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OpenAI: The new digital Revolution?
It took 3 years and 5 months for Netflix to reach 1 million subscribers, 2 years for Twitter, 10 months for Facebook and around 2.5 months for Instagram. Do you know how long it took for OpenAI? 5 days. OpenAI is a research institute that focuses on developing Artificial Intelligence: it is known for its…
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Coral Bleaching – The reefs are disappearing
Have you ever heard about the “rainforests of the sea”? One of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems, important to the survival of thousands of animals and plants – and heavily endangered. Even though coral reefs are crucial to human life and the sustainability and maintenance of our environment, they are facing a crisis. A…
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GMO against hunger?
From now on genetically modified crops are legal in Kenya. The new president of the country, William Ruto, is talking about a significant change in agriculture. There is hope that the new laws will help against hunger and drought – very present problems in Kenya. But how exactly do genetically modified crops work and are…
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Rats rock!
Certain songs make us feel this uncontrollable urge to dance – or at least to discreetly tap the foot to the beat. This phenomenon was thought to occur solely in humans until a new study by the University of Tokyo was published recently. They were able to observe the same behaviour in rats. To investigate…
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NASA’s DART project
Are we able to protect Earth in case of a celestial threat? This question was often discussed and represented in pop culture. In movies like Armageddon (1998), Deep Impact (1998) or more recently Don’t Look Up! (2021), the most common tactic used to counter asteroids (or comets) is trying to divert it by sending either…
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Transhumanism is on its way with Neuralink
Neuralink is a startup founded in 2016 by Elon Musk working on brain-machine interfaces, which can be defined as a direct liaison brain-computer enabling paralyzed people to perform daily life tasks without moving muscles and peripheral nerves. Next year, this dream may come true as its creator announced Neuralink would start implanting its brain chips…
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500°C and acid rain – can there be life on Venus?
Venus, milliards of years ago, probably had similar conditions like Earth and there was water. However, over time, the water evaporated into the atmosphere and the greenhouse effect intensified, and the planet became wildly hot and acidic. It revolves around the sun a bit closer than Earth, and it has a dense atmosphere which consists…
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Water is an alien
Something you face every day by washing, drinking, cooking. 60% of your body is made of it. You can swim inside of it and walk on top of it. It steams in the air and comes back to the ground as a liquid. Think about it for a minute – water is really weird. It…
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Admit it – you are a fish!
Did you know that our true ancestor is an amphibian? What amphibian you may ask? Well, it is the Diplocaulus. Of course, it predates the dinosaurs and is thought to be their ancestor even closer than birds. It is thought to be the ancestor of 63% of modern life on Earth. Crazy, right? Wrong. It…
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“Change the world and help humanity” – Elon Musk
Space, the final frontier. Last month there was a historical event, the first human orbital spaceflight launched by a private company. Exciting moments as NASA and SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule with two U.S. astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, in a history-making flight to the International Space Station. On Saturday…
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The first blood transfusion
As we all know, blood is the vital and essential component that keeps us alive. The role that it has in our organism is far but simple, it provides us with the indispensable nutrients and oxygen and has many other crucial functions that are key to our existence. I believe that all of you are…
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