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https://www.the-sun.com/tech/4330598/china-fires-up-artificial-sun/ HOT TO TROT China fires up ‘artificial sun’ 7 times warmer than the real sun to make unlimited energy – and wants to make it HOTTER CHINA has fired up a machine designed to make unlimited energy known as the "artificial sun" - and wants to make it even hotter than the real sun. Tests being run on the Experiential Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) trying to get a higher temperature and longer duration at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science research centre. The device is already close to seven times warmer than the sun, but scientists are trying to upgrade the EAST…

Artificial intelligence in one of the district people's prosecutor's offices in Shanghai for the first time became the compiler of the text of the indictment, which will be presented to the criminal in court. This is reported by Economic News with reference to haggin.az According to the South China Morning Post newspaper, AI received prosecutorial skills after studying more than 17 thousand cases considered in the courts of Shanghai from 2015 to 2020. The "digital prosecutor" makes accusations with 97% accuracy, based on one thousand "characteristic features" that he identifies in court documents on specific criminal cases. "Artificial intelligence to a cer…

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/fossil-of-baby-dinosaur-preserved-in-egg-astounds-science-community

"Strange chemical in clouds of Venus defies explanation. Could it be a sign of life?" https://www.space.com/venus-clouds-possible-life-chemical-discovery.html

I came across this short but brilliant, 4.5 minute talk from the BBC about the subject of misinterpretations. Answers here to refer to most of the fallacies we see all too regularly at SF. How to avoid falling for the ‘gambler’s fallacy’ - BBC Ideas

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-discover-hidden-water-in-the-red-planets-grand-canyon-180979267/ A Martian orbiter located a large reserve of hydrogen in a mountainous area of the Red Planet Elizabeth Gamillo Daily Correspondent December 20, 2021 3:28 p.m. A region within Mars's Valles Marineris (pictured) called the Candor Chaos had a large amount of hydrogen about a meter below the surface. European Space Agency extract: "Using TGO's data from May 2018 to February 2021, the team found a large amount of hydrogen beneath the surface of Mars' versi…

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-black-holes-immediately-big.html Did black holes form immediately after the Big Bang? How did supermassive black holes form? What is dark matter? In an alternative model for how the universe came to be, as compared to the 'textbook' history of the universe, a team of astronomers propose that both of these cosmic mysteries could be explained by so-called "primordial black holes." Nico Cappelluti (University of Miami), Günther Hasinger (ESA Science Director) and Priyamvada Natarajan (Yale University), suggest that black holes existed since the beginning of the universe and that these primordial black holes could themselves …

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-nasa-friday-webb-space-telescope.html NASA confirms next Friday for Webb Space Telescope launch: In this April 13, 2017 photo provided by NASA, technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. NASA announced Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, that next week's launch of its new space telescope is delayed for at least two days because of a communication problem between the observatory and the rocket. Liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope is now targeted for no earlier than Dec. 24. Credit: Laura Betz/NASA via AP, File NASA is shooting for next Friday t…

Interesting, any thoughts on how to apply this into use? https://scitechdaily.com/physicists-discover-a-remarkable-new-type-of-sound-wave

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/936908 I Hope there won't be any problems while its exploitation. What do you think of it?

On the December, 8 Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano have docked to the ISS module “Search". They were from Baikonur Cosmodrome where Yuri Gagarin’s first ever flight to space had taken place in 1961. Also it’s known that they are going to make a first ever made painting using brushes in space. On the ISS, they will have access to both the Russian and American segments of the ISS. The return of the crew is scheduled for December 20. https://spaceadventures.com/ms-20/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/dec/08/dream-come-true-japanese-billionaire-blasts-off-for-iss

Claimed to be the hottest place on Earth https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-59601560

For those of you who are interested in this. There’s been a flurry of papers on the subject over the past three years in particular, but it was very difficult to get the big picture. This is a nice, plain language summary. https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-most-famous-paradox-in-physics-nears-its-end-20201029/

Welcome! Here you will find up to date astronomy news from all over the galaxy 🌔 For today's moment we have such interesting news: 1. Galaxy that has got no dark matter has been discovered. Astronomers from the Netherlands in cooperation with colleagues from other countries, have discovered that the galaxy that does not contain traces of dark matter. It's called AGC 114905. 2. Space tourism recovery On the December, 8 Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano are going to the ISS. They will fly to space on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft from Baikanur where the first person in space Yuri Gagarin was sent. Also it’s known that they are g…

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-unveiled-the-worlds-first-living-robots-last-year-now-they-can-now-reproduce-180979150/ Scientists Unveiled the World’s First Living Robots Last Year. Now, They Can Reproduce: By clustering free-floating stem cells together, ‘xenobots’ can assemble baby bots: Early last year, a team of researchers announced the world's first living machines—bundles of stem cells from African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) that could be programmed to accomplish certain tasks. The sand grain–sized cells could successfully move microscopic objects, whiz around Petri dishes and even self-heal, Katherine J. Wu reported for Smit…

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-astronomers-strangely-massive-black-hole.html Astronomers discover strangely massive black hole in Milky Way satellite galaxy: Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory have discovered an unusually massive black hole at the heart of one of the Milky Way's dwarf satellite galaxies, called Leo I. Almost as massive as the black hole in our own galaxy, the finding could redefine our understanding of how all galaxies—the building blocks of the universe—evolve. The work is published in a recent issue of The Astrophysical Journal. The team decided to study Leo I because of its peculiarity. Unlike most dwa…

https://phys.org/news/2021-12-astronomers-binary-star.html Astronomers observe a new type of binary star long predicted to exist: Researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have observed a new type of binary star that has long been theorized to exist. The discovery finally confirms how a rare type of star in the universe forms and evolves. The new class of stars, described in this month's issue of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, was discovered by postdoctoral fellow Kareem El-Badry using the Shane Telescope at Lick Observatory in California and data from several astronomical surveys. "We have observed …

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-physicists-neutrinos-large-hadron-collider.html Physicists detect signs of neutrinos at Large Hadron Collider: The FASER particle detector that received CERN approval to be installed at the Large Hadron Collider in 2019 has recently been augmented with an instrument to detect neutrinos. The UCI-led FASER team used a smaller detector of the same type in 2018 to make the first observations of the elusive particles generated at a collider. The new instrument will be able to detect thousands of neutrino interactions over the next three years, the researchers say. Credit: CERN The international Forward Search Experiment…

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-social-scientists-replication-capable-beliefs.html Testing social scientists with replication studies shows them capable of changing their beliefs: A team of researchers from the University of Alabama, the University of Melbourne and the University of California has found that social scientists are able to change their beliefs regarding the outcome of an experiment when given the chance. In a paper published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, the group describes how they tested the ability of scientists to change their beliefs about a scientific idea when shown evidence of replicability. Michael Gordon and Thomas Pfeifer with Mas…

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-pandemic-amazon-rainforest-clues.html The Amazon rainforest offers troubling clues: extracts: In the three decades since Darah Lady's widowed grandmother first arrived in this remote stretch of northern Brazil, clearing the jungle by hand to build a house for her 14 children, the family has pushed deeper and deeper into the Amazon. It has been driven by the frontier maxim that prosperity comes when nature succumbs to human dominion. Yet their growing outpost in northeastern Amazonas state—one of thousands of informal settlements throughout the world's largest rainforest—could imperil not only their children's future but al…

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-absolutely-bonkers-mars-artificial-magnetosphere.html Terraforming Mars is one of the great dreams of humanity. Mars has a lot going for it. Its day is about the same length as Earth's, it has plenty of frozen water just under its surface, and it likely could be given a reasonably breathable atmosphere in time. But one of the things it lacks is a strong magnetic field. So if we want to make Mars a second Earth, we'll have to give it an artificial one. The reason magnetic fields are so important is that they shield a planet from solar wind and ionizing particles. Earth's magnetic field prevents most high-energy charged particles from…

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-game-changer-hydrogen-production.html Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106463: Curtin University research has identified a new, cheaper and more efficient electrocatalyst to make green hydrogen from water that could one day open new avenues for large-scale clean energy production. Typically, scientists have been using precious metal catalysts, such as platinum, to accelerate the reaction to break water into hydrogen and oxygen. Now Curtin research has found that adding nickel and cobalt to cheaper, previously ineffective catalysts enhances their performance, which lowers the energy required to…

"Elemental carbon exists in different structural forms including graphite, diamond, fullerenes, and amorphous carbon. In nature, these materials are produced through abiotic chemical processes under high temperature and pressure but are considered generally inaccessible to biochemical synthesis or breakdown. Here, we identified and characterized elemental carbon isolated from consortia of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) and sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), which together carry out the anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM)." "In addition, we found that select methanogens also produce amorphous carbon with similar characteristics to the carbon from AOM consortia…

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-longest-lunar-eclipse-centuries-week.html The longest lunar eclipse in centuries will happen this week, NASA says: You can see the longest partial lunar eclipse in hundreds of years this week. The "nearly total" lunar eclipse is expected overnight Thursday, Nov. 18, to Friday, Nov. 19, NASA said. "The Moon will be so close to opposite the Sun on Nov 19 that it will pass through the southern part of the shadow of the Earth for a nearly total lunar eclipse," NASA said on its website. The eclipse will last 3 hours, 28 minutes and 23 seconds, making it the longest in centuries, Space.com reported. more at link.......…

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-space-junk-station-astronauts-docked.html Space junk sends station astronauts into docked capsules: Space junk threatened the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Monday and forced them to seek shelter in their docked capsules. The U.S. Space Command said it was tracking a field of orbiting debris, the apparent result of some type of satellite break-up. The astronauts retreated into their docked capsules early Monday, after being told of the last-minute threat. Mission Control had them close the hatches between the space station compartments again later in the day, as a safety precaution. "We are…