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Magnetic Cement Highway That Could Charge Moving EVs To Be Tested – DesignTAXI.com
The trial highway will be made out of magnetic cement. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), in partnership with Purdue University, has signed up to the ASPIRE (Advancing Sustainability through Power Infrastructure for Road Electrification) initiative. Funded by the National … Continue reading
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Calling From The Coral
Coral reefs have existed for 400 million years, but due to climate change, they’re currently on track to disappear within a few decades. As a deep-sea scientist studies coral reefs from a submarine in the Red Sea, he opens up … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – Hybrid, Eye to Eye
Simon Watt wonders if we could upgrade the human body, with help from the animal kingdom Source: BBC Radio 4 – Hybrid, Eye to Eye
17-year-old Black girl makes color changing sutures that detect infection
All over the world, infections at the site of surgical incisions are a major cause of new illnesses, extended hospital stays and even death. In the U.S. alone, these infections cost more than $3 billion annually, with even worse statistics … Continue reading
Earwax, Butt Hair, and Other Weird Human Attributes
You can probably tell someone the purpose of most of your body parts. But what about earwax? Or your appendix? If you’re looking for those answers, or wondering why you have a butt, pop a squat to find out about … Continue reading
Contact Was Wrong – Aliens Can’t Hear Us | Answers With Joe
[…] Carl Sagan is an absolute legend and a hero, and his book Contact and the movie it’s based on is phenomenal. HOWEVER… we examined the central conceit of the story – that aliens pick up our radio signals and … Continue reading
DeepMind’s AI predicts structures for a vast trove of proteins
AlphaFold neural network produced a ‘totally transformative’ database of more than 350,000 structures from Homo sapiens and 20 model organisms. The human genome holds the instructions for more than 20,000 proteins. But only about one-third of those have had their … Continue reading
NASA Engineers Want This Steampunk Rover to Uncover Venus’ Secrets
Venus is a spacecraft killer and always has been. Because of its hellish conditions, NASA JPL engineers are designing a new type of rover that could finally explore our mysterious neighbor. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker (then hit the little … Continue reading
The success of Iceland’s ‘four-day week’ trial has been greatly overstated | The Conversation
Iceland has trialled shorter working hours, but not a four-day week. It almost seems too good to be true: a major trial in Iceland shows that cutting the standard five-day week to four days for the same pay needn’t cost … Continue reading
Are Humans the Only Animals That Have Culture? | IN OUR NATURE
“In Our Nature” is a NEW special limited series on It’s Okay To Be Smart! We’re on PATREON! Join the community ►► https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected … Continue reading
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