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Nov 22, 2022

The Kaplan–Yorke conjecture: the Hausdorff dimension of a strange attractor can be computed just from its Lyapunov exponents —

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That is, just the eigenvalues of a linearized analysis!

Nov 22, 2022

DARPA is playing both sides of the ball with both offensive and defensive hypersonics

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HAWC and Glide Breaker are DARPA’s offensive and defensive hypersonic programs, respectively, and their program managers discuss what’s been done and what’s next.

Nov 22, 2022

GPT-4 is Almost Here, And it Looks Better than Anything Else

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In May 2020, AI research laboratory OpenAI unveiled the largest neural network ever created—GPT-3—in a paper titled, ‘Language Models are Few Shot Learners’. The researchers released a beta API for users to toy with the system, giving birth to the new hype of generative AI.

People were generating eccentric results. The new language model could transform the description of a web page into the corresponding code. It emulates the human narrative, by either writing customised poetry or turning into a philosopher—predicting the true meaning of life. There’s nothing that the model can’t do. But there’s also a lot it can’t undo.

As GPT-3 isn’t that big of a deal for some, the name remains a bit ambiguous. The model could be a fraction of the futuristic bigger models that are yet to come.

Nov 21, 2022

The historic LightSail 2 mission finally burned up in Earth’s atmosphere

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David Imbaratto, Stellar Exploration / The Planetary Society.

The mission demonstrated that flight by light is possible when it used a 32-square-meter (244-square-foot) sail made out of mylar to raise a small CubeSat spacecraft’s orbit by 1.9 miles (3.2 km).

Nov 21, 2022

Graphene — Material of the Future?

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face_with_colon_three circa 2014.


What is graphene? Why has it taken researchers so long to discover it? Is it truly the material of the future?

Nov 21, 2022

It’s Official: Scientists Confirm a New Expanded Scale of Measurement

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Say hello to ronnagrams and quettameters: International scientists gathered in France voted on Friday for new metric prefixes to express the world’s largest and smallest measurements, prompted by an ever-growing amount of data.

It marks the first time in more than three decades that new prefixes have been added to the International System of Units (SI), the agreed global standard for the metric system.

Joining the ranks of well-known prefixes like kilo and milli are ronna and quetta for the largest numbers – and ronto and quecto for the smallest.

Nov 21, 2022

Israel successfully tests its Iron Dome air defense system for naval applications

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It is meant to protect Israel’s natural gas platforms and shipping lanes.

Following a recent test, Israel’s Defense Ministry and Navy announced last week that the C-Dome, the naval version of its much-touted Iron Dome air defense system, is operational, The Times of Israel.

The Iron Dome system made it to the news during the conflict in the Gaza Strip last year, when it swung into action and blocked more than 90 percent of rockets fired at Israel. Following the successful deployment of the air defense system, the U.S. decided to procure the system from Israel. At the same time, it also inspired South Korea to build something of its own to thwart attacks from its northern neighbor.

Nov 21, 2022

A prediction model claims Brazil will be the champion of World Cup 2022

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We will see on December 18 whether the prediction program is working or not.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup, also known as Qatar 2022, started yesterday, and its excitement has echoed worldwide. It is a matter of curiosity which nation will be the champion in this big event.

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Nov 21, 2022

12-year-old Girl Scores Higher Than Einstein and Hawking on IQ Test

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Nov 21, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself

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Defiant Sam Bankman-Fried declares he has ‘2 weeks to raise $8b’ after FTX bankruptcy.


In Twitter DMs, Bankman-Fried told Vox what went wrong, why he did what he did, and what lies he told along the way.

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