This week New York Magazine featured a new article by journalist David Wallace-Wells about the state of the fight against global warming. He warns that “Already, the planet is warmer, at just 1.2 degrees, than it has ever been…” But there’s also some good news:
Just a half-decade ago, it was widely believed that a “business as usual” emissions path would bring…
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Researchers invent method to ‘sketch’ quantum devices with focused electrons
It has long been a dream to invent new materials from the “top down” choosing which atoms go where to engineer properties of interest. A technique created by researchers out of the Department of Physics and Astronomy enables them to “sketch” patterns of electrons into a programmable quantum material—lanthanum aluminate/strontium titanate or “LAO/STO”. Using this approach, they can create quantum devices…
2 of Darwin’s famous notebooks, including iconic ‘Tree of Life’ sketch, are missing
Two notebooks Darwin filled after his HMS Beagle expedition are missing, possibly stolen. Source: https://www.livescience.com/darwin-lost-stolen-notebooks.html
Da Vinci sketch reignites Salvator Mundi doubts
A newly discovered sketch of Jesus by Leonardo da Vinci may prove that he did not paint Salvator Mundi. Otherwise known as ‘Saviour of the World’, the… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340990/da-vinci-sketch-reignites-salvator-mundi-doubts…
A mini fractal universe may lie inside charged black holes (if they exist)
In one upside-down, hypothetical version of the universe, a bizarre type of black hole could exist that is stranger than an M.C. Escher sketch: charged black holes. Source: https://www.livescience.com/bizarre-charged-black-holes.html
Boardwatch/EVTV Founder Jack Rickard Dies at Age 65
I’ve only paid for a magazine subscription once in my life — to Jack Rickard’s Boardwatch magazine, which through the late 1990s was the geekiest read in town. You can still read 70 issues of the magazine from more than 25 years ago at Archive.org. But this week the small Southeast Missourian newspaper reported that the magazine’s original editor/publisher Jack Rickard…
Sketch a heart sensor with pencil drawings that become electrodes
Mesh-like pencil sketches on paper can be used as sensors that detect heart rate, skin temperature and compounds in sweat Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2248749-sketch-a-heart-sensor-with-pencil-drawings-that-become-electrodes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Has mystery of universe’s missing matter been solved?
Cosmologists have only been able to find half the matter that should exist in the universe. With the discovery of a new astronomical phenomenon and new telescopes, these researchers say they’ve just found the rest. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/cosmic-bursts-unveil-universe-missing-matter-mystery…
A Slashdotter’s Take On a Way To Use Smartphones To Defeat the Coronavirus Pandemic
Longtime Slashdot reader dbart writes: With the near ubiquitous use of smartphones in America, it’s sensible to seize upon this resource to help with the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s my take on a way to use smartphones to deal with the pandemic: America does not currently have a good coronavirus test — but they are in development. Once a test is available…
Top tips for binocular stargazing
Whether you’re a beginning stargazer or a veteran of thousands of starry nights, binoculars can be your best friend. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/top-tips-for-using-ordinary-binoculars-for-stargazing…