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Jul 01 2020
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A new black hole is discovered and it is the most massive that has been seen so far: the equivalent of 34 billion suns

By Sergio Parra portal-3

The giant black hole studied, known as 'J2157', was discovered by the same research team in 2018. New research led by the Australian National University (ANU) has revealed how massive…

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Jul 01 2020
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The biggest challenge if we find intelligent life on other planets will be understanding its language: Lincos could be a solution

By Sergio Parra portal-3

Most current strategies assume a language with a structure based on sound units. When linguists approach an unfamiliar language, dividing spoken phrases into repetitive sound units is the first…

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Jul 01 2020
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Intellectual humility and saying "I don't know" is more common among intelligent people

By Sergio Parra portal-3

Having the insight and honesty to say that you are ignorant or inexperienced on a topic is more common among intelligent people.

A recent study published in The Journal of Positive Psychology supports this popular idea: that…

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Jul 01 2020
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This glove can translate sign language to speech in real time

By Sergio Parra portal-3

A glove that can translate sign language into speech in real time via a smartphone app has been developed by bioengineers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).

The details of…

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Jun 28 2020
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Simple, binary or Manichean responses are pleasant for our brain, but very unproductive.

By Sergio Parra portal-3

The world is not just zeros and ones. We should not always face problems in a dichotomous or Manichean way. In fact, many complex problems (there are many variables), changing, lysological (difficult to define or conceptualize…

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Jun 28 2020
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The most spectacular lightning bolts ever identified: more than 16 seconds long and more than 700 kilometers long

By Sergio Parra portal-3

Every day more than 17 million lightning bolts strike the Earth; 200 per second. Lightning is an electrical discharge of up to 30 million volts, enough to provide light to a city of 200,000 inhabitants for one minute. Reach…

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Jun 27 2020
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Giant unicellular organisms are identified at more than four kilometers of sea depth

By Sergio Parra portal-3

Using the University of Hawaii's Lu'ukai remotely operated vehicle, an expedition to the western Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) aboard the RV Kilo Moana in 2018 identified several new species at 4.5...

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Jun 26 2020
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Those infected with coronavirus are ten times more in the US than official figures, according to the CDC

By Sergio Parra portal-3

The director of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Robert Redfield, has admitted that the number of Americans who have been infected with coronavirus is probably 10 times higher than…

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Jun 25 2020
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Ten years of solar activity in an impressive video courtesy of the SDO observatory

By Sergio Parra portal-3

425 million high-resolution images of the Sun and 20 million gigabytes of data have been summarized in [this splendid video] (NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)) courtesy of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) …

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Jun 24 2020
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We already have detailed maps of Earth's new continent: Zealand

By Sergio Parra portal-3

With 5 million square kilometers, with a small part today emerged and mostly under the South Pacific, this old continent called Zealandia can now be explored through detailed maps.

The maps, prepared by GN…

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