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“room-temperature quantum sensing tool for chemistry, biology and materials science”

#quantum

phys.org/news/2025-11...
Quantum sensor based on silicon carbide qubits operates at room temperature
Over the past decades, physicists and quantum engineers introduced a wide range of systems that perform desired functions leveraging quantum mechanical effects. These include so-called quantum sensors...
phys.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models

#AI #weaponized #poetry

arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique for Large Language Models (LLMs). Across 25 frontier proprietary and open-weight models, curated po...
arxiv.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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High-throughput optical link from a geostationary satellite. Not really apples to apples comparison to Starlink. GEO prioritizes broad coverage and capacity, while LEO prioritizes real-time responsiveness.

#technology

dailygalaxy.com/2025/11/chin...
Chinese Satellite Crushes Starlink With 2-Watt Laser Fired From 36,000 KM in Space
Using a laser weaker than a fridge light, it quietly achieved something five times faster than Starlink—from a place most experts thought was impossible.
dailygalaxy.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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The AI Boom Is Driving a Massive Geothermal Energy Revival

#geothermal #AI

oilprice.com/Alternative-...
The AI Boom Is Driving a Massive Geothermal Energy Revival | OilPrice.com
Enhanced geothermal energy is receiving massive investment from Big Tech to meet rising AI energy demand, with global forecasts predicting dramatic growth in the reliable, zero-carbon power source.
oilprice.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Iceland declares threat to Atlantic Ocean current a national security risk

#climatechange

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing

#renewableenergy #environment

www.marineinsight.com/shipping-new...
World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing
Marine Insight - The maritime industry guide.
www.marineinsight.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Old fashioned breaking and entering industrial espionage

Glad to see not everything is going AI.

#industrialespionage #AI

sports.auto-moto.com/f1/actualite...
Alpine : des intrus visitent les locaux de l'équipe, des soupçons d'espionnage industriel au menu
Alpine a été visité par des inconnus, avec des soupçons d'espionnage industriel dans l'air.
sports.auto-moto.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Unfettered Capitalism Nearly Wiped Out America’s Wild Animals Once. It Just May Again.

Economic war on wildness.

#ecopsychology

time.com/7289151/amer...
How Capitalism Nearly Wiped Out America’s Wildlife
It may just again, writes Dan Flores.
time.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Programming Cells: Towards an Automated Genetic Compiler

Vibe coding cells. Yikes.

#genetics #vibecoding

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK844...
PROGRAMMING CELLS: TOWARDS AN AUTOMATED ‘GENETIC COMPILER’
One of the visions of synthetic biology is to be able to program cells using a language that is similar to that used to program computers or robotics. For large genetic programs, keeping track of the ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity (in the middle of the day).

Mine while the sun shines

#renewableenergy

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Iceland starts drilling into a volcano?

I like the sentiment, but I don’t think there is any drilling going on.

Too bad, because this would be a good first step towards an evil lair.

#geothermal #evillair

www.eldiario24.com/en/iceland-h...
Iceland starts drilling into a volcano — 100 MW to power 50,000 homes from extreme heat
Iceland begins a powerful drilling into a volcano to harness 100 MW of geothermal power, enough clean, renewable energy to supply 50,000 homes sustainably.
www.eldiario24.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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A lot of hyperbole but this part is true: The University of Reading study did find that ozone recovery could contribute about 40% more warming than previously estimated.
Who wants: skin cancer, cataracts, crop damage, ocean ecosystem damage?

#climatechange

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Climate advocates face humiliation as scientists issue ozone warning
A surprising new study has revealed how 40 years of work to repair the ozone layer may end up causing its own climate change emergency that no one saw coming.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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“AI Could Unlock a Post-Scarcity Society”

That old chestnut.

#AI #postscarcity

news.bitcoin.com/decentralize...
Decentralized AI Could Unlock a Post-Scarcity Society, Says 0G Labs CEO
Discover how 0G Labs and founder Michael Heinrich are pioneering decentralized AI to ensure transparency, data integrity, and affordability.
news.bitcoin.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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First neuromorphic computer with 2 billion neurons

The system consists of 15 blade-type neuromorphic servers with 960 Darwin 3 chips each chip supports more than 2.35 million spiking neurons and hundreds of millions of synapses.

#AI #neuromorphiccomputing

www.futura-sciences.com/tech/actuali...
Darwin Monkey, premier ordinateur neuromorphique au monde à 2 milliards de neurones
En Chine, une équipe de chercheurs a mis au point un ordinateur neuromorphique d'une puissance jamais atteinte. Cette innovation va permettre de concevoir des systèmes informatiques plus perfo...
www.futura-sciences.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Wait. Adjectives are ordered?

#writing

test-english.com/explanation/...
Adjective order - Test-English
Adjective order. Upper-intermediate English grammar. Review the order of adjectives in the sentence. Opinion and fact adjectives.
test-english.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The Unceasing Cessna Hacienda

This beats the tired changing-the-motor-while-the-car-is-moving metaphor

#technology

www.damninteresting.com/the-unceasin...
The Unceasing Cessna Hacienda
In 1958, one heavily modified airplane flew out of Las Vegas with a single objective: Don’t land.
www.damninteresting.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Mary Shelley Invented Science Fiction—and Pioneered Polyamory Too

Heinlein has nothing on Mary Shelley.

#scifi

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
Mary Shelley Invented Science Fiction—and Pioneered Polyamory Too
As another Frankenstein film debuts, here’s a full accounting of the writer’s tangled romantic history, involving Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, and her own sister.
www.vanityfair.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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#alanwatts
October 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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“Beyond Alcubierre: A Tour of Modern Warp-Drive Physics”

spacetime metric engineering

#scifi #science

medium.com/@timventura/...
Beyond Alcubierre: A Tour of Modern Warp-Drive Physics
Thirty-one years after Miguel Alcubierre proposed a spacetime “warp bubble,” the field has matured from a single, exotic metric into a…
medium.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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An FPGA-Based Mechanical Keyboard

FPGAs used in finance to get an edge, soon to be used by gamers?

#technology #gaming

hackaday.com/2025/10/01/a...
An FPGA-Based Mechanical Keyboard
You can buy all kinds of keyboards these days, from basic big-brand stuff to obscure mechanical delicacies from small-time builders. Or, you can go the maker route, and build your own. That’s…
hackaday.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Kafka’s Amerika / Der Verschollene (“The Missing Person”)

“Amerika is not America; it is a cipher for Kafka’s dream of a country he never visited.”

#literature

lithub.com/uncanny-pres...
Uncanny Prescience: Revisiting Kafka’s Amerika
Unlike the obsessive protagonists of The Trial and The Castle, who draw us into their labyrinthine thinking, Karl Rossmann, the naive young hero of Kafka’s Amerika or, to use Kafka’s own title, Der…
lithub.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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“Scientists achieve electrically driven perovskite laser using dual-cavity design.”

If only Mars had high concentrations of perovskite instead of perchlorates then we could make Mars a giant space laser.

#scifi

phys.org/news/2025-09...
Scientists achieve electrically driven perovskite laser using dual-cavity design
In a recent Nature study, scientists have demonstrated an electrically driven perovskite laser using a dual-cavity design, addressing a challenge that has persisted in the field for over a decade.
phys.org
October 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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*Some very familiar scenes in downtown Ibiza right now if you've ever seen a mild hurricane drenching a town in the Texas Gulf Coast #Gabrielle

*Of course this is Spain and they're not supposed to get any Caribbean hurricanes #climatecrisis
September 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers

#datacenters

www.wired.com/story/inside...
Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers
Companies are going to great lengths to protect the infrastructure that provides the backbone of the world’s digital services—by burying their data deep underground.
www.wired.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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“Otherworldly, Forgotten Houses in 'America the Abandoned'”

#gothic ruin in America

www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/brya...
Bryan Sansivero Documents Otherworldly, Forgotten Houses in 'America the Abandoned'
The new volume from Artisan Books gathers 200 of Sansivero's enigmatic photos.
www.thisiscolossal.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM