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danielkhent yesterday

“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 yesterday

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

Scientists bend magnetic fields around real-world objects to create 'invisibility cloaks'

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

danielkhent 1 week 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 1 week 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

RSE Magazine

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

L'océan Arctique atteint des températures inégalées depuis 125 000 ans, menaçant les ours polaires d'extinction d'ici 2050.

danielkhent 1 week 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

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

Autoplus

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 3 weeks ago

Somewhere on the outskirts of Detroit

danielkhent 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

danielkhent 1 month 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

danielkhent 1 month ago

The AI Boom Is Driving a Massive Geothermal Energy Revival #geothermal #AI

OilPrice.com

The AI Boom Is Driving a Massive Geothermal Energy Revival | OilPrice.com

Enhanced geothermal energy is receiving massive investment from Big Tech to meet rising AI energy demand, with global forecasts predicting dramatic...

danielkhent 1 month ago

Iceland declares threat to Atlantic Ocean current a national security risk #climatechange https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/iceland-sees-security-risk-existential-threat-atlantic-ocean-currents-possible-2025-11-12/

danielkhent 1 month ago

World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing #renewableenergy #environment

World’s Largest Cargo Sailboat Completes Historic First Atlantic Crossing

danielkhent 1 month ago

Old fashioned breaking and entering industrial espionage Glad to see not everything is going AI. #industrialespionage #AI

Sports Auto Moto

Alpine : des intrus visitent les locaux de l'équipe, des soupçons d'espionnage industriel au menu

Alpine a été visité par des inconnus, avec des soupçons d'espionnage industriel dans l'air.

danielkhent 1 month ago

Unfettered Capitalism Nearly Wiped Out America’s Wild Animals Once. It Just May Again. Economic war on wildness. #ecopsychology

TIME

How Capitalism Nearly Wiped Out America’s Wildlife

It may just again, writes Dan Flores.