Will MIT Scientists' Powerful Magnet Lead Us to Nuclear Fusion Energy? - Slashdot
"A start-up founded by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says it is nearing a technological milestone that could take the world a step closer to fusion energy, which has eluded scientists for decades," reports the New York Times:
Researchers at M.I.T.'s Plasma Science and Fus...
Source: slashdot.org
Using GPT-2 to generate Tweets
Last summer I blogged about using a Deep Neural Network to generate tweets but only used 3200 of my tweets. Since then I've used Twitter's archive mechanism to retrieve ALL my tweets (just over 30,000) to train a network. Not any old network - the GPT-2 model from OpenAI. This 'finetuning' of an existing...
The Namib Desert bears a scar from a meteorite impact.
"In the vastness of one of the world’s oldest deserts lies a relatively recent geologic feature: the Roter Kamm crater (“red comb” or “red crest/ridge” in German). An astronaut onboard the International Space Station photographed the crater while orbiting over the Namib Desert. It is approximately...
Source: nasa.gov
Stonehenge: Did the stone circle originally stand in Wales?
Archaeologists now believe the stone circle stood 150 miles from its current location in Wiltshire. "One of Britain's biggest and oldest stone circles has been found in Wales - and could be the original building blocks of Stonehenge. Archaeologists uncovered the remains of the Waun Mawn site in Pembrokeshire's...
Source: bbc.com
Asteroid sample arrives in Japan after six-year space odyssey: Samples of an asteroid 300 million km from Earth arrived
Asteroid sample arrives in Japan after six-year space odyssey: Samples of an asteroid 300 million km from Earth arrived in Japan on Tuesday to applause and smiles, the climax of a six-year odyssey by a space probe pursuing the origins of life.
Source: reuters.com
5,000 people have pledged to give at least 10% of their lifetime incomes to effective charities
5,000 people have pledged to give at least 10% of their lifetime incomes to effective charities: Today we reached a major milestone. More than 5,000 people have pledged to give at least ten percent of their lifetime earnings to effective charities.
Source: givingwhatwecan.org
After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes.
After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes: The city will build the lanes as part of a $1.7 billion street safety plan to be adopted by Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council.
Source: nytimes.com
Robot car "Stanley" designed by Stanford Racing Team marked the start of the age of driverless cars and an AI milestone.
Robot car "Stanley" designed by Stanford Racing Team marked the start of the age of driverless cars and an AI milestone. "On October 9, 2005, Stanley and the Stanford Racing Team were awarded 2 million dollars for being the first team to complete the 132 mile DARPA Grand Challenge course in California's...
Source: stanford.edu
MedEdPublish Article: Using the Smiley Faces task to teach the fundamentals for good clinical trials Helen McAneney. Lisa
MedEdPublish Article: Using the Smiley Faces task to teach the fundamentals for good clinical trials Helen McAneney. Lisa Maguire. Mike Clarke. MedEdPublish.
Source: mededpublish.org
Nintendo Wii Now Used to Improve Lives of Parkinson's Patients |: Researchers from Purdue University, Indiana University,
Nintendo Wii Now Used to Improve Lives of Parkinson's Patients |: Researchers from Purdue University, Indiana University, and the University of Calgary have developed and are testing a set of video games to help improve the everyday lives of people with Parkinson’s disease. The team relied on a Nintendo...
Source: medgadget.com
Offshore wind cheaper than new nuclear: Figures from the government are seen as a milestone in the advance of renewable
Offshore wind cheaper than new nuclear: Figures from the government are seen as a milestone in the advance of renewable energy.
Source: bbc.co.uk
The biggest global cholera outbreak is happening in Yemen and, disgracefully, it's manmade: This week Yemen reaches a grim
The biggest global cholera outbreak is happening in Yemen and, disgracefully, it's manmade: This week Yemen reaches a grim milestone: half a million people are sick with suspected cholera this year, almost 2,000 of whom have died. It’s the world’s worst cholera outbreak in the midst of the world’s...
Source: independent.co.uk
RideLondon weekend sees more than 100,000 cycle capital's streets: After 2016’s heavy delays and safety issues, this year’s
RideLondon weekend sees more than 100,000 cycle capital's streets: After 2016’s heavy delays and safety issues, this year’s event runs more smoothly, with about 24,000 cycling full 100-mile route
Source: theguardian.com
Unhealthy Britain: half of adults walk less than a mile a day – survey: Poll commissioned by Cancer Research UK finds
Unhealthy Britain: half of adults walk less than a mile a day – survey: Poll commissioned by Cancer Research UK finds 52% of adults walk only 2,000 steps a day, figures described as ‘worrying’ and likely to increase cancer risk
Source: theguardian.com
Marathons May Be Bad for the Kidneys: Even with proper hydration, it might be best to run fewer than 26 miles at a time.
Marathons May Be Bad for the Kidneys: Even with proper hydration, it might be best to run fewer than 26 miles at a time.
Source: theatlantic.com
Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago
Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago and re-issued recently with an introduction by Yuval Hariri) and having stood the test of time and debate. It is called 'the bible' of the animal rights movement and rightly so ......
Source: amazon.co.uk
Facebook Strives to Bring Cheap Wi-Fi to Rural India: On a rooftop at the Shri Kunjapuri temple, located a mile high in
Facebook Strives to Bring Cheap Wi-Fi to Rural India: On a rooftop at the Shri Kunjapuri temple, located a mile high in the foothills of the Himalayas, a metal tower with five microwave relay dishes pokes a bit further into the sky. It does not look like much, and neither the resident monkeys nor the...
Source: nytimes.com
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