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Key idea: If there's one thing we can count on in this world, it's human arrogance, and space and astronomy are no exception.The ancients believed that everything revolved around the Earth. In the sixteenth century, Copernicus and his peers overturned this view with the heliocentric model. Since then, telescopes and spacecraft have revealed just how insignificant we are. There are hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way, each star similar to our sun, and many of which have planets orbiting them.…
π Read this awesome post from TechCrunch π π Category: TC,Venture,HealthTech,OurCrowd,Jon Medved,AI avatars β
Main takeaway: Years ago, when venture capitalist John Medved got interested in backing several health technology startups, he had no idea that one day, he would need them to improve his quality of life. Israel's tight-knit startup community was dealt a blow in October when Medved, one of the most popular venture capital firms, announced he would retire immediately. He was forced to step down from the company he founded, OurCrowd, after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. βThis…
β¨ Explore this must-read post from Sportskeeda π π Category: NFL π‘ Hereβs what youβll learn: DJ Moore's Chicago Bears picked up a 22-16 overtime win over the Green Bay Packers in Week 16 on Saturday. Bears Wideout Moore caught a touchdown on a 46-yard run in overtime to lead his team to its 11th win of the season. After the game, Moore spoke about the importance of the win over Chicago's NFC North rival. Thanks for submitting! βIt took a lot (to win the game),β Moore told Fox Sports' Tom Rinaldi. "There were a lot of ups and downs…
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Key idea: The simulation hypothesis β the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer β has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest on intuition rather than clear definitions, and few attempts have been made to formally spell out what βsimulationβ even means. A new paper by SFI ProfessorΒ David WolpertΒ aims to change that. InΒ Journal of Physics: Complexity, Wolpert introduces the first mathematically precise framework for what it would mean for one universe to simulate another β…
π₯ Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport π π Category: π Main takeaway: hearts Captain Lawrence Shankland says the team are ready to deal with the pressures of being at the top of the Scottish Premiership. (sun), externalShankland is comfortable with him hearts It is considered favored against Rangers Sunday. (Scottish - subscription required), externalShankland, 30, remembers his stream telling him that hearts Chairman Derek McInnes was surplus to requirements Aberdeen He says "I don't hold a grudge" and insists he "never blamed" McInnes for his exit from Pittodrie. (register), externalMcInnes hopes so hearts The crowd will be very…
π Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Strictly Come Dancing,Claudia Winkleman,BBC,Entertainment TV,Reality TV,Television,Television & radio,Media,Culture π‘ Hereβs what youβll learn: Former England footballer Karen Carney and professional dancer Carlos Go have won the 2025 series of Strictly Come Dancing.Carney is the first footballer to lift the Glitterball trophy while Gu became the first gay and Asian man to win the BBC One dance show.Saturday's final was also the last time presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman would co-host the live weekend show together after announcing in October that they were leaving the program after…
π Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport π π Category: π Main takeaway: The last time Villa lifted the top tier honors - beating Leeds 3-0 in the League Cup - Prodigy's Firestarter knocked Take That's cover of How Deep Is Your Love off the top spot in the charts, and Wallace and Gromit's A Close Shave has just won an Oscar.David Beckham had not yet made his England debut, while Cash, Youri Tielemans, Boubacar Kamara and Emi Buendia had not been born.It has been a long wait, with Villa having lost two FA Cup finals and two League…
β¨ Explore this trending post from Hacker News π π Category: π‘ Hereβs what youβll learn: Research reveals that artificial sources of ultraviolet radiation cause cellular mutations that can be the seeds of future cancers, including highly deadly melanoma.Tanning bed users are known to have a higher risk of skin cancer, but for the first time researchers have found that young indoor tanners undergo genetic changes that can lead to more mutations in their skin cells than people twice their age.The study, which was led by UC San Francisco and Northwestern University, appears Dec. 12 in Science Advances.The skin of…
β¨ Explore this must-read post from BBC Culture π π Category: π‘ Hereβs what youβll learn: ScientificImage source: Alamy: The Maeshu Tomb in Orkney is a cairn dating from around 2800 BC, concealing a stone-clad graveWe will probably never know the specific beliefs and rituals that inspired Maeshu's tomb. But it is nevertheless possible to understand the enormous significance of the winter solstice as βmidnight of the year,β as the darkest moment on the calendar and the pivot of the next six months of greater illumination. It was a moment of death and rebirth, a reminder of the cyclical nature…
π₯ Read this trending post from BBC Sport π π Category: π‘ Hereβs what youβll learn: The Dragons followed up their European Challenge Cup win over Lyon by dismantling Connacht for back-to-back successes for the first time since 2022.Two wins in six days has eased some of the pressure on Tiatia and his coaching team after arriving into December without a win in any competition in 2025.There was reaction to the embarrassing 41-17 defeat to Perpignan, who look doomed to relegation despite recording a first Top 14 win of the season against Clermont Auvergne at the weekend.Amid talk of what…
