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Jul 24, 2023

Unusual galaxy cluster is an island of tranquility in the chaotic early universe

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A young galaxy cluster spotted by the Chandra X-ray Observatory may have gotten a head start on “relaxing” before is galactic siblings.

Jul 24, 2023

Hydrogen peroxide found on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede in higher latitudes

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An international team of space scientists has found evidence that hydrogen peroxide on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, exists only on its higher latitudes. For their research, reported in the journal Science Advances, the group studied data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

For many years, researchers theorized that hydrogen peroxide existed on Ganymede, but it took a prior team studying data from the JWST to find it. In this new effort, the research team analyzed new data sent back by the telescope to learn more about the and its hydrogen peroxide.

Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system, but it has not received nearly the attention given to another of Jupiter’s moons, Europa, whose features and characteristics make it far more likely to have harbored life at some point in time. But prior research has shown that the influence of Jupiter’s magnetic field on many of its moons could indicate a strong probability of hydrogen peroxide on Ganymede. This is because of its likely impact on the water-ice irradiation process on its surface.

Jul 23, 2023

James Webb Space Telescope stars in breathtaking new IMAX documentary

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The James Webb Space Telescope stars in “Deep Sky,” a new IMAX documentary from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn coming in October 2023.

Jul 23, 2023

Recycle Spent Nuclear Fuel Save the Grid with Steven Curtis

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Make nuclear power safer by tapping the gold mine in the spent fuel rods by using molten salt reactors and small modular reactors for both safe nuclear plant back up power and for microgrids that will be less susceptible to an EMP or CME E3 waveform. Watch to learn!

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Jul 22, 2023

Astrochickens & Von Neumann Probes

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To explore the trillions of worlds in our galaxy, we will need space probes far more sophisticated than any craft we’ve ever built, including the ability to…

Jul 21, 2023

Scientists find evidence of ‘very recent’ running water flowing on Mars

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Gullies on the slopes of Martian craters were likely created by the “very recent” flow of water, according to a new study that sheds more light on whether life could exist on the Red Planet.

The presence of life on a planet, as it is seen on Earth, goes hand in hand with the existence of liquid water.

Researchers have previously shown that there may have been past periods on Mars when liquid water likely formed gullies if Mars tilted enough on its axis.

Jul 21, 2023

Scientists use chemical mapping to study the spiraling arms of the Milky Way

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A researcher has used the technique of chemical mapping to study the spiral arms of our home galaxy: the Milky Way. According to Keith Hawkins, assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin, chemical cartography might help us better grasp the structure and evolution of our galaxy.

“Much like the early explorers, who created better and better maps of our world, we are now creating better and better maps of the Milky Way,” mentioned Hawkins in an official release.


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Jul 21, 2023

The world’s fastest supercomputer with a processing power of 4 exaflops unveiled

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The supercomputer is part of the larger constellation of inter-connected supercomputers with a combined capacity of 36 exaFLOPS.

Abu Dhabi-based technology holding group G42 has unveiled the world’s fastest supercomputer, the Condor Galaxy-1 (CG-1), which has 54 million cores and a processing capacity of four exaflops, a press release said. The supercomputer is located in Santa Clara, California, and will be operated by Cerebras, a US-based AI firm under US laws.

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology takes center stage, there is a strong demand for supercomputers to help businesses train their own models. Companies like Microsoft have offered to build the extremely expensive infrastructure and rent it out for companies to work on them.

Jul 21, 2023

Cerebras Systems signs $100 million AI supercomputer deal with UAE’s G42

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July 20 (Reuters) — Cerebras Systems on Thursday said that it has signed an approximately $100 million deal to deliver the first of what could be up to nine artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputers in a partnership with United Arab Emirates-based technology group G42.

The deal comes as cloud computing providers around the world are searching for alternatives to chips from Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), the market leader in AI computing whose products are in short supply, thanks to the surging popularity of ChatGPT and other services. Cerebras is one of several startups looking to challenge Nvidia.

Silicon Valley-based Cerebras said that G42 has agreed to purchase three of what it calls its Condor Galaxy systems, all of which it will build in the U.S. to speed up the roll out. The first one will come online this year, with two more coming in early 2024.

Jul 21, 2023

Is this hat conscious? | Ben Goertzel on consciousness, panpsychism, and AGI | Big Think

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Is this hat conscious?
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Panpsychism is the idea that there is an element of consciousness in everything in the universe. The theory goes like this: You’re conscious. Ben Goertzel is conscious. And his hat is conscious too. What if consciousness isn’t about the brain at all, but it’s as inherent to our universe as space-time?“Now, panpsychism, to me, is not even that interesting, it’s almost obvious — it’s just the foundation, the beginning for thinking about consciousness… ” says Goertzel. It’s what comes after that excites him, like the emerging technology that will let us connect our minds to bricks, hats, earthworms, other humans, and super AGIs like Sophia, and perhaps glimpse at the fabric of consciousness. Goertzel believes brain-brain interfacing and brain-computer interfacing will unfold in the coming decades, and it’s by that means that we may finally crack the nut of consciousness to discover whether panpsychism makes any sense, and to learn why humans are so differently conscious than, for example, his hat.

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