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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

Even so, the FAA warns that by 2035, given current satellite population growth rates, falling space objects could every two years, on average, spell the end of some unlucky Earthling.

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

These reentries are mostly harmless; the satellites are guided toward an ocean landing after their five-year lifespan.

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

Starlink satellites are now falling to Earth at a clip of one to two per day.

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

No existing international agreement is up to the challenge of dealing with such a problem.

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

Key altitudes like 775km and 840km are so crowded with satellites and space junk that that runaway chain reactions are a real risk.

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

Kessler syndrome—a chain reaction of satellite collisions that could make Earth's orbit unusable—is becoming less hypothetical.

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

After training six AI systems on thousands of tongue images and the associated diagnoses, they found that the best-performing model, faced with new cases, could predict the diagnoses made by western doctors (such as anemia, diabetes and COVID) with 96.7 percent accuracy.

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

In the study, scientists used machine learning to test the diagnostic value of aspects of the tongue these techniques focus on—color, shape, and coating.

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

Centuries-old Chinese diagnostic techniques have focused on the tongue as an indicator of illness.

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

Artificial intelligence is giving a kind of validation to traditional Chinese medicine, according to a study covered in Scientific American.

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 2d

As Bari Weiss takes the helm at CBS News, she would seem to have her work cut out for her on two fronts:

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 4d

NEW – Bari Weiss, the New CBS News, and Gaza
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Bari Weiss, CBS, and Israel | Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 6d

Bari Weiss, CBS, and Israel | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and Nikita Petrov discuss Paramount's $150M move to bring the Free Press founder in as editor-in-chief at CBS News. Plus: Trump's Gaza peace plan, Netanyahu on TikTok, a Prigozhin conspiracy theory, and more.

How We Mishandled the Covid Pandemic | Robert Wright & Stephen Macedo

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Robert Wright @robertwrighter.bsky.social · 11d

Really enjoyed this conversation with @stephenmacedo.bsky.social about his book on America's response to Covid and how political polarization, the class bias of experts, the politics of grantmaking, etc. etc.--got in the way of good policy.
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Why the Israel-Palestine Conflict Persists | Robert Wright & Robert Malley

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Robert Wright @robertwrighter.bsky.social · 13d

Had a great chat w/ Rob Malley about his new book on the history of Israel-Palestine peacemaking efforts. He's been involved in them and his co-author was involved on the Palestinian side. The result is uniquely illuminating.

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 14d

Why the Israel-Palestine Conflict Persists | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and Robert Malley, co-author of the new book Tomorrow is Yesterday, discuss how failures of perspective-taking have doomed attempted solutions.

Why the Israel-Palestine Conflict Persists | Robert Wright & Robert Malley

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 14d

Why the Israel-Palestine Conflict Persists | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and Robert Malley, co-author of the new book Tomorrow is Yesterday, discuss how failures of perspective-taking have doomed attempted solutions.

Trump’s Dangerous AI Nationalism

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NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 15d

An AI race with China is 'completely crazy'—but saying that is 'just not really in the Overton window of mainstream politics in the United States at the moment.' – David Krueger

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Trump’s Dangerous AI Nationalism

NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social · 16d

Did Trump have a neocon conversion experience? It's not impossible:

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