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A groundbreaking space suit inspired by the sci-fi movie “Stillsuit” Sand Dunes Recycling urine into drinking water could revolutionize astronauts’ performance during spacewalks on future lunar missions, say researchers Parents.The prototype can collect urine, purify it and return it to astronauts via a drinking tube within five minutes, and is intended to support astronauts on long-term missions under NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to land astronauts on the moon’s south pole by 2026 and ultimately send humans to Mars by 2030. Developed by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University, led by Sophia Etlin, the suit incorporates advanced technology…
What is appropriate protest in a democratic society? There are many forms of protest, including minor law-breaking civil disobedience, and over decades Americans have come to accept them as within the bounds of acceptable political expression.Gathering in the middle of the night outside a private home, masked mobs beating drums, blowing trumpets and yelling hateful slogans is not one of them.But that’s exactly what U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, a Democrat who represents much of Chicago’s northern suburbs, and his neighbors in Highland Park endured around 3 a.m. on June 29 as dozens of demonstrators descended on their neighborhood to protest…
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — COVID-19 is on the rise across the country and in the Bay Area.”We are entering the summer surge period, and we are seeing an increase in the number of COVID patients coming into our emergency department seeking treatment,” said Dr. Nida DeGesis, associate medical director of UCSF Parnassus Adult Emergency Department.Hospitalizations in the Bay Area began rising in June, according to data from the California Department of Public Health, and while numbers are still rising, they’re not as high as they were during the winter surge in infections in January.Chart not displaying correctly? Click here to…
I’m a 39-year-old transgender woman and political moderate, and I worry about where the transgender community is headed.I am an American who believes that everyone has the right to live their life on their own terms. What I say may not be accepted by some, but it is true. I know from experience. And it needs to be said.I believe the explosion in transgender people is man-made and partly the result of a breakdown in societal norms.Being transgender is something that is deeply rooted in our souls. It is something we carry with us from an early age. Our bodies…
via Metal MinerAutomotive MMI (Monthly Metals Index) did not deviate significantly from its one-year flat trend. Overall, the index fell 4.23%. A number of factors, including a slowdown in electric vehicle production, caused the index to fall month-on-month. Another immediate issue pressuring the auto market is China’s implementation of further restrictions on rare earth exports, including on gallium and germanium, two metals essential for manufacturing automotive microchips. The automotive market is already experiencing a global microchip shortage, and automakers will need to have plans in place to offset these new export restrictions. Such important geopolitical news impacting the metals market…
Liz Dufour/The Enquirer/USA Today Network Some of the 176 gravestones destroyed at Tifereth Israel and Beth Hamedrash HaGadol cemeteries in the Covedale Cemetery complex. Editor’s note: Elizabeth Rosner:The Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening” (Counterpoint, September 2024). The opinions expressed here are her own. Read more opinion pieces on CNN. CNN — Sometime in late April, the Jewish cemetery in upstate New York where my parents are buried was vandalized. Nearly 100 headstones with Hebrew inscriptions on one or both sides were overturned. This was the kind of attack that took more than a little time…
Brussels, Belgium, July 11, 2024, Chainwire Network with top developers and investors at Brussels’ premier event venue Polkadot Decoded, the flagship event for the Polkadot ecosystem, will return and take place at one of Brussels’ most prestigious event venues, The Sheds at Tour & Taxis, on 11th and 12th July 2024. Polkadot Decoded will bring together developers, investors, enthusiasts and industry leaders to explore the latest innovations in blockchain technology. Polkadot is the secure and powerful core of Web3, providing a shared foundation for integrating blockchain with the world’s most innovative apps. It enables Web3 innovators to bring their ideas…
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is reportedly working on an innovative AI project called “Strawberry.”The project, formerly known as Q, would be a major step forward for the company, according to sources familiar with the matter and internal documents seen by Reuters. OpenAI hasn’t publicly revealed any details about Strawberry, but the startup is working to demonstrate that its models can provide advanced inference capabilities. The OpenAI team is actively working on Strawberry, but the exact release date for the technology is unclear. The details of Strawberry’s capabilities are a closely guarded secret even within OpenAI. The project aims to…
Technology helps accelerate business growth.Getty You have to be careful when talking about most things in technology because buzzwords can become catch-alls, over-promises, stickers to put on old things to make them sound new and exciting. AI is a good current example, but truly game-changing applications are just beginning to emerge. Most of us have seen rule-based chatbots, made funny mugshots in apps, and dabbled a little with generative AI. How we communicate about technological advancements is key. Branding is less about what something specifically does and more about what it enables in the future. The vibe is just as…
It sits somewhere between the simple yet satisfying sandbox of Minecraft and the complex simulation of Factorio. satisfaction is an aptly named “just right” meal in the world of automation-building games. After five years, Satisfactory 1.0 is finally set to release from Early Access in September, and developer Coffee Stain Studios has announced that it will introduce an entirely new layer of technology. Before leaving for the holidays, Community Manager Snutt Treptow announced another milestone coming with Satisfactory 1.0. “This is something we’ve already kind of predicted from previous videos,” he says with a smile, “but we want to confirm…