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Accelerating Mars Missions: The Promise of Nuclear Propulsion
Posted in Hardware, Science on 2nd Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
If successful, nuclear-powered rockets could open new possibilities for exploring and possibly colonizing Mars by reducing the travel time and exposure to space radiation, a significant hazard for astronauts on long-duration missions.
The Future of AI and Humanity: Insights from Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis
Posted in Science, Software on 2nd Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
Musk elaborated on his prediction that AI might surpass the combined output of all humans within the next five to seven years, around 2028 or 2029.
Snow on Mars Could Harbor Life According to a New NASA Simulation
Posted in Science, Software on 2nd Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
"If small amounts of liquid water are available at these depths, mid-latitude ice exposures could represent the most easily accessible locations to search for extant life on Mars,"
Did the Early Cosmos Inflate? A Mirror Universe Going Backwards in Time May Be a Simpler Explanation
Posted in Science on 2nd Nov, 2024
by Alexander Muller
If the dark matter consists of stable, right-handed neutrinos, then one of three light neutrinos that we know of must be exactly massless. Remarkably, this prediction is now being tested using observations of the gravitational clustering of matter made by large-scale galaxy surveys.
Cancer researchers and astronomers join forces in fight against disease
Posted in Medicine, Science on 30th Oct, 2024
by Alexander Muller
A unique collaboration of astronomers and cancer researchers to establish the Spatial Profiling and Annotation Centre of Excellence (SPACE) to open up access to their groundbreaking cancer mapping technology and establish collaborations with other scientists to enable them to investigate tumours in 3D.