Most people hold curiously similar ideas about life after death, suggesting there is more to it than religion, fear or an inability to imagine not existing Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432570-500-why-almost-everyone-believes-in-an-afterlife-even-atheists/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Why the line between life and death is now more blurred than ever
Brains resurrected after death, communications with people in comas and advances in cryogenics all suggest that life’s end is less final than we thought Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432570-300-why-the-line-between-life-and-death-is-now-more-blurred-than-ever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
From mushroom shrouds to cyber funerals, a 21st-century guide to death
Death isn’t what it used to be, and with so many end-of-life options to choose from it is never too soon to start contemplating your demise Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24432570-400-from-mushroom-shrouds-to-cyber-funerals-a-21st-century-guide-to-death/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
When robots are ultra-lifelike will it be murder to switch one off?
Sentient machines with empathy and morality are coming. We urgently need to make some life-and-death decisions about their rights Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2223763-when-robots-are-ultra-lifelike-will-it-be-murder-to-switch-one-off/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Justice Department To Abolish Movie Distribution Rules Dating To 1949
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: The Justice Department said on Monday that it planned to overturn antitrust-related movie distribution rules from the early days of Hollywood (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source), citing an entertainment landscape that has been radically reshaped by technology. “We cannot pretend that the business of film distribution and exhibition…
Grand unified game theory can represent all two-player games
Game theory helps calculate the probabilities of an outcome in adversarial situations, and we use several games as models – but now there’s one that can cover many situations Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224065-grand-unified-game-theory-can-represent-all-two-player-games/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
If you don’t notice something within 1.5 seconds, you may never see it
Inattentional blindness, a kind of selective focus, is so strong that if you don’t notice new objects in your sight line quickly, you may never see them at all Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2223992-if-you-dont-notice-something-within-1-5-seconds-you-may-never-see-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
From the Kitchen to the Help Desk: Arthur’s Story
My name is Arthur and I’m from the state of Massachusetts. I completed the Google IT Support Professional Certificate, and today I work in IT as a level 1 Systems Engineer. I spent the last 12 years in restaurant management and did not have any professional IT experience before I was offered my new job. […]
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We’ve found the missing neutron star at the centre of a supernova
In 1987, a huge nearby supernova stunned astronomers. The explosion should have left behind a neutron star, but nobody has ever been able to find it until now Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224110-weve-found-the-missing-neutron-star-at-the-centre-of-a-supernova/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are interfering with astronomy again
The second batch of Starlink satellites, launched last week by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, are interfering with astronomical observations of the southern sky Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2223962-spacexs-starlink-satellites-are-interfering-with-astronomy-again/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…