The number of people resident in Australia increased 388,100 in 2017 to June, a rise of 1.6% on 2015/16. That was far above the global increase of 1.1%, and well ahead of the United States’ gain of 0.7% and Canada’s 0.9%. Canada and Australia seem like they will each sustain around 1% of their population. …
Philip Metzger is at the inaugural @SpaceX Mars Workshop. It is about planning how to put humans on Mars, then how to have 100s living there. At the inaugural @SpaceX Mars Workshop, planning how to put humans on Mars, then how to have 100s living there. So exciting! pic.twitter.com/25jXutKzhX — Dr. Phil Metzger (@DrPhiltill) August …
Some people call this a sellout but actively avoiding what 90% of the potential audience of the award show would want was just stupid. There will be one major award for movies you actually watched and liked. The award will be selecting the best quality movie out of several that you know and care about. …
Steve Wozniak will be the headline keynote speaker of the Crypto Invest Summit (CIS) in Los Angeles. CIS is leading an effort to open up mainstream access to crypto and blockchain, which until now has been for insiders and techies. Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple’s with Steve Jobs. He has been an early blockchain and cryptocurrency …
Russia will spend $24 billion to develop a super-heavy carrier rocket is intended to deliver over 70 tonnes of cargo into low near-Earth orbit. This would be a bit over the payload capacity of the SpaceX Heavy. The construction of infrastructure for the new carrier rocket is expected to begin at the Vostochny spaceport in …
The University of Exeter has new compounds which reduced the number of senescent cells (older cells that have deteriorated and stopped dividing) up to 50%. The Exeter team also identified two splicing factors (a component of cells) that play a key role in when and how endothelial cells become senescent. The findings raise the possibility …
The IMF’s World Economic Outlook Update predicts Macau will behave the world’s highest per capita GDP of US$143,116 in 2020. Qatar will be second with US$139,151. Qatar has a population of 2.5 million. Macau has a population of 650,000. Macau should have 750,000 in 2025. The GDP of Macau would be about $95 billion in …
The power of electromagnetic chorus radio waves are a million times more intense near the Jovian moon Ganymede, and 100 times more intense near the moon Europa than the average around these planets. These are the new results from a systematic study on Jupiter’s wave environment taken from the Galileo Probe spacecraft. Chorus waves are …
Samsung is going to mass produce 1 Terabyte, 2 Terabyte and 4 Terabyte SSD drives at prices that will cause a massive move to terabyte-SSDs by consumers. I am thinking the prices need to be about $80 for 1 Terabyte, $180 for 2 Terabytes and $400 for 4 Terabytes. Currently prices are about $220 for …
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made a silicon chip that distributes optical signals precisely across a miniature brain-like grid, showcasing a potential new design for neural networks. Above – NIST’s grid-on-a-chip distributes light signals precisely, showcasing a potential new design for neural networks. The three-dimensional structure enables complex routing …
