🎶: The Origin of Mass of the Universe has a lot to do with Music. How the Higgs Field (Actually) Gives Mass to Elementary Particles | ⁦Quanta Magazine⁩ quantamagazine.org/how-the-higgs-…

🎙️ This week, we're exploring 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗧 As technologists reshape our approaches to statecraft, we're asking ourselves: What does it mean for the current world order?! ······· Thurs 11/14 @ 7pm ET WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/dk-9aGf4H…

This week, we're exploring… 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛 ☠️ As the big business of death is reshaping how and when we die, we're asking ourselves: - Who is profiting? - Is it ethical? - What benefits might exist? Join us! ······· Mon 11/25 @ 7pm ET WATCH: youtube.com/live/gHFR_dGur…

🤖💃 : AI HAS A PIMPING INDUSTRY!? 😳 UH-OH AI-generated influencers based on stolen images of real-life adult content creators are flooding social media. digg.com/tech/link/insi…

🎮👾 : ARE GAMING CONSOLES HITTING A PERFORMANCE CEILING!? Console manufacturers, who have built their businesses selling increasingly powerful machines, are grappling with a future where performance improvements are becoming underwhelming. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

🎙️ Exploring the most pressing and provocative questions shaping our future — and present! Join us 🐰 🕳️

🙏 ⛪️ : AI-POWERED JESUS ?! A church in Lucerne, Switzerland has made headlines for installing an AI-powered Jesus in its confessional booth. “Deus in Machina” (the AI avatar of Jesus on a computer screen) took questions from 900 visitors. apnews.com/article/artifi…

🤖✍️ : CLAUDE AI CAN MIMIC YOUR WRITING STYLE! New custom styles are available to all Claude AI users, enabling it to match your communication style or select from preset options to quickly adjust the tone and level of detail it provides. theverge.com/2024/11/26/243…

This week, we're exploring… 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 As Artificial Intelligence influences Religion and Belief Systems, we're asking ourselves: Will there be digital deities? Or false prophets? Join us! ······· Mon 12/9 @ 7pm ET WATCH: youtube.com/live/rNJYaoRDd…

Will there be HOLIDAYS AFTER HUMANS!? Join us! Tonight 7pm ET ······· WATCH: youtube.com/live/JQNaRViL0…

👨‍⚖️₿: CRAIG WRIGHT IS NOT THE BITCOIN FATHER A UK judge has decided that Craig Wright violated a court order preventing him from bringing lawsuits based on his claim of being the famous Satoshi Nakamoto (AKA, the creator of Bitcoin). wired.com/story/craig-wr…

🛜⚠️: IS YOUR HOME ROUTER SAFE!? The U.S. Commerce Department has reviewed whether to ban routers made by the Chinese-owned company TP-Link, which accounts for more than half of the U.S. retail router market. msn.com/en-us/news/tec…

🤳🛰️: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? SpaceX’s satellite-to-cell Starlink texting service can now operate throughout New Zealand, thanks to the telecommunications company One NZ. T-Mobile is also expected to roll out this feature in the near term. engadget.com/mobile/starlin…

🤤🍔: ARE YOU WHAT YOU EAT? Historian Steven Shapin explores this idea and how philosophies of food have shaped the Western sense of self. His central idea is encapsulated in his new book, "Eating and Being". nature.com/articles/d4158…

🧪⚡️: NEW REACTOR MIMICS LIGHTNING TO PRODUCE AMMONIA!? A team led by the University of Buffalo has developed a reactor that produces Ammonia from nitrogen in the air and water, without any carbon footprint. phys.org/news/2024-12-e…

🐦🔥: WAIT, THERE'S A BIRD THAT EATS FIRE!? You'll have to watch this one for yourself. 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=tiw8Ag…

This week, we're exploring… 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗘𝗦 As bioengineering, gene editing, and reproductive technologies become commonplace, we're asking ourselves: Will we make super babies? Join us! ······· Mon 2/3 @ 7pm ET WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=l4cKSX…

This week, we're exploring… 𝗗𝗥𝗨𝗚𝗦. Illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals, moon dust… what new drugs will humans cook up next? Join us as we venture into the Wild West. ······· Mon 2/10 @ 7pm ET WATCH: youtube.com/live/_wAcxzMlc…

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🧬✂️: CHIMERAS? UNICORNS? What’s next for gene editing? LA company is constructing an automated system for genetically modifying animal embryos at scale. piratewires.com/p/harnessing-t…