STORY: Facing mounting mass protests inside of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he would soften his controversial judicial overhaul plan. But the changes failed to satisfy an opposition that has organized a campaign against the government over the proposed reforms.The plan would give the government more control of the appointment of judges…
Scientists from Copenhagen Business School conducted an experiment in which 375 participants were asked to differentiate between real and fake social media profiles. The fake accounts were created and maintained by some of the latest AI technology. The ensuing results were eye-opening. Subjects largely could not tell the difference between artificially generated fake Twitter accounts…
Exmouth Leisure Centre in Devon is now using a computer data centre, roughly the size of an average domestic washing machine, to keep its swimming pool heated. Hardware inside the box is surrounded by oil, which helps capture what would be waste energy in the form of heat, helping the water maintain a temperature of…
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="286"] Nairobi Skyline. Image credit Mkimemia via Wikimedia Commons.[/caption] Ever since Europe colonized Africa on the back of an imperial propaganda of the “Civilizing Mission,” the West has always been seen as an enemy of the customary, a modernizing savior rescuing a reluctant Africa from the jaws of a tribal existence. In…
Demonstrators on Thursday morning blocked traffic into the departures area at Ben-Gurion Airport as part of the nationwide judicial reform protests taking place throughout the country.
As people crowd into the streets to protest against the judicial reform bill, the century-old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” certainly rings true. Source: Israel’s ‘Day of Disruption’ protest by land, air and sea – In pictures – Israel Politics – The Jerusalem Post
Universe Today from ScienceAlertThe Big Bang may have not been alone.
The appearance of all the particles and radiation in the universe may have been joined by another Big Bang that flooded our universe with dark matter particles. And we may be able to detect it. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQRIxAEBlts[/embed] Source: What if The Universe Started With a Dark Big Bang? : ScienceAlert