Posted on Sep 18, 2019 in Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy, Climate Change, Evolution, Extraterrestrial Life, News, Physics, Planet Earth, Science, Space, Technology
The “Planet Earth Report” connects you to headline news on the science, technology, discoveries, people and events changing our planet and the future of the human species.
Creating human-like consciousness requires just four key ingredients— Far from being a mystical “ghost in the machine”, consciousness evolved as a practical mental tool and we could engineer it in a robot using these simple guidelines
“Harrowing Scene at Ground Zero” –The Day the Dinosaurs Died
“Dinosaurs On the Moon” — The Impossible Magnitude-12 Earthquake That Changed Our World
The Alien Observatory –China’s Preeminent Philosopher of ‘First Contact’ “Warns of Extinction”
The Gravitational-Wave “Revolution” Is U nderway–As the fourth anniversary of the first detection approaches, the field continues to mature—with a bright future ahead
The Ultimate Mystery? –“Consciousness May Exist in the Absence of Matter”
We keep looking for space aliens. Are they looking for us? –An intelligent species of extraterrestrials might have telescopes far more powerful than ours.
China Fine-Tunes Earth’s Largest Radio Telescope — “Amazing Discoveries Ahead”
“Ultimate Mystery of the Universe” –Human Consciousness: ‘We’re Like Neanderthals Trying to Understand Astronomy’
Scientists are about to spend a year trapped in Arctic ice –-Hundreds of people have undergone intense preparation for an expedition designed to figure out what a warming Arctic means for us all.
A bold plan to save Africa’s shrinking giraffe herds
This wormlike robot is made to wriggle through the human brain –Experts say the device could ultimately be a “quantum leap” in treating strokes.
Explorer says he reached the deepest part of the ocean. James Cameron disagrees. –The filmmaker hailed Victor Vescovo’s miles-deep dive but said he had dived just as deep.
How Long Before These Salmon Are Gone? ‘Maybe 20 Years’
Surreal Footage of British Life Under Nazi Occupation
Why This Scientist Keeps Receiving Packages of Serial Killers’ Hair –Getting sufficient DNA out of a rootless hair has long been considered impossible. A scientist, better known for work with ancient fossils, has figured it out. It’s a game-changer for crime and surveillance
We’re going to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to deflect it
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