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Buddhist monks peace-walking from Texas to DC persist even after being run over on highway outside Houston Advertisement for #peace

Fortune

Buddhist monks peace-walking from Texas to DC persist even after being run over on highway outside Houston | Fortune

One of the monks had “substantial leg injuries” and was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Houston, Dayton Interim Police Chief Shane Burleig...

danielkhent 8 months ago

“This Company Wants to Sell You Sunlight at Night From Space” Lights My Way #technology #scifi

VICE

This Company Wants to Sell You Sunlight at Night From Space

Reflect Orbital will use a satellite with a mirror on it to reflect sunlight to a specific location on Earth.

danielkhent 8 months ago

Scientists bend magnetic fields around real-world objects to create ‘invisibility cloaks’ At least from magnetic field sensing bad guys. #technology #scifi

The Brighter Side of News

Researchers create an invisibility cloak by bending magnetic fields around real-world objects

New research shows magnetic cloaks can be built for real-world shapes using superconductors and soft magnets.

danielkhent 8 months ago

CO2 Battery Designed To Store Renewable Energy Holds the equivalent CO2 of 15 round-trip flights between New York and London on a Boeing 777. Note, not a carbon capture play. #renewableenergy

ZME Science

This Giant Inflatable Dome Is Actually a CO2 Battery Designed To Store Renewable Energy For a Full Day. Here’s How It Works

By compressing and expanding carbon dioxide, this unusual battery solves one of renewable energy’s toughest reliability problems.

danielkhent 8 months ago

Polar bears face very high extinction risk this century. Some populations show genetic changes that may help them in warmer, less icy environments. #climatechange

Les ours polaires s'adaptent au changement climatique au niveau génétique – et cela pourrait les aider à éviter l'extinction

danielkhent 8 months ago

A startup claims to have discovered a previously unknown geothermal system in western Nevada with no surface manifestations using AI Interesting, but untested #renewableenergy #geothermal

WIRED

A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy

Zanskar uses AI to identify hidden geothermal systems—and claims it has found one that could fuel a power plant, the first such discovery by indu...

danielkhent 8 months ago

Soil is more important than oil. “Why is it that we cannot have perennial grains that grow like prairie plants?” #agriculture

the Guardian

‘Soil is more important than oil’: inside the perennial grain revolution

Scientists in Kansas believe Kernza could cut emissions, restore degraded soils and reshape the future of agriculture

danielkhent 8 months ago

“detection is perhaps no longer possible because reality itself has become so weird” #literature #thomaspynchon

Literary Hub

Studies in Unmeaning: On Thomas Pynchon’s Detective Fictions

Thomas Pynchon’s late style, beginning with Inherent Vice (2009) and continuing through Bleeding Edge (2013) to Shadow Ticket (2025), represents ...

danielkhent 9 months ago

Trois voitures de Waymo se retrouvent bloquées dans une impasse I’m surprised this doesn’t happen all the time. #AI

Trois voitures de Waymo se retrouvent bloquées dans une impasse !

À San Francisco, des véhicules autonomes de Waymo se sont retrouvés piégés par une impasse et des manœuvres délicates.

danielkhent 9 months ago

Somewhere on the outskirts of Detroit

danielkhent 9 months ago

A system that uses solar to provide enough energy to power an entire coffee farm operation. #agrivoltaic #renewableenergy

The Cool Down

Farmers stunned after unexpected impacts of new solar farm project: 'It's exciting'

One Puerto Rican farmer has developed an agrivoltaics system to both grow coffee and produce solar energy.

danielkhent 9 months ago

“room-temperature quantum sensing tool for chemistry, biology and materials science” #quantum https://phys.org/news/2025-11-quantum-sensor-based-silicon-carbide.html

danielkhent 9 months ago

The Bellmaker by Of The Trees I think ayahuasca was involved.

danielkhent 9 months ago

“Chinese Satellite Crushes Starlink With 2-Watt Laser Fired From 36,000 KM in Space” High-throughput optical link from a geostationary satellite. Not really apples to apples comparison to Starlink. GEO prioritizes broad coverage and capacity, while LEO prioritizes real-time responsiveness. #technology

Chinese Satellite Crushes Starlink With 2-Watt Laser Fired From 36,000 KM in Space