Chernobyl Containment Facility ‘Lifetime is Now Compromised’ by Armed Drone Strike
The damage caused by a drone strike on the massive structure that contains the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in mid-February may be worse than initially feared, with the detection of numerous small fires still burning in between the outer shell’s layers, and the realization that there appears to be no
Your Daily Dose of Existential Dread: The Universe Could Collapse on the Way Down the Quantum Roller-Coaster
While the very concept of the fabric of space and time may seem like the only stable constant left in our modern lives, a recent study has confirmed that the energy state of the very vacuum that spans the cosmos may collapse at any moment, restructuring the very nature of
Rapidly Melting Permafrost Has Tipped the Arctic Into Being a Net Greenhouse Gas Emitter
Global warming’s disproportionate effect on the planet’s polar regions has turned the Arctic into a net carbon emitter, with one-third of the region’s forests, tundra and wetlands now emitting more greenhouse gases than they absorb as the previously-frozen permafrost thaws. “It is the first time that we’re seeing this shift
‘Age Against the Machine’: Like Humans, AI Suffers Cognitive Decline as it Ages
One of the strengths of artificial intelligence is that the structure of the coded neural nets that make machine learning possible is based on the layout of the neurons of our own brains, a branching, neurological-like network capable of learning from trial and error. However, a new study has discovered
A Long-Lost Interview Details Albert Einstein’s Involvement with the Roswell UFO Crash
As part of their attempt to address the puzzle presented by the debris and bodies recovered from the 1947 UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico, the U.S. government enlisted the expertise of renowned theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, according to a previously-lost interview with a student aide who claims to have accompanied
