Magnetic rivers feed star birth

Astronomers have learned that the pull of gravity can sometimes overcome the strong magnetic fields found in great star-forming clouds in space. The resulting weakly magnetized gas flow can feed the growth of new stars. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/magnetized-rivers-feed-star-birth…

How a Fake Murder-For-Hire Site Led To Real Convictions

Harper’s profiles sys-admin Chris Monteiro, who moonlights as a white-hat hacker monitoring dark web sites claiming to offer murder-for-hire services. For example, he tipped off one local police department to a $5,000 bitcoin payment someone made to try to arrange the murder of a teenaged girl on a site run by someone named “Yura”. [U]sers set up an anonymous account, select…

The Dangers of ‘Black Box’ AI

PC Magazine recently interviewed Janelle Shane, the optics research scientist and AI experimenter who authored the new book “You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It’s Making the World a Weirder Place.” At one point Shane explains why any “black box” AI can be a problem:
I think ethics in AI does have to…

21.15 – MU Podcast

What happens when you let an ET drive your car or go to a nightclub with them? We find out on this episode as we discuss an incredibly unusual Scandinavian UFO encounter. Then in our Plus+ extension we cover a disturbing case of death precognition before exploring cases of after-death dream communication. Sponsors Squarespace –… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/21-15-mu-podcast/…

The Ground Rules of Life & Existence

Jed Shlackman – Have you ever considered the idea that you create your own personal reality? Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/04/17/the-ground-rules-of-life-existence/…