Avatarscreamlordbyron16 hours agoThis Solar Tower Can Transform Water, Sunlight, and Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuelverified_publisherPopular Mechanics - Tim NewcombOne plant could collect 100 MW of solar radiative power to produce about nine million gallons of kerosene per year. Aldo Steinfeld, a professor at ETH Zürich’s Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, says his system for converting ambient air into jet-ready kerosene fuel using a solar …
AvatarscreamlordbyronStoryboardThe Biggest Black Hole in the UniverseCurated byWorldatlas.comBlack holes are by far the most massive objects in the universe. Some are hundreds of times the sun's mass, yet they are not much bigger than the sun. The black hole at the center of our galaxy is over one million times the sun's mass, yet it is only about the size of our solar system. The reason why black holes can be so massive yet also relatively small is that their extreme mass is compressing them into a small area of space. What is the biggest black hole we know of?
Avatarscreamlordbyron1 day agoScientists Investigate Reverse Lightning Bolt That Touched the Edge of Spaceverified_publisherCNET - Monisha RavisettiJust an alternate reality storm, no big deal.
Avatarscreamlordbyron1 day agoString theory - a simple way to understand the universe - BBC Reelverified_publisherBBC News - BBC WorldTheoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains why he thinks string theory is the best way to understand how the universe works.
Avatarscreamlordbyron1 day agoPfizer begins late-stage trial testing Lyme disease vaccineNBC News - Berkeley Lovelace Jr.Is there a Lyme disease vaccine? Pfizer started a phase 3 clinical trial of its Lyme disease vaccine. Lyme disease is spreading because of climate change. Pfizer has started a late-stage clinical trial to test a vaccine that aims to protect against Lyme disease, the drugmaker announced Monday. There …
Avatarscreamlordbyron3 days agoWould "artificial superintelligence" lead to the end of life on Earth? It's not a stupid questionverified_publisherSalon - Émile P. TorresThe activist group Extinction Rebellion has been remarkably successful at raising public awareness of the ecological and climate crises, especially given that it was established only in 2018. The dreadful truth, however, is that climate change isn't the only global catastrophe that humanity …
