Fermi Paradox, Great Filters and Super Volcanoes

Robin Hanson discussed great filters in regards to the Fermi Paradox. Humanity seems to have a non-trivial chance of expanding to fill the universe with lasting life. But the fact that space near us seems dead now tells us that any given piece of dead matter faces an astronomically low chance of begating such a …

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China could end one child policy nationwide by 2013 or 2014

Ad Support : Nano Technology   Netbook    Technology News    Computer Software Chinese experts have told The Age that five provinces are set to relax the policy next year and this trial may spread nationwide by 2013 or 2014, at which point China’s working-age population will have stopped growing and the policy’s ”demographic dividend” will have become a …

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Cooper pairs make superinsulators as well as superconductors

A Brown University researcher, James Valles, claims to have discovered Cooper pairs in superinsulators that, when cooled near absolute zero, offer infinite resistance–acting as perfect blocks to conduction. Superinsulators may someday be wired together with superconductors to create supercircuits that generate zero heat. The researchers are currently developing a theory to rival the theory of …

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