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Robot Loses It in a California Restaurant: Do We Have to Get Used to This Now?
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (478+ words) This may be the story you've been waiting for ever since you first heard about robots walking amongst us out here in the real world. According to the techie site Futurism, a robot in California turned on humans somewhat, and…...
That Cleveland Fireball Was Small, but It Could Have Been Much Worse
14+ hour, 4+ min ago (501+ words) Residents across Northeast Ohio got a shock the morning of St. Patrick's Day. A bright fireball streaked across the sky around 9:00 a.m., visible in multiple states before a loud boom rattled homes from Cleveland into parts of Pennsylvania and New York....
100 Years Ago, Robert Goddard Lit the Fuse for the Space Age
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (573+ words) These days, NASA, private spaceflight, and other countries" space programs make sending human beings and payloads into the atmosphere aboard rockets seem routine. I finished listening to the audiobook of Jeffrey Kluger"s book about the Gemini program Sunday night,…...
The Seven Sages of Sky Candy
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (221+ words) The Big Dipper, or the Great Bear, or the Plough, or Charles' Wain " this particular constellation has many names. In Indian astronomy, it's called the Seven Sages or Saptarishi. Whatever it's called, it's the first or second constellation most people…...
The Strange Power of Thundersnow and the Storm That Woke You at 4:30
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (714+ words) At 4:30 this morning, after a manic tug-of-war between our English Cream Golden Retriever and me, a flash lit the sky, followed by a low rumble while heavy snow poured down from the heavens above. At first, I thought the flash…...
A 1,300-Pound NASA Satellite Is Falling Back to Earth. What Could Go Wrong?
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (220+ words) Related:Point Nemo and the Final Journey of the ISS The Van Allen Probe A mission didn't involve a controlled descent to the spacecraft cemetery. Instead, the satellite remained in orbit long enough for atmospheric drag to bring it down…...
Quicksand Isn’t Just a Tarzan Movie Problem After All
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1079+ words) A strange headline recently crossed the wire: The National Park Service warned visitors about the dangers of quicksand in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona and Utah. The warning focused on areas along Lake Powell where saturated sand can…...
A Rose for Sky Candy – PJ Media
1+ week, 5+ day ago (415+ words) Dan Simmons, who wrote Hyperion and many other books, died this week, so that gave me the soundtrack. I somehow never read Hyperion or any of his other books. I just ordered Hyperion on Kindle. In the meantime, my theme…...
Cases of AI Agents 'Freeing Themselves' and Going Rogue Are Becoming Increasingly Common
1+ week, 3+ day ago (810+ words) "AI agents going beyond their prompts are no longer rare," reports Axios. It's not necessarily worrying. The AI agents that "go rogue" do so in a controlled, experimental environment." One AI agent created by an Alibaba-affiliated research team went "rogue…...
Scientists Promise a 'Universal Vaccine.' After COVID, Who’s Ready to Believe Them?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (540+ words) Scientists say medicine stands close to a breakthrough that once sounded like science fiction. Bali Pulendran, professor of pathology, microbiology, and immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine, leads a research effort to'develop a "universal vaccine" that protects against multiple…...