Noise Cancelling Window Gadget Can “Mute” Street Sounds

Shhh A team of researchers in Singapore have developed a window-mounted noise-cancelling technology that they say can keep the indoors quiet — even when windows are open to let cool air in, The New York Times reports. The gadget is based on the same kind of tech you’d find in a pair of noise-cancelling headphones. An array of small speakers release...

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Here Are The Most Amazing Shots of the NEOWISE Comet

Comet C/2020 F3 — better known as NEOWISE, for the Near Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope that first discovered it — has came so close to Earth over the weekend that it’s visible to the naked eye, blazing brightly over Northern skies. The rare event was captured on camera by amateurs and professionals alike from around the globe...

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Physicists Say This Is the Smallest Unit of Time That Could Exist

Micro Time One of the fundamental mysteries surrounding the concept of time is whether it’s continuous and our chronological measurements are just a way of making the sense of the world, or if it actually breaks down into discrete “ticks” at the teeniest scales. Assuming the latter is true — Live Science reports that our technology isn’t yet nearly...

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Instead of Fighting COVID, the White House Is Attacking Anthony Fauci

The coronavirus pandemic is veering out of control in many parts of the United States. Florida has officially a dubious national record, with 15,300 new cases in a single day. And the White House, rather than addressing the deepening health crisis, has decided to attack its top infectious disease expert. As The Washington Post reported over the weekend, Trump...

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Take a Deep Dive into AI with this $35 Training Bundle

It’s not an exaggeration to say that when it comes to the future of human progress, nothing is more important than Artificial Intelligence (AI). Although often thought to only be associated with everyday entities such as self-driving cars and Google search rankings, AI is in fact the driving force behind virtually every major and minor technology that’s...

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Spend Less Time Thinking and More Time Doing By Training Your Brain

Thinking things through is important. We count on our brains to make split-second decisions and long-term ones, to process complex ideas quickly and synthesize relevant information at the snap of a finger. For some people, it feels like those skills come naturally. If you’re indecisive, the very idea of making a decision might have you feeling sweat...

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Give Your Relationship the Attention It Deserves With Online Couples Therapy

Every relationship is going to encounter hard times. That’s just a fact of life. It’s how you deal with hard times that matters. Recent surveys indicate that the most common causes for couples splitting up are lack of communication, lack of respect and trust, and lack of love or intimacy. These are all psychological and emotional issues that can be...

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Dr. Fauci Says Trump Hasn’t Talked to Him in a Month

It has been two months since Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief infectious disease expert at the White House, has been able to brief President Trump on the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, Fauci says, the two haven’t even spoken to each other in a month. Fauci told Financial Times in a dark, revealing interview that he last saw Trump on June 2. Lately, he’s...

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Astronomers Want to Figure Out What the Hell Planet Nine Is Once and For All

Is there a ninth planet lurking beyond the orbit of Neptune? Astronomers have been observing strange gravitational patterns of a cluster of bodies known as “trans-Neptunian objects,” or TNOs, that could be explained by the presence of  massive ninth planet in our solar system. The hypothetical planet, dubbed “Planet Nine,” would orbit our star at hundreds...

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Elon Musk Teases Major Neuralink Reveal

August 28 Elon Musk has announced that the mysterious computer-brain interface startup Neuralink, which he co-founded, will release an update on its progress on August 28. “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” Musk wrote, referring to his greater ambitions to make sure humanity can keep up with advanced AI. “Neuralink mission statement.” Skull Lasers...

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