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A video of the Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) was captured from the SpaceX capsule Dragon.

Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, marketed its product without providing physicians with enough information about it addictivenss. AI companies are seemingly downplaying AI's untoward influence on susceptible persons. Apparently, Germany has said that whatever AI says is the same...

I posted a link to Project AI 2027, which gives a much nearer prediction for the attainment of ASI. It gives a plausible scenario for those who cannot comprehend AI's capabilities. I posted a link to an Anthropic paper stating that AI is currently working on improving itself at a step that AI...

Has anyone followed the podcast Moonshots? It often carries discussions on breakthrough technologies. The participants are pragmatic personalities, most commonly termed serial venture capitalists. They just produced a podcast in response to the aforementioned Anthropic document I posted above...

Of all the major AI companies, Anthropic seems to be the most concerned about safety and the one doing the most to study alignment issues. It released the following document discussing its apprehensiveness using AI in improving AI. It remains concerned about the speed with which AI is being...

Pope Leo in his Encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas", calls for restraint in AI development. He quotes J R R Tolkien from "The Return of the King." Indeed. Considering the effort to develop AI at breakneck speed, was Leo trying to draw a parallel between the Ring and an AI to rule them all?

The AI Futures Project is a nonprofit organization that studies the development of AI and attempts to predict the consequences of AI progress through its projected scenario AI 2027, which was published last year. They assume two AI companies, which they call OpenBrain (US) and DeepCent...

The California-based SNR company Antares Nuclear's Mark 0 reactor has just gone critical (zero power) at the DOE facility in Idaho. It is sodium cooled. https://www.powermag.com/antares-mark-0-becomes-first-advanced-nuclear-reactor-to-achieve-criticality-under-doe-pilot-program/

Since this is the only thread specifically devoted to "The Day the Earth Stood Still", I call you attention to this video of about a dozen interesting facts about its production and filming.

How so?

Technically it is a motor sailer. I think it is a MacGregor 26 M. This picture gives a better impression. Did I get it right @DaveC426913?

The solution for Schrodinger's equation gives rise to quantum numbers that determine the "space" available for electrons in each orbit or shell. Electrons are fermions, which, according to Pauli's Exclusion Principle, cannot have the same quantum numbers in a given energy level. In an atom, an...

Some boats do not have a fixed keel, but instead a keel that can be pivoted downward (swing keel) or lowered (daggerboard). These may be weighed if ballast is desired. Fixed keel boats with shoal draft can have a swing keel mounted in a pocket in the bottom of the keel to improve windward...

As far as preference for racing, it is a matter of taste rather than speed since boats are handicapped, especially for short round the bouy races. Fin keel boats are faster and point higher (closer to the wind), reducing the distance they need to sail to a mark, but need more attention to drive...

At least in the US, medical physicists maintain collegial relationships with physicians to ensure the safe and effective use of radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Some are certified by the same organization that certifies radiologists.