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FAO billionaires who put your $$$ towards Trump/RFKJr getting elected and who grinned like stupefied wombats throughout the inauguration, here's your chance for a little bit of redemption.
Anyone? 🤷♂️
Anyone? 🤷♂️
HIV ‘vaccine’ will reach just 7% of people needed to end Aids pandemic
HIV ‘vaccine’ will reach just 7% of people needed to end Aids pandemic
HIV ‘vaccine’ will reach just 7% of people needed to end Aids pandemic
www.independent.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
FAO billionaires who put your $$$ towards Trump/RFKJr getting elected and who grinned like stupefied wombats throughout the inauguration, here's your chance for a little bit of redemption.
Anyone? 🤷♂️
Anyone? 🤷♂️
A new flexible, ultrathin solar cell has achieved a world record efficiency of 33.4%, using a perovskite–silicon tandem.
"Future applications may include vehicle-integrated photovoltaics"
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #solar #solarpower #renewables
"Future applications may include vehicle-integrated photovoltaics"
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #solar #solarpower #renewables
LONGi sets new 33.4% solar efficiency record
In yet another breakthrough for solar photovoltaic technology, a new flexible perovskite–silicon tandem has achieved a certified world record efficiency of 33.4%.
www.futuretimeline.net
December 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A new flexible, ultrathin solar cell has achieved a world record efficiency of 33.4%, using a perovskite–silicon tandem.
"Future applications may include vehicle-integrated photovoltaics"
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #solar #solarpower #renewables
"Future applications may include vehicle-integrated photovoltaics"
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #solar #solarpower #renewables
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In 2024, the DRC experienced an uptick in primary forest loss, according to Global Forest Watch.
Subsistence agriculture continues to be the main driver of forest loss, with recent research finding artisanal mining in the eastern DRC results in more forest loss than previously thought.
Subsistence agriculture continues to be the main driver of forest loss, with recent research finding artisanal mining in the eastern DRC results in more forest loss than previously thought.
DRC hit by record deforestation in 2024, satellite data show
Africa’s great Congo Basin rainforest, often called the Earth’s second lung, covers an area about the size of India. Millions of people depend directly on the forest for food, energy and income. It…
news.mongabay.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In 2024, the DRC experienced an uptick in primary forest loss, according to Global Forest Watch.
Subsistence agriculture continues to be the main driver of forest loss, with recent research finding artisanal mining in the eastern DRC results in more forest loss than previously thought.
Subsistence agriculture continues to be the main driver of forest loss, with recent research finding artisanal mining in the eastern DRC results in more forest loss than previously thought.
New Old Trafford included in 2035 World Cup bid www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Women's World Cup 2035: New Old Trafford stadium on list of host venues
Manchester United's proposed new Old Trafford stadium is one of 22 venues named in the UK's bid to host the 2035 Women's World Cup.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New Old Trafford included in 2035 World Cup bid www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
Indonesia starts construction of 92 megawatt floating solar plant renewables.az/en/news/indo...
Indonesia starts construction of 92 megawatt floating solar plant
renewables.az
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Indonesia starts construction of 92 megawatt floating solar plant renewables.az/en/news/indo...
Antimatter production just took a significant leap forward. CERN can now make 15,000 anti-atoms in under 7 hours by cooling positrons with laser-chilled ions. We're still centuries away from Star Trek engines... but this is how it starts. 😎 www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11...
Breakthrough in antimatter production
Scientists at CERN have reported an eightfold increase in the rate of production of antimatter, achieved by using laser-cooled beryllium ions to cool positrons to −266 °C. This technique allows 15,000...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Antimatter production just took a significant leap forward. CERN can now make 15,000 anti-atoms in under 7 hours by cooling positrons with laser-chilled ions. We're still centuries away from Star Trek engines... but this is how it starts. 😎 www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11...
A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity www.psypost.org/a-mathematic...
A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity
A new study argues that the algorithms driving tools like ChatGPT impose a hard limit on originality. By prioritizing probable answers, these models are structurally confined to producing amateur-leve...
www.psypost.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
A mathematical ceiling limits generative AI to amateur-level creativity www.psypost.org/a-mathematic...
Adolescence lasts into 30s - new study shows four pivotal ages for your brain www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #aging #ageing #longevity #neuroscience #brain
Four pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study
Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Adolescence lasts into 30s - new study shows four pivotal ages for your brain www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #aging #ageing #longevity #neuroscience #brain
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Star Trek: First Contact was released 29 years ago today.
We'll be soon halfway between the film's release and First Contact Day (2063). 😄
We'll be soon halfway between the film's release and First Contact Day (2063). 😄
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Star Trek: First Contact was released 29 years ago today.
We'll be soon halfway between the film's release and First Contact Day (2063). 😄
We'll be soon halfway between the film's release and First Contact Day (2063). 😄
In Ukraine's 'kill-zone', robots are a lifeline to troops trapped on perilous eastern front www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #robots #ukraine
How robots are a lifeline to troops on Ukraine's eastern front
Land drones are increasingly the only means of transporting supplies to the embattled city of Pokrovsk.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In Ukraine's 'kill-zone', robots are a lifeline to troops trapped on perilous eastern front www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #robots #ukraine
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A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
If the AI bubble bursts, what will it mean for research?
The rise in artificial-intelligence technologies is unprecedented, but some predict a stock-market crash that could have knock-on effects for funding and jobs.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The rise in artificial-intelligence technologies is unprecedented, but some predict a stock-market crash that could have knock-on effects for funding and jobs.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
If the AI bubble bursts, what will it mean for research?
The rise in artificial-intelligence technologies is unprecedented, but some predict a stock-market crash that could have knock-on effects for funding and jobs.
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If the AI bubble bursts, what will it mean for research?
The rise in artificial-intelligence technologies is unprecedented, but some predict a stock-market crash that could have knock-on effects for funding and jobs.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The rise in artificial-intelligence technologies is unprecedented, but some predict a stock-market crash that could have knock-on effects for funding and jobs.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A newly found exoplanet is just 18 light-years away and orbits within the habitable zone of a red dwarf star, making it one of the most exciting prospects in the search for life beyond Earth. www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #exoplanet #spacenews #GJ251c
Super-Earth in habitable zone found 18 light-years away
A newly discovered exoplanet known as GJ 251 c lies just 18 light-years away and orbits within the so-called habitable zone of a red dwarf star, making it one of the most exciting prospects in the sea...
www.futuretimeline.net
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A newly found exoplanet is just 18 light-years away and orbits within the habitable zone of a red dwarf star, making it one of the most exciting prospects in the search for life beyond Earth. www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #exoplanet #spacenews #GJ251c
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Billionaires in the world’s leading economies made US$2.2 trillion (S$2.9 trillion) in 2024, which would have been enough to lift all the world’s poor out of poverty, global campaign group Oxfam said on Nov 20.
G-20 billionaires could end world poverty in one year’s earnings: Oxfam
Billionaires in the world’s leading economies made US$2.2 trillion (S$2.9 trillion) in 2024. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Billionaires in the world’s leading economies made US$2.2 trillion (S$2.9 trillion) in 2024, which would have been enough to lift all the world’s poor out of poverty, global campaign group Oxfam said on Nov 20.
Hundreds of thousands have already died since Trump closed USAID:
"600,000 people already died as a result of the cuts, two-thirds of them children."
"...cuts to USAID could result in 14 million more deaths by 2030."
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/13/u...
"600,000 people already died as a result of the cuts, two-thirds of them children."
"...cuts to USAID could result in 14 million more deaths by 2030."
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/13/u...
Dr. Atul Gawande: Hundreds of Thousands Have Already Died Since Trump Closed USAID
“We had the cure for death from malnutrition, and we took it away.” We speak to surgeon and health policy expert Atul Gawande about the Trump administration’s near-total dismantling of USAID. Gawande,...
www.democracynow.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hundreds of thousands have already died since Trump closed USAID:
"600,000 people already died as a result of the cuts, two-thirds of them children."
"...cuts to USAID could result in 14 million more deaths by 2030."
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/13/u...
"600,000 people already died as a result of the cuts, two-thirds of them children."
"...cuts to USAID could result in 14 million more deaths by 2030."
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/13/u...
Scientists report early clinical evidence that Urolithin A, a molecule produced in the gut after eating foods like pomegranates and walnuts, can revitalise key parts of the human immune system. www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #aging #ageing #longevity #healthnews
Pomegranate-derived compound rejuvenates aging immune cells
Scientists in Germany report early clinical evidence that Urolithin A, a molecule produced in the gut after eating foods like pomegranates and walnuts, can revitalise key parts of the human immune sys...
www.futuretimeline.net
November 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Scientists report early clinical evidence that Urolithin A, a molecule produced in the gut after eating foods like pomegranates and walnuts, can revitalise key parts of the human immune system. www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/11... #aging #ageing #longevity #healthnews
"Swift observations with ESO’s VLT have revealed the explosive death of a star. [...] For the first time, astronomers unveiled the shape of the explosion at its earliest, fleeting stage. This brief initial phase wouldn’t have been observable a day later." www.eso.org/public/news/... #astronomy
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Swift observations with ESO’s VLT have revealed the explosive death of a star. [...] For the first time, astronomers unveiled the shape of the explosion at its earliest, fleeting stage. This brief initial phase wouldn’t have been observable a day later." www.eso.org/public/news/... #astronomy
"Researchers have demonstrated single-shot tensor computing at the speed of light – a remarkable step towards next-generation Artificial General Intelligence hardware powered by optical computation rather than electronics." www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
AI at the speed of light just became a possibility
Researchers at Aalto University have demonstrated single-shot tensor computing at the speed of light –– a remarkable step towards next-generation Artificial General Intelligence hardw...
www.eurekalert.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Researchers have demonstrated single-shot tensor computing at the speed of light – a remarkable step towards next-generation Artificial General Intelligence hardware powered by optical computation rather than electronics." www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
"As humans age, we become more vulnerable to cancer and other diseases. Bowhead whales, however, can live for up to 200 years while staying remarkably disease resistant. Could their biology hold clues to help humans live longer too?" www.rochester.edu/newscenter/c... #cancer #aging #longevity
Bowhead whales’ secret to long life may lie in a protein
University of Rochester scientists link the whales’ longevity to CIRBP, a DNA-repair protein that could one day help humans live longer.
www.rochester.edu
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"As humans age, we become more vulnerable to cancer and other diseases. Bowhead whales, however, can live for up to 200 years while staying remarkably disease resistant. Could their biology hold clues to help humans live longer too?" www.rochester.edu/newscenter/c... #cancer #aging #longevity
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
SIMA 2: An Agent that Plays, Reasons, and Learns With You in Virtual 3D Worlds deepmind.google/blog/sima-2-...
SIMA 2: A Gemini-Powered AI Agent for 3D Virtual Worlds
Introducing SIMA 2, the next milestone in our research creating general and helpful AI agents. By integrating the advanced capabilities of our Gemini models, SIMA is evolving from an instruction-foll…
deepmind.google
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
SIMA 2: An Agent that Plays, Reasons, and Learns With You in Virtual 3D Worlds deepmind.google/blog/sima-2-...