JoeMerchant writes:Digital Data Could Be Altering Earth's Mass Just a Tiny Bit, Claims PhysicistAccording to calculations made a few years ago by University of Portsmouth physicist Melvin Vopson, the literal mass of visual imagery created daily – along with half a billion tweets, countless texts, billions of WhatsApp messages, and every other bit and byte of information we've created – could be making our planet a touch heavier. An experiment recently proposed by Vopson based on antimatter explosions might go some way in convincing the scientific community that information might not only have mass but that it could also be a strange new state of matter, or (of course) the elusive dark matter needed to balance most cosmological observations today.Scientist says that dark matter may be information itself
upstart writes:Lockheed Martin, Intel Sign Agreement To Advance 5G-Ready Communications For US, Allied Defense Systems:The companies are cooperating to produce secure 5G communication systems that will meet the need of both US and allies governmental and defence systems. The announcement was, of course, claiming the companies' past experience and current expertise in this area.
upstart writes:Monkeys routinely consume fruit containing alcohol, shedding light on our own taste for booze: Study supports 'drunken monkey' hypothesis: humans inherited love of alcohol from primate ancestors:
upstart writes:CRISPR and HIV: New technique in human blood unveils potential paths toward cure: Key to possible HIV cure may lie in mechanisms behind how it replicates:
looorg writes:https://courieronsunday.com/news/asia-news/a-new-city-built-upon-data-takes-shape-in-south-korea/Samsung Smart-village in Korea gathering all the data to, what I can only assume, the perfect happy orwellian village/city of the future. All hooked up for friendly data gathering/harvesting on and of the ideal citizens.
An Anonymous Coward writes:Following up on the initial release, NASA has added more samples and more hi-res data to its research-grade Astromaterials 3D platform. The site doesn't seem to have a New/News link, so here's part of the informal release statement: