The current global food system is suicidal
First ever observation of 'time crystals' interacting
The discovery, published in Nature Materials, may lead to applications in quantum information processing because time crystals automatically remain intact—coherent—in varying conditions. Protecting coherence is the main difficulty hindering the development of powerful quantum computers.
Time Crystals May Be the Next Major Leap in Quantum Network Research
Time crystals sound like something out of science fiction, but they may be the next major leap in quantum network research. A team based in Japan has proposed a method to use time crystals to simulate massive networks with very little computing power.
Melting Time Crystals Could Help Us Model Complex Networks Like The Human Brain
A team of researchers from institutions across Japan has shown the quantum underpinnings of particles arranged as a time crystal could in theory be used to represent some fairly complex networks, from the human brain to the internet, as it breaks down.
Time crystals interact for the first time! But what are they?!
St. George Church next to Al-Tawhid Mosque in Aleppo, Syria (via)
Book of the Month: The Art of Peace - by Morihei Ueshiba
"Chill out. Do less. Enjoy more." should be the mantra of the next 100 years globally.
Self-replicating molecules show signs of metabolism for the first time
In a chance discovery, researchers have for the first time observed the emergence of something akin to metabolism in molecules that also self-replicate. The replicator molecules catalyse a reaction that produces compounds that help to make the replicator’s own building blocks. It might be one of the most lifelike chemical systems ever created, combining two of life’s three essential features – replication, metabolism and compartmentalisation.
Scientists Create a Self-Replicating Reproductive Genome in the Lab
For the first time ever, a genome can reproduce itself like a natural one.
Interesting in this context, the following remark by Prof. Dr. Günter von Kiedrowski
"Why replication at all? In the natural context, replication has the same meaning as integration in electronics. I mean, if you are able to do integrate electronic circuitry, you can establish Moore's Law and in chemistry this kind of replication was not addresses so far. But if it is possible to replicate objects, then it is possible to make things cheaper, to pay for complexity"
Do Origin-of-Life Researchers Now Accept Intelligent Design?
As our understanding of cellular biology increases, researchers continuously find that the only framework capable of understanding life’s origin is design-based, and they increasingly have to smuggle design into their research hidden in the language of natural selection, evolution, and self-organization. With time, larger numbers of careful readers will see the true source of the creative power behind life.
Biotech future of promise and peril looms larger and closer
Emerging technology poses new and novel questions. Unfortunately, the time to answer them is growing short.
Cyborg cockroaches could soon be unleashed in homes to complete tasks. Scientists programmed them to transport objects, along with other skills. The team calls them 'Calmbots,' which can reach places other robots cannot
The First Quantum Computer You Own Could Be Powered by a Time Crystal
We're just scratching the surface of what these bizarre creations can do.
Desktop speaker creates a personal sound bubble without need for headphones. It directs ultrasonic waves that are converted in audible sound next to user's ear. Lack of headphones means it's possible to hear other sounds in the room clearly
Dutch Advisory Panel Calls for Caution on 5G
Don’t Use Millimeter Band Pending More Research
Peter Thiel on the Failures and “Self-Hatred" of Big-Tech
Barcelona continues to restrict car traffic in the city center
Barcelona has had good experiences with so-called super islands - low-traffic areas with priority for cyclists and pedestrians. Now the principle is to be extended to large parts of the city center.
Dutch government pilots technology to cut e-bike road deaths
Digital system automatically reduces electric bicycles’ power in built-up areas
EU eyes huge increase in offshore wind energy to meet climate goals - draft
The European Union is considering a plan to increase its offshore wind energy capacity five-fold this decade and 25-fold by 2050, as it seeks to become climate neutral by mid-century, according to a draft policy.
Ikea to buy back used furniture in recycling push
Ikea, the world's biggest furniture business, is planning a second-hand furniture venture.
Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious?
Because of soil depletion, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today
Plants can grow quickly or accurately, but not both
New research examines this well-known trade-off in our floral friends
In My Opinion: Focus on waste reduction, not recycling
The author argues that a focus on recycling creates a culture of guilt-free consumption, allowing people to feel they can consume more and more as long as they think what they’re consuming can be recycled.
The spatial dimension of waste is crucial to understanding and making better decisions about reduction and valorisation. WasteMap shows where waste is generated and where it is sent for disposal, recycling, reprocessing. This geo-enablement helps our customers to
The ECB Podcast - Is it time for a digital euro?
What is a digital euro? What would its benefits be and how would it affect the way we make payments? When could it be ready?
All the good things a digital euro could do – and all the bad things it will
Few other documents has been sent to me as often as the recent deliberations of the European Central Bank (ECB) on a digital euro. There is obviously a great deal of suspicion with regard to plans of a digital euro. The following analysis will try to answer the question if this suspicion is justified.
Updates on China's Digital Yuan
Digital yuan gaining wider currency
China tech regulators try to avoid American trap
Country's Internet giants warned against stifling competition through monopolistic control of data
China scores victory as 15 Asian nations sign world’s biggest free-trade deal
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership accounts for about one-third of the world’s population and economy, but does not include the United States. Agreement paves the way for lower tariffs, less red tape and post-pandemic growth, observers say
RCEP set to supercharge the New Silk Roads
World's biggest free trade pact isn't about excluding the US or China's geopolitical ambitions but rather the natural evolution of Asian integration
Google Launches App That Lets Banks Remotely Lock Your Android Device
With the device locked, users will be able to access very limited functions in their smartphones. These include emergency calls, incoming and select outgoing calls, settings, and backup and restore service.
EU Governments plan to ban strong encryption
The Vienna terrorist attack is an opportunity for governments to expand surveillance. Online services should have to deposit duplicate keys with authorities.
Coronavirus has been circulating in Italy since September last year, researchers say
Findings ‘may reshape history of pandemic’, scientists say
GCHQ begins operation against Russian disinformation on COVID-19 vaccine
GCHQ is using tools that were originally developed to tackle ISIS recruitment in its fight against disinformation
It’s the destruction of people’s lives. It is the destabilization of civil society. And for What? The Lies are sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. 24/7, Incessant and repetitive “Covid alerts” for the last ten months. … It is a process of social engineering.
Government of Canada Tender Notice: Programmable Hydraulic Guillotines
Statistics Canada (STATCAN) has a requirement for the purchase, delivery, off-loading and commissioning of 2 new Programmable Fully Hydraulic Guillotines
Announcement from the U.S. acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller
"We are not a people of perpetual war - it is the antithesis of everything for which we stand and for which our ancestors fought. All wars must end." <- No matter how disgusting and full of BS the trumpers are - such a statement the world has never heard from a leading US mil leader
Egypt announces the biggest archaeological discovery in 2020 at Saqqara Necropolis
'We have discovered only one percent of the antiquities buried in the Saqqara Necropolis,' Antiquities Minister El-Enany said, pointing out that many other discoveries will follow
Virtual Influencers Make Real Money While Covid Locks Down Human Stars
The pandemic isn’t a problem when you’re computer-generated.
"Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment." - Dōgen
Masanobu Fukuoka (1913 - 2008) was a profoundly inspiring person. A powerful voice against the current omnipresent control fetishism that stems from a deep distrust in the self, others and nature.
William F. Friedman (1891 - 1969)
#Comment: To put "knowledge is power" on your gravestone is surely an effective and comedic way to illustrate the severe limits of both...
Edmund Jacobson pioneered the idea of relaxing and doing nothing—to be more productive
“It might be naive to say we think with our muscles,” he said, “but it would be inaccurate to say we think without them.” - Edmund Jacobson
The European Investment Bank, largest multilateral bank worldwide, approves €1 trillion green investment plan to become EU's ‘climate bank’; to align to Paris Agreement; and to cease funding fossil fuels by 2022 - #Regenerative #Economics #Politics #Cryptocracy
Here there be dragons (hic sunt dracones)
Ancient cartographers would sometimes depict a drago, with the phrase "Here there be dragons" (hic sunt dracones) where there was no knowledge of what existed. This would be a warning to sailors that this is dangerous unexplored territory, and was often map shorthand for "Here Be Other Stuff We Don't Quite Know About." At this time the Lenox Globe seems to be the only only map where this is found.