SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 5th, 2025

Vol II No 4

482 links Curated

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I no longer accept the things I cannot change. I change the things I cannot accept.

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Researchers find a small group of intestinal immune cells prevent food allergies.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250403143842.htm

Tags: #mouse #allergens #inflammation #RORγt+

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Using AI to help map how psychedelics produce specific changes in consciousness.

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/ai-psychedelics-mindstate/

Tags: #pharmacology #Osmanthus #LLM #5-MeO-MiPT

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"Moonglass" with two pounds of perovskite could yield 4,300 square feet of solar panels.

https://singularityhub.com/2025/04/03/these-solar-cells-are-made-of-moon-dust-they-could-power-future-lunar-colonies/

Tags: #Artemis #regolith #ultrathin #efficiency

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Massive magma eruptions may have ripped Africa and South America apart.

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/massive-magma-eruptions-may-have-ripped-africa-and-south-america-apart

Tags: #breakup #Africa #Angola #cooling

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Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/bonobos-calls-may-be-the-closest-thing-to-animal-language-weve-seen/

Tags: #Congo #semantic #structures #multidimensional

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 6th, 2025

Go ride the music!

Vol II No 32

422 links Curated

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Copper “nano-flowers” are offering a way to turn carbon dioxide into fuel and chemicals.

https://thedebrief.org/clean-energy-breakthrough-these-tiny-copper-nano-flowers-convert-co%e2%82%82-waste-into-valuable-hydrocarbons/

Tags: #Copper #nano-flowers #leaf #Carbon

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By treating DNA as a language, this LLM could see patterns that humans can’t.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-poetry-fan-who-taught-an-llm-to-read-and-write-dna-20250205/

Tags: #LLM #DNA #Design #sequences

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High-Tech Radar Captures Escalating Landslide Activity Near Los Angeles

https://thedebrief.org/look-nasas-high-tech-radar-captures-escalating-landslide-activity-near-los-angeles/

Tags: #ARIA #JPL #UAVSAV #landslide

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New model predicts how our planet would change in response to a strike of an asteroid.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250205142752.htm

Tags: #asteroid #climate #ecosystems #biosphere

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Quantum teleportation is used to distribute a calculation.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/quantum-teleportation-used-to-distribute-a-calculation/

Tags: #quantum #teleportation #entanglement processors

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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Jan 14, 2025

Piracy can't be stealing if paying isn't owning.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vol II No 9

404 links 

CuratedIndividuals who used chatbots for mental health support reported experiencing a sense of emotional sanctuary, receiving insightful guidance, and even deriving joy from their interactions.

https://www.psypost.org/generative-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt-can-act-as-an-emotional-sanctuary-for-mental-health/

Tags: #chatbots #generative #LLM #nonjudgmental #empathetic

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Meta Is Blocking Links to Instagram Competitor Pixelfed
https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/

Tags: #Pixelfed #Meta #Instagram #Supernault #LGBTQ+

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Wildlife tracker ICARUS gets new wings after split with Russia
https://thenextweb.com/news/space-based-wildlife-tracker-icarus-satellite-startup-talos-deal

Tags: #Icarus #Wildlife #migration #Talos #IoT #CubeSat

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L.A. Blowin’ In The Wind
https://www.noemamag.com/l-a-blowin-in-the-wind/

Tags: #real-estate #lawmakers #residents #Chumash #hydroclimate-whiplash #Dylan

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It’s well known that the voting methods we use are highly defective
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2025/01/the-borda-count-is-the-best-method-of-voting.html

Tags: #Borda #Pareto #McKelvey–Schofield #IIA

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