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U.S. insurance premiums to soar over next 30 years www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/02... via @futuretimeline.bsky.social

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Sneak peak of an asset I created for a commission I'm working on for the National Space Society. Mannequin added for scale. It'll be a scene showing a mining operation on Mars. #sciart #blender #b3d #astronomy

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'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch www.space.com/space-explor...

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New world record for nuclear fusion ☀️ The WEST tokamak in France has maintained plasma for 1,337 seconds, a new world record duration for nuclear fusion and 25% longer than a similar effort by China last month. www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/02...

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Due to climate-related risks, the United States could see a nearly $1.5 trillion reduction in unadjusted real estate value over the next 30 years, with insurance premiums rising by up to 322% above current levels by 2055. www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/02... #climate #insurance #future

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Chance of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 smashing into Earth rises yet again to 3.1%, NASA reports www.livescience.com/space/astero...

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By the end of today, NASA’s workforce will be about 10 percent smaller arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

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The collision odds for 2024 YR4 just increased yet again – now at 1 in 38 for an impact in 2032. 🪨 🌍 www.newscientist.com/article/2468...

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In this week's column, I explore what I see as a very real prospect of systemic collapse, caused by Trump's actions, and suggest we start preparing. I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Tesla was hit by a wave of protests over Musk, sales are crashing, insiders are waking up electrek.co/2025/02/17/t...

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South Korea Suspends Chinese AI App DeepSeek Over Data Protection Issues coincentral.com/south-korea-... #DeepSeek #data #AI #SouthKorea #China #technews #bigtech

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Meta plans globe-spanning sub-sea internet cable www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Wealth inequality risks triggering 'societal collapse' within next decade, report finds www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wealth-...

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One thing I admired Americans for was they provided efficient and effective aid for people around the world. I thought this made America great. The PEPFAR program saved plausibly about 25 million lives and prevented at least 5.5 million babies from being born with HIV. See: pepfarreport.org

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra review: still the superphone to beat Huge glass and metal slab packs super-fast chip, long battery life and unrivalled camera zoom, but its AI features are overhyped www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Extreme weather expected to cause food price volatility in 2025 after cost of cocoa and coffee doubles Trend towards more extreme-weather events will continue to hit crop yields and create price spikes, Inverto says www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Chinese sex doll maker sees jump in 2025 sales as AI boosts adult toys’ user experience WMDoll founder Liu Jiangxia says the integration of generative AI models ‘makes the dolls more responsive and interactive’ www.scmp.com/tech/tech-tr... #AI #generativeAI #robot #robots #technews #technology

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Friends have unexpected encounter with a patrol robot at Tempe Town Lake www.newsflare.com/video/720080... #robot #robots #robotics #tech

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Cryopreservation breakthrough: mouse brain tissue revived Scientists have successfully revived mouse brain tissue after storage at –150°C for a week, reactivating near-normal function – a notable breakthrough in cryopreservation. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/02... #cryopreservation

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Perplexity launches its own freemium ‘deep research’ product techcrunch.com/2025/02/15/p...

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UK men and women can expect to live longer, data show "One in four baby girls and nearly one in five baby boys born in 2047 might expect to live to 100." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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2033 – The largest ever hydropower dam In 2033, a colossal dam in Tibet – providing 60 GW of capacity – begins energising the region. Triple the size of the earlier Three Gorges Dam, this megaproject has overcome formidable technical challenges. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/...

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Apple is reportedly exploring humanoid robots [...] Citing “current progress and typical development cycles,” Kuo projects 2028 as an optimistic timeline for mass production. techcrunch.com/2025/02/12/a...

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How the Trump administration could end a century of American scientific dominance thebulletin.org/2025/02/how-...

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Astronomers will use the James Webb Space Telescope to improve our understanding of the size and orbit of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a very small chance of impacting Earth in 2032. blogs.esa.int/rocketscienc...

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CEO of Anthropic calls for greater urgency RE: AI safety. "Time is short. [...] By 2026 or 2027, the capabilities of AI systems will likely resemble a completely new state, populated by highly intelligent entities. We must ensure democratic societies lead in AI." www.anthropic.com/news/paris-a...

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RIP Christopher Norton Moore (1947-2025) We've all seen sci-fi book (and music album!) covers by British illustrator Chris Moore. We'll miss this prolific artist with his fascinating visions of the future. Our thoughts are with his loved ones.

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There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon | New Scientist

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It’s impossible to fathom, why this hasn’t been done, world wide - let alone in the UK Really cheap way, of stopping some pollution

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Elon Musk and investors offering $97.4 billion for control of OpenAI, WSJ reports www.cnbc.com/2025/02/10/m...

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2032 – Close approach of the asteroid 2024 YR4 A near-Earth object measuring up to 100 metres in size makes a dangerously close approach in December 2032. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/... #asteroid #asteroids #Earth #space #spacenews #NEO #2024YR4 #future

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Life expectancy in Gaza has almost halved A new study further underscores the immense human cost of the Israel–Hamas war, with life expectancy in the Gaza Strip found to have plummeted since October 2023. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/01... #Gaza #GazaStrip #Palestine

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2025 – Europe's first successful vertical rocket launch into space The SaxaVord Spaceport, Scotland, makes history in 2025, as it becomes the site of the first successful vertical rocket launch into space from European soil. Read more: www.futuretimeline.net/21stcentury/...

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AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU techcrunch.com/2025/02/02/a...

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AI to revolutionise fundamental physics and ‘could show how universe will end’ Exclusive: Cern’s next director general Mark Thomson says AI is paving the way for huge advances in particle physics www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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Historical icons brought back to life using AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPjL...

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Representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have been granted full access to the federal treasury, allowing Elon Musk and his team to monitor and potentially limit government spending. What could possibly go wrong? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

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French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot – France would be ready to send troops to Greenland if requested by Denmark to defend it against a bid by Trump to seize it militarily. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

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Absolute insanity – Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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More than half of Gen Z wants UK to become a dictatorship, survey claims Findings will be presented at a Royal Television Society event as part of Channel 4’s report titled Gen Z: Trends, Truth and Trust www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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Scientists trial patch to mend failing hearts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The watch on my wrist has processing power tens of thousands of times that of the computer that controlled the Apollo missions that landed on the Moon. And I don't even think about it. (Until now.) Progress is incredible when you stop to take a breath.

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"XB-1 is a smaller-scale demonstration version of the larger Overture airliner Boom wants to eventually build that will carry 64 passengers on supersonic international flights at Mach 1.7, similar to the service that Concorde offered before it retired in 2003." www.theverge.com/news/599711/...

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