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The Marvel multiverse puts different versions of our universe out there, somewhere. For example (spoilers! In the universe of the movie, magic is possible. This magic, thanks to a misfiring spell from superhero Dr. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. So, which of these ideas has Marvel borrowed from science, and which ones are pure fiction? InDr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the multiverse is breached by various magical spells and special abilities....

I like imperfect things. I like it that way, though. Imperfection makes things more interesting. When youre talking about business, however, theres money to be made potentially lots of money. If business leaders are hesitant about this potential minefield, it just proves that theyre human. Im talking about AI. The potential upsides are huge because AI can finish processes that used to take hours in seconds. That time savings is an improvement of several orders of magnitude....

China has had the worlds fastest-growing economy since the 1980s. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Instead, room was made for the market to try new ideas through trial and error. But within this setting, private businesses pursue opportunities in their own interests. However, freedom for businesses may be declining. Most of these indices, however, measure quantity rather than quality. So, for example, China has: Adding quality alongside quantity will be crucial toChinas innovation ambitions....

We often talk about progress in terms of discovering new particles, and it often is. Studying a new, very heavy particle helps us view underlying physical processes often without annoying background noise. That makes it easy to explain the value of the discovery to the public and politicians. In truth, particle physics has always proceeded in two ways, of which new particles is one. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

Thats where natural gas comes in. Comprising methane as its primary component, natural gas is an intriguing alternative to regular fuel. So why arent we using it already at a large scale? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Storage is a huge challenge and hinders natural gas adoption. That figure, friends, is between five and 80 times atmospheric pressure. So whats the new solution to natural gas storage issue? MOFs are rigid, porous structures composed of metals linked by organic ligands....

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. But lets take a closer look: It starts with a nice touch of snark. Gee, if you cant guess from the shade, Im not sure we can be friends. The ad uses the hashtag#FORDfortheBuilders. The narrator continues: … weve got 182,000 people, and theyre building. So, what impact will the ad actually have? To be honest, Im not entirely clear about its aims....

The FIDO Alliance has been atthe forefront of the passwordless movement. Well, the people at the FIDO Alliance must be jumping for joy. The new announcement ensures that major operating systems support these features. Currently,AppleandMicrosofthave some ability to enable authentication without passwords within their own ecosystems. On the other hand,Googleuses some FIDO protocols to enable two-factor authentication. 40% off TNW Conference! Google,Microsoft, andApplehave all committed to implementing the passkey standard on their platforms....

Our analysis of research published over the past 25 years suggests otherwise. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The studies were conducted between 1995 and 2017. It is important to note that these snapshots did not track specific individuals. Rather, they tracked samples of people from the same age group. After identifying the research studies, we calculated an effect size for each study. Lisa Cadmus-Bertram, an assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, explains which fitness trackers are best at tracking....

The big existential fear on everybodys mind used to be losing our jobs toAI. But the tides are changing, and workers are returning to the office. Up front:Fiverrs new tool is a directors dream come true (if it works). Background:Fiverr asserts this is a big problem that needs to be fixed. On the other hand, it sounds like a dystopian nightmare. The problem is that AI Auditions sounds too good to be true....

Betweenremote strikeson people andoil refineries in the Middle East, and multipleBlack Mirrorepisodes, drones get a bad rap. The company partners with governments, NGOs, and corporations for collaborative ecosystem restoration projects. Theyre on a mission to sow the seeds for 100 million trees by 2024. Mapping analyzes plant health, identifies site-specific plant species, and creates an optimum planting pattern. 40% off TNW Conference! This helps to accurately monitor and report growth rates and, ultimately, the success of the reforestation/re-vegetation project....

Thisarticlewas originally published on.cultbyNeil Green. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. Lets say you are told that you have a week to do a months worth of work. Once there, you talk about the weather, sports, and whats happening in the news. 40% off TNW Conference! However, to a new tech lead, this pop in of conversation can be intimidating. This is very poor leadership. Feeling ownership over the codebase is a core aspect of being the technical lead....

Bored Apes have become symbolic of theNFTcraze. Horrendously ugly and ludicrously pricey, their value derives from artificial scarcity. Themachine learningexpert has built an app that generates as many Bored Apes as your heart desires. 40% off TNW Conference! Kilcher first scraped the Bored Ape Yacht Club collection of 10,000 images. He then trained NvidiasStyleGAN2neural networkon the dataset. The finished system produces Bored Apes that are entirely unique and fungible. Kilcher admits, however, that the images arent always perfect....

What happens when science goes wrong, and humankinds technological hubris causes global calamity? Usually, the credits roll, these types of scenarios are almost always science fiction. The team did some quick math and decided it wasnt likely, and that was the end of that. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The same thing happened when the Large Hadron Collider went online back in 2008. Scientistsstoked the medias curiosityby positing the labs potential ability to create microscopic black holes....