Tag: Cypher
How the Physics of Nothing Underlies Everything
Millennia ago, Aristotle asserted that nature abhors a vacuum, reasoning that objects would fly through truly empty space at impossible speeds. In 1277, the...
Did Twitterbots Hide a Myspace Like Collapse?
Twitter likely has 25% bots and not 5%. There might even be as many as 50% bots. Twitter had reported nearly flat daily active...
CCC Council Member Katie Siek Releases Paper Discussing why Submitting “junk data” to Period Tracking Apps will not Aid in Protecting Reproductive Privacy
Last month, CCC council member Katie Siek, along with two PhD student collaborators, Zaidat Ibrahim and Alexander Hayes from Indiana University, released an article...
Scientists identify novel molecular biomarkers in cells that spread a deadly form of breast cancer
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype associated with early metastatic recurrence and worse patient outcomes. The tumor expresses molecular markers of the...
A Biochemist’s View of Life’s Origin Reframes Cancer and Aging
All living cells power themselves by coaxing energetic electrons from one side of a membrane to the other. Membrane-based mechanisms for accomplishing this are,...
Scientists developed the smallest flow-driven motors in the world
Inspired by iconic Dutch windmills and biological motor proteins, scientists from the Delft University of Technology have developed the world’s smallest, self-configuring flow-driven motors...
France Will Spend 10 Billion Euros to Relaunch Nuclear Energy
The Government of France is offering to buyout minority shareholders in the heavily indebted EDF (France’s) nuclear company.
The offer to minority shareholders will be...
California and Germany Could Save Nuclear Reactors
California and Germany could both act to save their remaining nuclear power plants. California could save one nuclear reactor that provides 15% of its...
SpaceX Florida Starbase Will Triple in Size
Youtuber Felix Schlang at What About It? describes how the SpaceX Florida Starbase will triple in size. He also has aerial photos of all...
No, the human brain did not shrink 3,000 years ago, study
Human brain size nearly quadrupled in the six million years since Homo last shared a common ancestor with chimpanzees, but human brains are thought...
Episode 100 – Providing actionable insights for future risks and opportunities.
Aug 5, 2022In 2020, we launched the OODAcast video and podcast
series designed to provide insightful analysis and actionable
intelligence to decision makers. In this 100th...
Two new images from NASA’s Webb hint at among the earliest galaxies ever observed
One method to study our Galactic origins is to study the earliest building blocks of the Milky Way by searching for and analyzing galaxies...