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Amazing’ new technology set to transform the search for alien life
16th July 2024 | theguardian.com | Humans, Space, Tech

The hunt for alien civilisations may be entering a new era, researchers believe. Scientists with Breakthrough Listen, the world’s largest scientific research programme dedicated to finding alien civilisations, say a host of technological developments are about to transform the search for intelligent life in the cosmos.

Gravitational Wave Research Reveals Missing Details on The Mysterious Antikythera Mechanism
3rd July 2024 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans, Tech

Researchers from the University of Glasgow in the UK have now used statistical modeling techniques borrowed from the study of gravitational waves to extrapolate missing details of a critical dial on Antikythera mechanism.The research has been published in The Horological Journal.

Novel technique uncovers clues to disappearance of North America’s large mammals 50,000 years ago
4th June 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Animal Life, Earth, Humans, Tech

Despite decades of study, this Ice Age mystery remains unsolved. Researchers simply don’t have sufficient evidence at this point to rule out one scenario or the other—or indeed other explanations that have been proposed (e.g. disease, an impact event from a comet, or a combination of factors)… A new work published in Frontiers in Mammal Science set out to address this information deficit.

Is The ‘Dead Internet Theory’ True? Shrimp Jesus Phenomenon Explained
22nd May 2024 | sciencealert.com | Humans, Tech, Weird

If you search “shrimp Jesus” on Facebook, you might encounter dozens of images of artificial intelligence (AI) generated crustaceans meshed in various forms with a stereotypical image of Jesus Christ. Some of these hyper-realistic images have garnered more than 20,000 likes and comments. So what exactly is going on here?

A new theory of quantum gravity could explain the biggest puzzle in cosmology, study suggests
21st May 2024 | livescience.com | Humans, Space, Tech

For nearly a century, scientists have known that the universe is expanding. But in recent decades, physicists have found that different types of measurements of the expansion rate — called the Hubble parameter — produce puzzling inconsistencies. To resolve this paradox, a new study suggests incorporating quantum effects into one prominent theory used to determine the expansion rate.

Mysterious ‘Anomaly’ Buried Near Giza Pyramids Baffles Archaeologists
20th May 2024 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans, Tech

Slowly but surely, the ground is regurgitating its secrets. The history that lies buried beneath the swirling sands of time yields, piece by piece, to technology. But one such piece, in a well-explored region, has archaeologists a little baffled. The team’s findings have been published in Archaeological Prospection.

Plato’s burial place finally revealed after AI deciphers ancient scroll carbonized in Mount Vesuvius eruption
26th April 2024 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans, Tech

Researchers used AI to decipher an ancient papyrus that includes details about where Greek philosopher is buried.

Hubble Telescope witnesses a new star being born in a stunning cosmic light show
27th March 2024 | space.com | Space, Tech

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a powerful jet erupting from a natal envelope of gas and dust that represents a newly born star announcing itself to the cosmos.

Researcher uses machine learning to help digitize ancient texts from Indus civilization
25th March 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Humans, Tech

The civilization of Indus River Valley is considered one of the three earliest civilizations in world history, along with Mesopotamia and Egypt.

Ancient scrolls are being ‘read’ by machine learning—with human knowledge to detect language and make sense of them
15th March 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Humans, Tech

A groundbreaking announcement for the recovery of lost ancient literature was recently made. Using a non-invasive method that harnesses machine learning, an international trio of scholars retrieved 15 columns of ancient Greek text from within a carbonized papyrus from Herculaneum, a seaside Roman town eight kilometers southeast of Naples, Italy.

Antarctica mysteries to be mapped by robot plane
4th February 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Animal Life, Earth, Humans, Tech

The autonomous plane will map areas of the continent that have been out of bounds to researchers.

 

Astronomers spotted something perplexing near the beginning of time
18th January 2024 | vox.com | Ancient, Space, Tech, Weird

Monsters lurk in the background of James Webb Space Telescope images. Scientists are scrambling to make sense of them.

Reading genetic information of ancient Teotihuacans
11th January 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Humans, Tech

Scientists have determined the entire mitochondrial DNA sequences of these ancient Teotihuacans, revealing their genetic diversity. Additionally, this study demonstrates the dependence of Teotihuacans on maize as their primary food source. See the study here.

New analysis unlocks the hidden meaning of 15,000-year-old rock art in Arnhem Land
9th January 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Humans, Tech

Rock art is one of the most intriguing records of the human past—it directly represents how our ancestors viewed their world…New research published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences uses an innovative approach to understand rock art in Arnhem Land in a fundamentally different way.

Is oxygen the cosmic key to alien technology?
5th January 2024 | eurekalert.org | Humans, Space, Tech, Weird

In a new study published in Nature Astronomy, University of Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets.

Nasa mission lines up to ‘touch the Sun’
3rd January 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Humans, Space, Tech

A year from now, on 24 December, Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe will race past the Sun at the astonishing speed of 195 km/s, or 435,000 mph. No human-made object will have moved so fast nor, indeed, got so close to our star – just 6.1 million km, or 3.8 million miles from the Sun’s “surface”.

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