[QUOTE=Spherical Cow;542322]Ha! "Kon-Tiki" were the first words I thought of when I say that article. A blast from the past.[/QUOTE]I have seen the Kon-Tiki and the Ra-II in person.

[url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/04/new-theory-explains-how-interstellar-object-oumuamua-got-its-freaky-shape/]New Theory Explains How Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua Got Its Freaky Shape[/url] | Gizmodo Australia

Mysterious elongated interstellar objects swinging through the solar system on their long journey whence we know not, 'where' surmisable based on measured orbital parameters reslting from the visit -- reminds me of a classic SciFi novel I read in my early teens, Arthur C. Clarke's [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama]Rendezvous with Rama[/url].

Directed graph celluar automata and physics.
 

I discovered this only a couple of hours ago and it already looks very interesting.

[url]https://www.wolframphysics.org/[/url]

Wolfram has been having interesting ideas about cellular automata since at least 1981 when I first met him; I'd been interested in them for as few years previously.

What appears especially exciting about this new formulation is that GR and quantum indeterminancy seem to arise naturally as emergent phenomena.

Egan's fictional "Sarumpaet's Rules" are a hand-waving forerunner. I wonder if Egan based them on Wolfram's earlier musings.

[URL="https://scitechdaily.com/long-standing-quantum-physics-prediction-proven-bethe-strings-experimentally-observed/"]Long-Standing Quantum Physics Prediction Proven: Bethe Strings Experimentally Observed[/URL]

[URL="https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1264198/Dinosaur-discovery-new-pterosaur-species-University-Portsmouth"]Dinosaur discovery: Scientists stunned by fourth new Pterosaur species found in a row[/URL]

[URL="https://www.livescience.com/oldest-human-ancestor-dna-homo-antecessor.html"]World's oldest human DNA found in 800,000-year-old tooth of a cannibal[/URL]

[URL="https://www.space.com/white-dwarf-binary-gravitational-wave-source-discovery.html"]Astronomers spot never-before-seen gravitational wave source from binary white dwarf stars[/URL]

[URL="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/04/08/animal-news-giant-silly-string-like-apolemia-found-indian-ocean/2968221001/"]Scientists spot giant ocean creature that looks like silly string hunting in 'galaxy-like spiral'[/URL]

[URL="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200408125515.htm"]Brain discovery suggests source of lifelong behavioral issues[/URL]

[URL="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200403082853.htm"]Scientists discover a new class of taste receptors[/URL]

[URL="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/your-brain-will-thank-you-for-being-a-musician/"]Your Brain Will Thank You for Being a Musician[/URL]

[URL="https://www.sciencealert.com/housemate-chewing-too-loudly-you-could-have-misophonia"]Housemate Chewing Too Loudly? Your Brain Could Be Producing Misophonia[/URL]

[URL="https://www.quantamagazine.org/computer-scientist-donald-knuth-cant-stop-telling-stories-20200416/"]The Computer Scientist Who Can’t Stop Telling Stories[/URL]

[URL="https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a32156164/record-breaking-supernova/"]This Is the Brightest Supernova Ever Observed, and It's Magnificent[/URL]

[URL="https://www.space.com/brain-changes-in-space-astronaut-health-study.html"]Space travel can seriously change your brain[/URL]

[URL="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200414095755.htm"]Gene variant staves off Alzheimer's in some people[/URL]

[URL="https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/design/a32156952/stanford-redesign-n95-face-mask-covid-19/"]These Engineers Just Solved the Biggest Problem with N95 Masks[/URL]

[URL="https://www.wired.com/story/fast-nanoscale-movies-shed-light-on-a-solar-cell-mystery/"]Fast Nanoscale ‘Movies’ Shed Light on a Solar Cell Mystery[/URL]

Gigantic "murder" hornets found in USA & Canada.

Just what we need; another hideous invasive species. These are serious insects; the largest
can be 2 inches ( 5 cm ) long and they kill about 50 people a year in their native Japan.
They also destroy bee hives ( their primary food ), posing yet another threat to these essential beleaguered pollinators.

[QUOTE=tServo;544598]They also destroy bee hives ( their primary food ), posing yet another threat to these essential beleaguered pollinators.[/QUOTE]If you are talking about the European honeybee in the USA, you are talking about another non-native. Essential only because all of the natives have had their habitat disrupted and the massive amount of crops in an area that need simultaneous pollination.

[QUOTE=tServo;544598]Gigantic "murder" hornets found in USA & Canada.
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More information on how that happened [url=https://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=544605&postcount=771]here[/url]

[QUOTE=Uncwilly;544607]If you are talking about the European honeybee in the USA, you are talking about another non-native. Essential only because all of the natives have had their habitat disrupted and the massive amount of crops in an area that need simultaneous pollination.[/QUOTE]It seems that in their native habitat, their usual prey is other Vespid wasps, [i]Vespa simillima[/i] in particular. Honeybee hives may simply be a "target of opportunity."

They'd probably make quick work of "Africanized" honeybees, AKA "killer bees."

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[URL="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/giant-volcano-rewrites-the-story-of-seafloor-formation/"]Giant Volcano Rewrites the Story of Seafloor Formation[/URL]

[URL="https://www.us.mensa.org/read/bulletin/features/viral-words/"]Viral Words[/URL]

[URL="https://www.quantamagazine.org/john-conway-solved-mathematical-problems-with-his-bare-hands-20200420/"]John Conway Solved Mathematical Problems With His Bare Hands[/URL]

[URL="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/ssoe-csc042120.php"]Computer scientists create a 'laboratory' to improve streaming video[/URL]

[URL="https://www.space.com/asymmetrical-black-hole-collision-gravitational-waves.html"]Scientists detect rare crash of two mismatched black holes for the first time ever[/URL]

[URL="https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-designed-carbon-nanostructures-that-are-stronger-than-diamond"]Scientists Design Super-Light Carbon Nanostructure That's Stronger Than Diamond[/URL]

[URL="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/april/new-species-from-the-abyssal-ocean-deep-sea-diversity.html"]New species from the abyssal ocean hint at incredible deep sea diversity[/URL]

[URL="https://www.forbes.com/sites/allisongasparini/2020/04/21/new-technique-which-images-cell-membrane-proteins-in-3d-could-help-with-future-medical-studies/#1600cf7a51db"]New Technique Which Images Cell Membrane Proteins In 3D Could Help With Future Medical Studies[/URL]

[URL="https://futurism.com/neoscope/space-travel-astronauts-brains-expand"]NEW RESEARCH: SPACE TRAVEL CAUSES ASTRONAUTS’ BRAINS TO EXPAND[/URL]

[URL="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200420125519.htm"]Origins of human language pathway in the brain at least 25 million years old[/URL]

[QUOTE=rogue;544651][URL="https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/05/01/how-medical-innovations-promise-success-in-times-of-crisis/#49615166406c"]How Medical Innovations Promise Success In Times Of Crisis[/URL]
...[/QUOTE]When I stumbled on "The 5G-powered mobile robot" I knew that article was just a lot of word waiving, typical marketing : a lot of buzz-words and no content. .

But lets take the article seriously, if 5G is powerful enough to power a robot, I hope none of it will be installed in the city I live in ; - )

That unfortunate choice of words set aside there remains the fact that I can't understand why a robot designed to clean rooms in a building needs more communication than could be provided by a 9600 b/s modem ? If you need to remote control the thing one could use 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth or whatever, especially since prior to cleaning there must be evacuation, which means the thing is not unattended.

Jacob

[QUOTE=S485122;544720]That unfortunate choice of words set aside there remains the fact that I can't understand why a robot designed to clean rooms in a building needs more communication than could be provided by a 9600 b/s modem ? If you need to remote control the thing one could use 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth or whatever, especially since prior to cleaning there must be evacuation, which means the thing is not unattended.[/QUOTE]No, it isn't about what is needed by the user (you), it is about what is "needed" by the seller. All that data generated by something inside your place [i]has[/i] to get back to the maker so they can sell it to everyone that buys it. It is your privacy they are selling, the cleaning part is just a ruse to get you to bring to your place willingly.

And when your current data has been fully mined and exploited they will remotely make the device obsolete so you have to buy another one that collects more data points more efficiently.