Zigzag walls could help buildings beat the heat
A corrugated exterior wall reflects heat to space and absorbs less heat from the ground, keeping it several degrees cooler than a flat wall.
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One startup’s plan to fix AI’s “shoplifting” problem
Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg via Getty) Bill Gross made his name in the tech world in the 1990s, when he came up with a novel way for search engines to make money on advertising. Under his pricing scheme, advertisers would pay…
AI models trained on AI-generated data could spiral into unintelligible nonsense, scientists warn
If left unchecked,”model collapse” could make AI systems less useful, and fill the internet with incomprehensible babble.
Scientists reveal a weird effect of psychedelics on memory
Psychedelic substances such as psilocybin and 2C-B can significantly distort our sense of familiarity with past events, according to a new study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. The study found that these substances impair episodic memory, particularly…
Doom + Doom II is a great excuse to jump back into Hell, for free or for $10
Enlarge / I don’t know what this flame crossbow (?) is from the Legacy of Rust campaign, but I am going to keep running and gunning until I get it. (credit: Bethesda Softworks) I have only one criticism of the…
China’s Long March 6A rocket is making a mess in low-Earth orbit
Enlarge / Debris from the upper stage of China’s Long March 6A rocket captured from the ground by Slingshot Aerospace. (credit: Slingshot Aerospace) The upper stage from a Chinese rocket that launched a batch of Internet satellites Tuesday has broken…
Home energy system gives researcher control of “virtual power plant”
Enlarge When Ryan Castellucci recently acquired solar panels and a battery storage system for their home just outside of London, they were drawn to the ability to use an open source dashboard to monitor and control the flow of electricity…
50 years ago, scientists blamed migraines on cheese and chocolate
Exactly how migraines develop is still coming into focus, but scientists now know that many factors can trigger attacks.
Yarlung Tsangpo: The deepest canyon on land hides a tree taller than the Statue of Liberty
The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is Earth’s largest terrestrial canyon, stretching 314 miles long and almost 20,000 feet from top to bottom at its deepest point in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
COVID-19 fears drove perception of Republicans as disease carriers, even among other Republicans
Americans who felt most vulnerable during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic perceived Republicans as infection risks, leading to greater disgust and avoidance of them – regardless of their own political party. Even Republicans who felt vulnerable became more…
