinking populations. Meanwhile, population reduction hawks push policies and practices to stop reproduction. ⁃ TN EditorElon Musk and a new generation of pronatalists are warning of falling birth rates, but some say fertility decline should be celebrated
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• Yes, Animals and Insects Have Stood Trial in Court

  30-01-2023 15:00 via discovermagazine.com
  
  It was an otherwise ordinary day in 1386 when the citizens of Falaise, a town in Normandy, France, gathered to see justice visited upon a sow. The defendant was duly convicted of murder in a court of law for mauling a baby who died from the wounds. The pig was sentenced to be hanged in the town square. But before being strung up, in keeping with the Old Testament policy of “an eye for an eye,” the pig was made to suffer the same wounds it inflicted on the child: Its face was lac
  
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• Nuclear Popcorn: New Research Sheds Light on the Enigmatic Strong Nuclear Force

  30-01-2023 14:33 via scitechdaily.com
  The shape of heavy nuclei changes as the energy level varies. The universe is governed by four fundamental forces that dictate the interactions between particles...
  
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• TikTok CEO to testify before Congress in March

  30-01-2023 13:48 via cnn.com
  
  TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify at an upcoming hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a committee spokesperson confirmed to CNN Monday.
  
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• New Findings Explain Long-Standing, Baffling Cell Mystery

  30-01-2023 13:23 via scitechdaily.com
  Optimized by nature over 100 million years of evolution, a smart liquid provides a crucial coupling that ensures cell division correctly proceeds. Scientists from Paul...
  
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• Coffee + Milk: A Dynamic Duo for Fighting Inflammation

  30-01-2023 12:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Can something as simple as a cup of coffee with milk have an anti-inflammatory effect in humans? Apparently so, according to a new study from...
  
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• Building a New Type of Efficient Artificial Intelligence Inspired by the Brain

  30-01-2023 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  Although the brain’s architecture is very shallow, brain-inspired artificial neural networks’ learning capabilities can outperform deep learning. Traditionally, artificial intelligence stems from human brain dynamics....
  
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• Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica Calves Massive Iceberg As Big as Greater London

  30-01-2023 10:44 via scitechdaily.com
  An enormous iceberg measuring 600 miles² (1550 km²), almost the size of Greater London, has broken off the 500-foot (150-meter) thick Brunt Ice Shelf. It...
  
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• New Study Sheds Light on the Genetic Origins of Cleft Lip and Palate

  30-01-2023 10:09 via scitechdaily.com
  Researchers at the University of Bonn have uncovered clues to the underlying causes of the condition. Cleft lip and palate are common congenital malformations that...
  
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• ASML says 'rules are being finalized' on chip export controls to China

  30-01-2023 09:29 via cnn.com
  
  ASML, a Dutch maker of semiconductor equipment, says "rules are being finalized" on export controls, amid reports that the Netherlands and Japan have joined the United States in restricting sales of some computer chip machinery to China.
  
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• Hubble Space Telescope Explores a Turbulent Tarantula

  30-01-2023 07:07 via scitechdaily.com
  A snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is the most recent Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week. The Tarantula Nebula...
  
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• Unlocking the Secrets of Climate Change: Linking Fossil Proxies to Living Bacteria

  30-01-2023 05:41 via scitechdaily.com
  The missing piece in reconstructing the Earth’s climate history also provides a new understanding of the early evolution of life. Microbial skins made of lipids,...
  
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• Physicists Discover a New Approach for Solving the Bizarre Dark Energy Mystery

  30-01-2023 04:19 via scitechdaily.com
  What is behind dark energy — and what connects it to the cosmological constant introduced by Albert Einstein? Two physicists from the University of Luxembourg...
  
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• “Striking” Differences – New Research Helps Explain Why Obesity Is More Dangerous for Men

  30-01-2023 03:02 via scitechdaily.com
  Building blocks of blood vessels, known as pericytes, have been linked to inflammation and disease processes in male mice. A study conducted by York University...
  
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• We Asked a NASA Scientist: Where Do Moons Come From?

  30-01-2023 01:48 via scitechdaily.com
  Where do moons come from? Well, they actually can come from a lot of different places. Our Moon, for example, we believe formed in a...
  
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• Supercharged T Cells: A New Way To Kill Pancreatic Cancer With Minimal Side Effects

  30-01-2023 00:38 via scitechdaily.com
  A new immunotherapy releases cancer-killing cytokines only within the tumor. Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a new T cell-based...
  
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