Virgil Warfield

UBTECH’s Walker S1 Robots, Powered By Deepseek, Debuted In 2024 As The First Two-Legged Humanoid Robots To Collaborate On Tasks, Working In China’s Geely’s Zeekr Factory To Sort, Transport, And Assemble Car Parts. UBTECH Partners With BYD & BAIC. This Comes After Agility’s Robofab In 2023–The First Factory To Mass-Produce Such Robots In Oregon, USA.

Scientists Have Decoded A 3kyr-Old Babylonian Tablet Thought To Depict A Map To Noah’s Ark. The Artifact, Acquired By The British Museum In 1882, Shows Mesopotamia Encircled By A Double Ring –”Bitter River.” Cuneiform Text Hints At A Route To “Urartu” (Ararat), Where The Babylonian Noah Landed His Ark, Paralleling The Biblical Flood Story.

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iRonCub3, Developed By The Italian Institute Of Technology, Is The World’s First Jet-Powered Humanoid Robot. Weighing 70 Kg, It Flies Using 4 Jet Engines—2 On Its Back And 2 On Its Arms. Equipped With Advanced Control Algorithms And Heat-Resistant Materials, iRonCub3 Could One Day Assist In Natural Disaster Rescue Missions Or Reach Inaccessible Areas.

Scientists Uncovered A 1,400-Year-Old Seagrass Clone, Zostera Marina (Eelgrass), In The Baltic Sea, Making It The World’s Oldest Known Marine Plant. Using A Genetic Clock Calibrated With A 17-Yr-Old Seagrass Clone, The Team Determined The Age By Comparing Genetic Variations. This Method May Reveal Older Organisms In Other Seagrass Species.

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The Carrington Event (CE) Of 1859, The Largest Solar Storm (SS) On Record, Was Stronger Than Believed. Historical Magnetograms Show It Reached >500 NT/Minute. SSs, Like CE, Have Occurred Throughout History, But Accurate Data To Measure Their Sizes Spans < 200 Yrs, Highlighting Our Vulnerability To Such Events And The Need For Preparation.

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Archaeologists Found A 12,940-Year-Old Bead In La Prele Mammoth Site, Wyoming, Likely The Americas’ Oldest Ornament. The Hare Bone Bead, With Origin Determined Via MS & Micro-Ct Scan, Suggests The Clovis People, A Prehistoric Native American Group, Utilized Hares, Challenging Assumptions And Indicating They Hunted More Than Just Big Games.

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Scientists Unearthed The Earliest Direct Evidence Of Oxygen-Producing Photosynthesis (OPP) In A 1.75-Byr Old Bacteria Fossil In Australia & Canada, Pushing Back OPP Origin By 1.2 Byrs. The OPP Reshaped Earth’s Atmosphere, Potentially Aiding Complex Life Evolution, And Shedding Light On Photosynthesis Evolution & Earth’s History Impact.

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Researchers Observed Aurora-Like Radio Waves For The First Time On The Sun, Lingering 25,000 Miles Above A Sunspot For A Week, Resembling The Northern Lights. While Solar Auroras Have Been Seen On Distant Stars, This Discovery Offers New Methods Of Studying The Sun’s Solar Activities With The Potential Of Finding Past Solar Auroras.

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Dictador, A Spirits Producer, Appoints Mika, The First Humanoid Robot CEO Developed By Hanson Robotics (Creators Of Sophia). Mika, Powered By Advanced AI, Prioritizes Data-Driven Decisions. But Public Opinions On AI Leadership Vary, Especially On Respect & Job Displacement. Even President Biden Recently Addressed AI Security Concerns.

Regulators, For The First Time, Approved The Sale Of Lab-Grown Meat (LGM) In The US, With Upside Foods And Good Meat Authorized To Sell Chicken Made From Animal Cells. LGM Will Be Served In Some Restaurants Initially. Supermarket Availability May Take Time. LGM Aims To Reduce Harm To Animals And The Envir. But Public LGM Skepticism Remains

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