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Feb 12, 2023

Beach erosion: Satellites reveal how climate cycles impact coastlines

Posted by in categories: climatology, habitats, satellites

Researchers from UNSW Sydney have analyzed millions of satellite photos to observe changes in beaches across the Pacific Ocean. The findings, published in Nature Geoscience today (Feb. 10), reveal for the first time how coastlines respond to different phases of the El-Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle.

ENSO is a natural climate phenomenon that causes variations in over the Pacific Ocean. The warming phase, known as El Niño, and the cooling phase, known as La Niña, affect across different coastlines depending on the cycle.

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Feb 11, 2023

Arch-Conspirator review: Ancient Greek tragedy spun into sci-fi gold

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Veronica Roth (Tor)

THERE isn’t much world-building in Veronica Roth’s sci-fi retelling of Sophocles’s classic Greek tragedy Antigone. Then again, in Arch-Conspirator, there isn’t much world. A dusty dystopian city (Thebes in the original, but it isn’t clear where we are in the reboot) is all that remains after a thinly sketched environmental polycrisis has turned humanity into an endangered species.

Feb 10, 2023

Researchers Uncover a Simple Question That Could Help Determine Your Risk of Death

Posted by in categories: habitats, neuroscience

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have discovered a connection between the risk of functional disability or death in older adults and the distance they are willing to walk or cycle to reach common destinations (such as a friend’s house or a supermarket).

As they age, physical or cognitive decline can make it difficult for some older adults to navigate their community, affecting their quality of life and becoming a burden on society. However, a recent study by researchers at the University of Tsukuba demonstrates that a willingness to travel longer distances by walking or cycling may help reduce the risk of early functional disability and mortality.

A recent study published in Health and Place presents a model linking death and functional disability rates in older adults to the distances they are willing to travel on foot or bicycle for common community trips. The research found that older adults who were only comfortable with short distances – such as 500 meters or less for walking, or 1 kilometer or less for cycling – faced higher risks of functional disability and death.

Feb 9, 2023

How Fast is SR-71 Blackbird?

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We humans are obsessed with speed. We bred the fastest horse when we first started riding. We looked for ways to put insanely powerful engines in our cars when we first started building them.

Feb 9, 2023

Japanese Research Project aims to Create Earth Like Artificial Gravity

Posted by in categories: habitats, space travel

Researchers at Kyoto University have joined forces with contractor Kajima Corp. to develop gravity-defying habitats required for use on the Moon and Mars, complete with their own transportation system.

The researcher’s ambitious idea also comes with a space train that is set to function like trains on Earth while at the same time generating artificial gravity.

#SpaceHabitat #Space #Gravity #SpaceTravel #SpaceTrain

Feb 6, 2023

A 30-year-old canine in Portugal is officially the world’s oldest dog

Posted by in categories: food, habitats

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SIwcB56x2ek

He has never been on a leash and eats only human food.

Bobi, aged 30 years and 268 days, was crowned as the world’s oldest living dog by the Guinness World Records last week. Bobi also holds the enviable record of being officially the oldest dog to have lived on the planet.

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Jan 31, 2023

Microsoft stops selling Windows 10 licenses a day early

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Marking an end to an era, Microsoft is no longer directly selling Windows 10 product keys on their website, instead redirecting users to Windows 11 product pages.

This month, Microsoft began displaying an alert on their Windows 10 Home and Pro product pages, warning customers that January 31st would be the last day to purchase a license.

“January 31, 2023 will be the last day this Windows 10 download is offered for sale,” the company says in an alert posted to its website.

Jan 28, 2023

A couple just moved into a 3D printed concrete home for about $1,400 a month— see what it’s like to live in

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, habitats

I have said 3D printed houses could help with the housing crisis.

“Project Milestone serves as the world’s first 3D printed concrete “commercial housing project,” according to its maker.”

But not according to ICON 3D, and the link below shows Africa’s largest 3D printing housing project in Kenya. I have been talking about 3D printed houses for years. Its good people have caught up.

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Jan 28, 2023

20 Emerging Technologies That Will Change Our World

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, employment, habitats, robotics/AI

Technology has already changed our world. I mean, who knew that we’d be able to flick a switch to illuminate the darkness rather than lighting a candle? It’s wild. But the technology we have today and will have in the future is absolutely insane. From 3D printing houses to robotics to help us in our jobs, here are 20 emerging technologies that will change our world.

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Jan 27, 2023

Science journals ban ChatGPT from co-authoring papers

Posted by in categories: habitats, robotics/AI, science

However, some journals allow researchers to use AI to improve the readability and language of the research.

ChatGPT, the conversational chatbot from OpenAI might have authored many poems, essays, and even pieces of code so far but is unlikely to get author credit for a peer-reviewed paper anytime soon.

Major science publishing houses like Springer Nature and Elsevier have specified that they will not consider ChatGPT as an author in their publications, The Guardian reported on Thursday.

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