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NASA's Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules Found on Mars(science.nasa.gov)
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by divbzero 2y ago
So either our understanding of nucleosynthesis is incomplete or the universe is older than we think. Which one is more likely? Are there assumptions or parameters in our model for the age of the universe that could be inaccurate?
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by divbzero 2y ago
A closely related follow-up blog post could be titled: “How Long Twilight Lasts”.
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BYD confirms new 1000V Super E-Platform capable of fast charging 400 km in 5 min(electrek.co)
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by divbzero 2y ago
I think they have all been trying [1][2][3] which is why assessments about voice assistants from 2019 might not apply today. [1]: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/devices/new-alexa-generativ... [2]: https:/&
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by divbzero 2y ago
2019 was before ChatGPT. Generative AI could change the game for digital voice assistants.
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by divbzero 2y ago
Where can I get the meter-long slide rule the man is holding in OP?
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Fehmarnbelt tunnel will carry two rail lines and a highway under the Baltic Sea(cnn.com)
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Health experts fear the West Texas measles outbreak may be larger than reported(statnews.com)
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by divbzero 2y ago
One type of gravity waves can be seen on Earth where its atmosphere meets large bodies of water. These are commonly known as ocean waves.
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by divbzero 2y ago
dang, would you be able to update the title for this thread? The full title is too long for HN but could be shortened to: “Bispecific antibodies potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern”.
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by divbzero 2y ago
This is a good explanation of chirality but I think the parent meant to say enantiomer instead of racemate : – enantiomer refers to each mirror image of the molecule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiomer – ra
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Capturing the Invisible: Boom Supersonic and NASA Document Sonic Breakthrough(aviationsourcenews.com)
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Private lunar lander Blue Ghost touches down on the moon(apnews.com)
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by divbzero 2y ago
Related: See Thru Jet Engine [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32145297 - July 2022 (70 comments)
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by divbzero 2y ago
todo.txt accomplished this with community apps that provided web and mobile interfaces to the text file: http://todotxt.org/
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by divbzero 2y ago
These ISBN visualizations remind me of the maps of IPv4 address space. https://xkcd.com/195/ https://ant.isi.edu/address/ https://www.caida.org/archive/id-consumption/cen
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by divbzero 2y ago
The hardware components have become so small that there is no longer a need to design a creative enclosure. All-in-one computers—phone, tablet, or desktop—can now approach the Platonic ideal of that single flat screen.
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by divbzero 2y ago
What happens if it’s the middle of winter and the grass is completely covered with snow?
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Why the Odds of an Asteroid Striking Earth in 2032 Keep Going Up (and Down)(nytimes.com)
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The Oldest Papyrus and What It Can Tell Us About the Great Pyramids (2015)(smithsonianmag.com)
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> Many who advocate for cutting NIH’s indirect cost rate have long argued that universities are willing to accept lower rates from philanthropic foundations. Today’s NIH notice, for example, notes the Gates Foundation limits indirect co
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by divbzero 2y ago
> Did it again in the midst of winter, and the staff allowed me and the two other blokes to stay for the night in the next departing train with the heating on. That’s a notably kind and humane gesture in the midst of winter.
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There Is a Sculpture on the Moon Commemorating Fallen Astronauts (2013)(smithsonianmag.com)
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by divbzero 2y ago
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance describes how motorcycle maintenance by the owner is qualitatively different from motorcycle maintenance by a professional mechanic. The professional mechanic can examine the motorcycle at a singl
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by divbzero 2y ago
I always thought that comets come from the Oort cloud, but apparently short-period comets come from the Kuiper belt or its associated scattered disk—similar to the exocometary belts in these images.
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Largest iceberg is on a collision course with vital penguin sanctuary(nationalgeographic.com)
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I was wondering if this might be the case, similar to how Bing’s initial training included Google’s search results [1]. I’d be curious to see more details of OpenAI’s evidence. It is, of course, quite ironic for OpenAI to indiscriminately s
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> The algorithm must work at least for integers in the range 1-1000. We do not care for numbers outside that range. In that case, a list of 1000 strings should work just fine. Fast lookup and can accommodate any new rule that comes in.
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How far away PLATO will be from the James Webb Space Telescope? How big is the L2 Lagrange point? (i.e., how closely do you need to be for an orbit around L2 to be practical?)

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