China finds another large Uranium deposit in Mongolia

A large leaching sandstone-type Uranium deposit has been discovered in China’s northern regions. The deposit, ranking as the country’s largest leaching sandstone-type Uranium deposit identified so far, was found in Daying areas in central Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The site was discovered along with a “Super-size” Coal mine, the reserve of which was estimated at …

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Spacex developing larger engine to enable a rocket with 200 tons of low earth orbit payload

FlightGlobal Spacex is developing a new more powerful engine that will enable a rocket to take 200 tons of payload to low earth orbit. Musk said the new rocket, which he calls MCT, will be “several times” as powerful as the 1 Merlin series, and won’t use Merlin’s RP-1 fuel. Beyond adding that it will …

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Singularity Summit – How to Create a mind

Ray Kurzweil has written a new book – How to Create a Mind Usual start with exponential progress Reverse engineering the brain The ultimate source of the template of intelligence The essence of the human brain is pattern recognition Pattern recognition happens in the neocortex Neocortex is 10 times thicker than a piece of paper …

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Trial runs of Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway to begin

The long anticipated Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway will start a one-month trial operation on Wednesday, before its formal launch in late June. The railway authority has also decided that the fastest train service between the two mega-cities will make an extra stop in Nanjing (capital of Jiangsu province), according to an official with the transport bureau …

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American high speed rail debacle. Is it because of vigorous Democracy or Political Gridlock and lost ability to build big things

Megan McArdle tries to put a positive spin on America’s failure and bleak future in regards to high speed rail. Viewed from a purely technological perspective, America’s high speed rail is an embarrassment compared to China’s: shaky, slow, and not particularly sleek. But viewed in another way, our slow rail network is the price for …

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