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With upcoming space telescopes in the 2030s, there should be a few capable of analyzing exoplanet atmospheres. Exciting to think we may be soon able to deduce the presence of carbon-based life in another planetary system.

Yeah, I wonder how far they can extend the magnetic fields that power them? Even if it is relatively short range, they look really cheap to make, so you could have thousands of them with sensors to scan localized areas.

I get that capacitators are only good for seconds at a time, but given their other advantages, I wonder why people don't build batteries with them, where hundreds or thousands of cells are individual capacitators that get used in sequence.

Another team has done the same in Denmark. I wonder how soon we will see these at consumer level for residential buildings?

https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/03/26/solar-panel-windows-that-could-turn-whole-buildings-into-power-plants-smash-electricity-re

This is better than nothing. Though a lot of the threats that are building, like conflict with Russia, seem like they will need more.

Lariocidin is produced by a type of bacteria called Paenibacillus, which the researchers retrieved from a soil sample collected from a Hamilton backyard.

It's amazing how random this discovery was. Makes you wonder at all the rest that is still undiscovered in nature.

1X is in Norway. Norwegians are notoriously solitary and hate small talk. Of all people it would be interesting to see how they react to domestic humanoid robots. Perhaps they will like them more than most.

Wrong. The World Bank says 13% of Indians live in extreme poverty & 97% of the population have wired electricity. Also, surely the way to be richer and more developed is investing in high tech growth industries like advanced space tech?

Its the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) who've said this, and they've a pretty good track record of achieving stated goals.

It is interesting that they have successfully tested the magnetic micro-algae in tightly confined and viscous environments. Those are the same conditions they would find in living tissue and blood vessels.

Still, this is just a proof-of-concept. I wonder if any useful treatments for illness ever come from it.

So if all goes to plan there should be three space stations in 2028 - when will there be a fourth? Russia has plans for an Russian Orbital Service Station. While no one doubts Russia has the necessary technical expertise, can it spare diverting the cash from its war in Ukraine?

Presumably that will be a commercial one someday, it doesn't seem like any other countries are in the pipeline for developing one. The ISS is slated to be deorbited around 2030. The US & ESA/Canada might well part ways when the ISS is decommissioned, and it seems unclear what will replace the ISS, and exactly how much longer it will last.

In fairness to China, they are now the world leader in battery tech, and delivering on their promises.

Yes, there's also the question of how long it lasts; but still, an amazing achievement.

This is only in 4 patients so far yet the results look amazing. 20 million people globally are living with some form of spinal cord injury. Hopefully insights gained from this work will quickly mean treatments for what was once seen as incurable.

I always thought network states were just online communities

Perhaps for some, but the idea of making them physical territories has always been there too, and arguably is the idea in the ascendant now.

From Galileo to Newton to Einstein, we've so many times had our ideas of the Universe completely and utterly upended. It seems to me when people talk about dark matter and dark energy, they're just tinkering with current ideas. When we really find the explanation, our ideas of what reality is will be completely shaken once again.

Rock From Mars has reached Earth so many times via asteroid ejecta, I assume the opposite has happened. In which case if there is life there surely the probability is it comes from Earth?

I wonder how long before the AI investor bubble bursts? OpenAI are still talking about raising hundreds of billions of dollars.

Exactly, At best, it's a stay of execution.

According to the scientists, knowledge about the role of NEAT1 methylation in the recognition and repair of DNA damage could open up new therapeutic options for tumors with high NEAT1 expression. However, it must first be clarified whether these results, which were obtained in simple cell systems, can also be transferred to complex tumor models.

I wonder is AI developments can speed up this process of going from lab to (hopefully) a therapeutic treatment that is available.